<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><font size="3" face="AvenirNext-Regular">Dear Friends and Colleagues,</font><div><font size="3" face="AvenirNext-Regular"><br></font></div><div><font size="3" face="AvenirNext-Regular">Our neighborhood street, affectionately called the <span style="caret-color: rgb(71, 71, 71); color: rgb(71, 71, 71);">Republik of East Georgia had a parade 5-years ago to celebrate an artists birthday. Five years later, we are having another parade to</span><span style="color: rgb(71, 71, 71);"> celebrate the end of a period of toil, in life and to acknowledge new beginnings. In a specific East Asian culture, this is called t</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(71, 71, 71); color: rgb(71, 71, 71);">he Haha Wangala Festival</span><span style="color: rgb(71, 71, 71);">. Join the Citizens of the Republik of East Georgia to parade down our street with music and costumes. The parade honors those who came before and after us and love those that are standing next to us. </span></font></div><div><span style="color: rgb(71, 71, 71);"><font size="3" face="AvenirNext-Regular"><br></font></span></div><div><font face="AvenirNext-Regular" size="3"><span style="color: rgb(71, 71, 71);">This is a moment where we will stop worrying, work and lean into having fun. As the still vital 90-year old Wendall Berry, a p</span><li style="margin: 0px; display: inline;">oet-</li><li style="margin: 0px; display: inline;">farmer-</li><li style="margin: 0px; display: inline;">writer-</li><li style="margin: 0px; display: inline;">activist-</li><li style="margin: 0px; display: inline;">academic wrote, "Be Joyful, though you have considered all of the facts.</li>”</font></div><div><font size="3" face="AvenirNext-Regular"><li style="margin: 0px; display: inline;"><br></li></font></div><div><font size="3" face="AvenirNext-Regular"><li style="margin: 0px; display: inline;">All humans are welcome to participate or watch.</li></font></div><div><font size="3" face="AvenirNext-Regular"><li style="margin: 0px; display: inline;"><br></li></font></div><div><li style="margin: 0px; display: inline;"><font face="AvenirNext-Regular" size="3">-Holl</font><font face="Times New Roman, serif">y</font></li></div><div><li style="margin: 0px; display: inline;"><img src="cid:6778C0AF-8271-4EB1-BBCA-2E374520AD1B" alt="IMG_B321D9119FD9-1.jpeg"></li></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Roboto; color: rgb(71, 71, 71);"><br></span></p><div>
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