<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">---------- Forwarded message ----------</div><div class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Michelle Wibbelsman via Erip</b> <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:erip@lists.ethnicityrace.org" target="_blank" class="">erip@lists.ethnicityrace.org</a>></span><br class="">Date: 2016-09-28 8:21 GMT-05:00<br class="">Subject: [Erip] FLACSO-Quito in danger of losing Kichwa program--please help if you can<br class="">To: <a href="mailto:erip@lists.ethnicityrace.org" target="_blank" class="">erip@lists.ethnicityrace.org</a><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><br clear="all" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">FLACSO sede Ecuador in Quito is in danger of losing its Kichwa program due to funding cuts at FLACSO. Michael Uzendoski, faculty member at FLACSO, has started a crowdfunding
campaign to try to pay the salary of the Kichwa professor (Luis Alberto Tuaza of
Chimborazo) so that the course does not close.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">If you can help with any amount, small or large, please access the link below. <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/2rphfnys" target="_blank" class="">https://www.gofundme.com/2rphf<wbr class="">nys</a></p><p class="MsoNormal">We need to continue advocating for a permanent presence of lesser taught languages on our campuses. Although crowdfunding this salary for the time being is a temporary solution, it can demonstrate general support, concern and international vigilance, and provide an important foundation for broader structural change and fiscal priorities.<br class=""></p>
<br class=""><br class="">-- <br class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><img class="" apple-inline="yes" id="A43481FD-F054-463B-94A2-EFE416A8A975" height="45" width="224" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:4F6CC2F9-781A-46B7-9CB5-625A5B9046B5"><br class=""></div><div class=""> <font color="#cc0000" class="">Michelle Wibbelsman</font><br class=""></div><div class=""> Assistant Professor <br class=""><br class=""> <b class="">Department of Spanish and Portuguese</b><br class=""> 281 Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Road<br class=""> Columbus, Ohio 43210-1430<br class=""><br class=""> Office phone: <a href="tel:614-292-7787" value="+16142927787" target="_blank" class="">614-292-7787</a> <br class=""></div><div class=""> <a href="http://sppo.osu.edu/" target="_blank" class="">http://sppo.osu.edu</a><br class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> <a href="mailto:mwibbelsman@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">mwibbelsman@gmail.com</a><br class=""></div><div class=""> <a href="mailto:wibbelsman.1@osu.edu" target="_blank" class="">wibbelsman.1@osu.edu</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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