<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-ea4757a0-7fff-9566-6bee-a8b576245478"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">Dear FabRiders Session Design alumnis,</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">My name is Luis Marquez Garrido, and I am a Senior Program Coordinator on the RightsCon team. Thanks Dirk, for allowing us to communicate with the members of this mailing list!</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">I am reaching out to encourage you to submit a session for the </span><a href="https://www.rightscon.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">2025 Call for Proposals</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, which will be open until </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">June 2 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time. </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">For a detailed timeline of the RightsCon event cycle, please </span><a href="https://www.rightscon.org/timeline-2025/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">click here</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The 13th edition of RightsCon will be hosted in East Asia and online in February 2025</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. Hosted by </span><a href="https://www.accessnow.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Access Now</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, RightsCon is the leading summit on human rights and technology. It is the place where a global movement comes together to build strategies and drive forward change toward a more free, open, and connected digital world.</span></font></p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Organizing a session is a great opportunity to connect with the RightsCon community, build facilitation skills and leadership, learn from other stakeholders, and advance solutions to shared challenges.</font></span></p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">RightsCon 2025</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">will support 450+ interactive sessions and provide a platform for people around the world – policymakers, business leaders, activists, technologists, researchers, lawyers, designers, journalists, creatives, and more – to shape the agenda for the digital future.</span></font></p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">If you’re interested in submitting, I invite you to check out our </span><a href="https://www.rightscon.org/your-guide-to-a-successful-proposal/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Guide to a Successful Proposal</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, our </span><a href="https://www.rightscon.org/cfp-rightscon2025/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">blog on the Call for Proposals</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, and the RightsCon </span><a href="https://www.rightscon.org/program/#support" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">program page</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> for proposal trainings. </span></font></p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">As you look through these resources, feel free to reach out to me with any questions, or contact the RightsCon team directly at </span><a href="mailto:rightscon@accessnow.org" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">rightscon@accessnow.org</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. I would also recommend that you </span><a href="https://www.rightscon.org/rundown/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">subscribe to the RightsCon Rundown</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> – if you’re not already – for program updates over the next couple of months.</span></font></p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">I truly hope to see your work represented at our 13th summit!</font></span></p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Best,</font></span></p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">Luis Eduardo Marquez Garrido</font></span></p></span><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px"><b>Luis Eduardo Márquez Garrido</b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">RightsCon Program Coordinator</span><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px">Access Now | <a href="http://accessnow.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">accessnow.org</a> </div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px">RightsCon | <a href="http://rightscon.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">RightsCon.org</a></div><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><i>(he/him)</i></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><i><br></i></span></div><div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px">PGP Key ID: </span><font color="#222222"><span style="font-size:12.8px">0x40FA698D9A3C8341</span></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px">Fingerprint: </span><font color="#222222"><span style="font-size:12.8px">24BC A7A4 591A D9BC 076E A0E3 40FA 698D 9A3C 8341</span></font></div><div><font color="#222222"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></font></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Subscribe to the</span><a href="https://www.accessnow.org/express" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Access Now Express</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, our weekly newsletter on digital rights</span></div><div><p style="margin-bottom:20px"><font color="#2e2e2e" face="Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b>The <a href="https://www.rightscon.org/rightscon-in-south-korea/" target="_blank">13th edition of RightsCon</a> will be held in South Korea and online</b> in February 2025!</font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div>