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    <div class="html-content"><p><span>Hello Gathering Space Community Members,</span></p><p><span><br></span></p><p><span>Happy Indigenous Heritage Month! As we wind down for the upcoming extended holiday weekend, we wanted to share the hours of our spaces for Thanksgiving (11/23) and Native American Heritage Day (11/24).</span></p><br><p><span><strong>Wednesday, November 22, 2023</strong></span></p><p><span><strong><span><strong>The Gathering Space for Spiritual Well-Being:</strong></span><span> Closing early at 8:00 p.m.</span></strong></span></p><p><span><strong>The Mosaic Center for Cultural Diversity: </strong></span><span>Closed</span></p><p><span><strong>The Pride Center for LGBTQIA2+ Diversity: </strong></span><span>Closed </span></p><p><br></p><p><span><strong>Prayer Spaces: </strong></span><span>Please locate ITE and AOK Library pages for their respective hours of operation. </span></p><br><p><span><strong>Thursday, November 23, 2023 - Sunday, November 26, 2023</strong></span></p><p><span><strong>All Spaces:</strong></span><span> Closed</span></p><br><p><span><strong>Monday, November 27, 2023</strong></span></p><p><span><strong>All Spaces:</strong></span><span>Hours return to normal hours of operation*</span></p><br><p><span><strong><em>As a reminder regular Fall hours will end on the final day of exams, Wednesday, 12/20 at 8:00pm. Regular hours will continue for the duration of the exam period.</em></strong></span></p><br><p><span>*Please note that space hours might shift based on staff availability, reservations, and event times. For more information, check out our myUMBC pages for each space below:</span></p><ul><li><p><span><strong><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/i3b" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion, &amp; Belonging (i3b)</a> </strong></span></p></li><li><p><span><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/thepridecenter" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>The Pride Center for LGBTQIA2+ Diversity (i3b) </strong></a></span></p></li><li><p><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/themosaic/posts/137160" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>The Mosaic Center for Culture Diversity (i3b)</strong></a></p></li></ul></div>
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