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<b>Contact: Christina Wiseman, 508-771-5400, ext. 271, media@haconcapecod.org</b></div>
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<b>Author and Activist Tamara Lanier to Speak on Cape Cod</b></div>
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<i>Panel discussion in Woods Hole will focus on civic engagement.</i></div>
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Author and activist Tamara Lanier will be the keynote speaker at an upcoming event titled “We the People: Civic Engagement in Action.” A panel discussion will feature speakers who share personal experiences of civic engagement and its outcome in their communities.</div>
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The public session, co-sponsored by Housing Assistance and the Jewel Cobb Action Coalition, will be held at the Marine Biological Laboratory’s Clapp Auditorium, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, 4-6 p.m. on September 9.</div>
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Other panelists will include moderator Patricia Mitrokostas, Principal Director of Strategic Funding Initiatives, Housing Assistance; Tara Vargas Wallace, Founder & CEO, Amplify POC; Paul Selker, President, Spark Street Digital and Comprehensive Plan Advisory
Committee, Town of Arlington; Elizabeth Saito, journalist; and several Falmouth High School students.</div>
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