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<p><tt><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
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vertical-align: baseline;">Friends,</span></tt><tt><br>
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</tt><tt><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
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normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none;
vertical-align: baseline;">We’re delighted to be sharing some
awesome news with you all today!</span></tt><tt><br>
</tt><b><tt><br>
<br>
</tt></b><b><tt><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0,
0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;
font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align:
baseline;">**Announcing the 2017 IFF Fellows!</span></tt></b><tt><b>**</b><br>
</tt><tt><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style:
normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none;
vertical-align: baseline;">As an event created for this
community, by this community, the</span></tt><tt><span
style="font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
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normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none;
vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></tt><tt><span
style="font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style:
normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none;
vertical-align: baseline;">Internet Freedom Festival
Fellowship was initiated to ensure that the IFF plays host to
meaningful and inclusive exchange that speaks to the most
immediate and important needs of its participants. </span></tt><b><tt><span
style="font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;
font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align:
baseline;">Today we have the pleasure and honor of
officially announcing the IFF Fellows cohort for 2017!</span></tt></b><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style:
normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none;
vertical-align: baseline;">Meet the 28 Internet Freedom
Festival Fellows for 2017: </span></tt><tt><a
href="https://internetfreedomfestival.org/internet-freedom-festival-fellowship-program/"
style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size:
14.6667px; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color:
transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal;
font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline;
vertical-align: baseline;">https://internetfreedomfestival.org/internet-freedom-festival-fellowship-program/</span></a></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style:
normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none;
vertical-align: baseline;">Fellows will </span></tt><tt><span
style="font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400;
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration:
none; vertical-align: baseline;">work together to review and
select sessions across the entire Festival Program, to ensure
that diverse viewpoints and voices are well represented. </span></tt><tt><span
style="font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style:
normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none;
vertical-align: baseline;">The IFF Fellows for 2017 were
selected from a pool of over 300 candidates, and together
represent 19 of the over 80 countries expected to participate
at the IFF this March.</span></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style:
normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none;
vertical-align: baseline;">An outstanding professionals &
community leaders, and a source of inspiration for us in the
IFF Team and many others, we now turn to them to lead the way
for each of the eight themes of the 2017 IFF. </span></tt><tt><span
style="font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style:
normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none;
vertical-align: baseline;">Let’s give a huge, heartfelt
congratulations to these awesome and inspiring folks!</span></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
<br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><b><tt><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;
font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align:
baseline;">**IFF Call for Proposals | Final Deadline:
November 28th</span></tt></b><tt><b>**</b><br>
</tt><tt><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style:
normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none;
vertical-align: baseline;">IFF Fellows lead the design and
curation of the IFF program, by reviewing and selecting
session proposals for each of the IFF Themes. With our Fellows
for 2017 now official, we’re happy to announce that the final
deadline for the IFF Call for Proposals is now </span></tt><tt><span
style="font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style:
normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none;
vertical-align: baseline;">November 28th, 2016.</span></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style:
normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none;
vertical-align: baseline;">Be sure to send in your session
proposals now if you haven’t already: </span></tt><tt><a
href="https://internetfreedomfestival.org/host-a-session/"
style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size:
14.6667px; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color:
transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal;
font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline;
vertical-align: baseline;">https://internetfreedomfestival.org/host-a-session/</span></a></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style:
normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none;
vertical-align: baseline;">Note: </span></tt><tt><span
style="font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style:
normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none;
vertical-align: baseline;">the final deadline of November 28th
</span></tt><tt><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(0,
0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700;
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration:
underline; vertical-align: baseline;">replaces</span></tt><tt><span
style="font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style:
normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none;
vertical-align: baseline;"> the previous early deadline of
October 2nd. However, we still encourage all to submit their
session and workshop ideas as soon as possible!</span></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
<br>
</tt><tt><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style:
normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none;
vertical-align: baseline;">We’re looking forward to working
with and supporting everybody - Fellows and community members
alike - over the next few months to build the most engaging
and diverse Internet Freedom Festival Program to date</span></tt><tt><span
style="font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style:
normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none;
vertical-align: baseline;"> - stay tuned for more updates,
and see you all in March!</span></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style:
normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none;
vertical-align: baseline;">Onward and upward,</span></tt><tt><br>
<br>
</tt><tt><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style:
normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none;
vertical-align: baseline;">Nick, IFF Creative Project Manager,
& the IFF Team</span></tt></p>
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