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<div style="color:black; font:12pt Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Dear Common Start Members and Allies,
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<div>We have had a very busy month organizing our Cape and Islands Rally held on November 14th at the Hyannis Village Green. Thank you to our volunteers and speakers: Rep. Kip Diggs, Senators Su Moran and Julian Cyr, Janae Mendes, parent and Common Start
Action Team member, Cindy Horgan, Cape Cod Children's Place, Chris Morin from Independence House. And, a big Thank You to our supporting organizations--Barnstable NPFH, Cape Area League of Women Voters, and Independence House, Inc.--for the great support
and messages about the need for affordable, accessible, high quality early education and childcare regionally and state-wide. Our volunteers worked hard and we were all very pleased at the important messages at our fun event, with face painting and music. </div>
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<div>We are very happy to report that more than fifteen letters of testimony were submitted from Cape and Islands residents as part of the day of testimony on November 23rd hosted by the Massachusetts State Legislature's Education Committee. State Representative
Kip Diggs sits on the Committee, and our State Senator Susan Moran is co-lead Senate sponsor of the Common Start legislation. Both legislators attended our Hyannis rally, as earlier noted. </div>
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<div><span style="font-weight:bold">Our next meeting is Monday, December 6 at 4-5 pm via ZOOM. </span>Attached are our November 1st Meeting Minutes, and below is a Zoom Link for our next meeting on December 6, 4-5 PM. Our Agenda will include:</div>
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<div>1. Welcome and introductions </div>
<div>2. De-brief and report on November Rally and State Education Committee Hearing. </div>
<div>3. Next steps in moving the Common Start campaign forward.</div>
<div>4. Outreach to early educators, parents, providers and other stakeholders.</div>
<div>5. Other?</div>
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<div>Please attend if you can. We hope that new members and will join us. We look forward to seeing you on Monday. <span style="font-size:12pt">Thank you very much for your support of Common Start.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:12pt">Best wishes,</span></div>
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<div>Sandy</div>
<div>Cape and Islands Chapter Convener</div>
<div>508-274-1131</div>
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<div><span style="font-weight:bold">ZOOM LINK: </span><br>
<div>Sandra Faiman-Silva is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.</div>
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<div><span style="font-weight:bold">Topic: Common Start Monthly Meeting, December 6, 2021</span></div>
<div>Time: Dec 6, 2021 04:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)</div>
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<div class="x_yiv1115780661MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:13.333333015441895px; font-style:italic; font-weight:bold">Sandra Faiman-Silva, Ph.D.</span></div>
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<div style="font-stretch:normal; line-height:normal"><font size="2">Professor Emerita, Anthropology, Bridgewater State U</font>
<div><font size="2">Convener, Cape & Islands Common Start Chapter</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">50 Davis Road, Falmouth, MA 02540<br clear="none">
508-274-1131<br clear="none">
<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="mailto:sfaiman@aol.com" style="text-decoration:underline; color:blue">sfaiman@aol.com</a><br>
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<div style="font-stretch:normal; line-height:normal"><font size="2">Learn about Common Start: commonstartma.org</font></div>
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<div class="x_yiv1115780661gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Common Start video on YouTube: </font></span></div>
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