Brooklyn YAS

Morning! ☀️

We wanted to let you all know, Poetic Justice, even in its relaunch, will still have hot food, journals, and harm reduction materials ALL FREE!

Reminder all YAS events are free. And PJ especially is open to ALL no matter how you identify, age, race, ability, etc.
Though it is curated with LGBTQIA+ youth and young adults in mind, it is for everyone. So please sign-up we’d love for you to be there!

Bring a friend!.
Event Details:
September 10th 5:00-7:30PM
Brooklyn Community Pride Center
1561 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11226
Free
Materials Provided..
Full Workshop Series Details:
2nd Tuesday of the Month
September-January 2025.
Sept 10th, Oct 8th, Nov 12th, Dec 10th, Jan 14th..
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Hey Peeps! 🐥

Guess what?! 👀

Poetic Justice is BACK!! 🥳🎉👏🏾👏🏿👏🏽

Our Poetic Justice Creative Writing Workshop is BACK!
We are back and will be better than ever!
It will have all the great classic features with some outstanding new ones.

For those who are newcomers, PJ is a creative writing workshop that meets once a month every 2nd Tuesday from 5:00PM-7:30PM at Brooklyn Community Pride Center. We mostly explored poetry last year, however we wish to branch out to other creative writing genres this year. Also, since Brooklyn YAS (Youth Against Substance Misuse) Coalition is a nonprofit organization that’s focus is substance primary prevention, initiation, and harm reduction, we will explore creative writing with a substance educational twist.
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We are glad to be back and hope you will come out and explore creative writing for the LGBTQIA+ community through poetry, community, and substance prevention!

This workshop is for ages 13+ and held at a dry and substance-free location.

Event Details:
Poetic Justice: LGBTQIA+ Creative Writing Workshop (PJ)
September-January, Every 2nd Tuesday, 5:00-7:30PM
Brooklyn Community Pride Center (BCPC), 1561 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225
For ALL persons ages 13+ (primarily curated for LGBTQIA+ youth and young adults 13-29)
FREE

All Dates of the Program:
September 10th, 5:00PM-7:30PM
October 8th, 5:00PM-7:30PM
November 12th, 5:00PM-7:30PM
December 10th, 5:00PM-7:30PM
January 14th, 2025, 5:00PM-7:30PM

RSVP in the Link in Our Bio!

If you have any questions please email Daniela Dominguez, the point-person of PJ, at ([email protected])..
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Hey Peeps! 🐥

Guess what?! 👀

Poetic Justice is BACK!! 🥳🎉👏🏾👏🏿👏🏽

Our Poetic Justice Creative Writing Workshop is BACK!
We are back and will be better than ever!
It will have all the great classic features with some outstanding new ones.

For those who are newcomers, PJ is a creative writing workshop that meets once a month every 2nd Tuesday from 5:00PM-7:30PM at Brooklyn Community Pride Center. We mostly explored poetry last year, however we wish to branch out to other creative writing genres this year. Also, since Brooklyn YAS (Youth Against Substance Misuse) Coalition is a nonprofit organization that’s focus is substance primary prevention, initiation, and harm reduction, we will explore creative writing with a substance educational twist.

We are glad to be back and hope you will come out and explore creative writing for the LGBTQIA+ community through poetry, community, and substance prevention!

This workshop is for ages 13+ and held at a dry and substance-free location.

Event Details:
Poetic Justice: LGBTQIA+ Creative Writing Workshop (PJ)
September-January, Every 2nd Tuesday, 5:00-7:30PM
Brooklyn Community Pride Center (BCPC), 1561 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225
For ALL persons ages 13+ (primarily curated for LGBTQIA+ youth and young adults 13-29)
FREE

All Dates of the Program:
September 10th, 5:00PM-7:30PM
October 8th, 5:00PM-7:30PM
November 12th, 5:00PM-7:30PM
December 10th, 5:00PM-7:30PM
January 14th, 2025, 5:00PM-7:30PM

RSVP in the Link in Our Bio!

If you have any questions please email Daniela Dominguez, the point-person of PJ, at ([email protected])..
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Oh, wait a minute!
We forgot something else! To introduce you to our panelists as well.
So let’s get into it!

Go check them out!
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Let’s bask in the TransGEM memories from Saturday!
We got some early pics from tester and advocate Teddy!

Thanks Teddy! 💗
We shall have more memories to come as our photographer .png develops them! So, stay tuned for that!

If you have some memories you would like to share please do so and tag us! !

For now, let us bask! And thank you to the team, committee, and everyone who came to find joy in expressing who each of us are without judgement and without fear!

And, of course, a HUGE thank you and cheers to our partners! Without them TransGEM would be nothing. So thank you to our TransGEM Fam and Village! We love and appreciate you! 💗🫶🏿🎉
Take some time to click on their pages and check them out!
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LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER FOR TRANSGEM EXPO!!

Because TransGEM is a ticket-only event and you cannot get a ticket for the event the day of (at the) event, you must register.

This is because there is a vetting process to keep all participants non-cisgender persons, and to protect all the non-cisgender people who are a part of TransGEM.
Given the nature and culture of the expo.

So, our advice to all our non-cisgender friends: Even if you are unsure you can go or make it, just register so you can have a ticket. Because it is better to have a ticket on standby even if you end up not going, versus don’t register and not receive a ticket and decide you do want to go day of the event.

So register! Link in our bio!
The link in our bio is to our Link Tree, and it will be under “Upcoming Events” for the TransGEM Registration link.

We still have spots available!! 👏🏾👏🏿👏🏽.
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WE ARE EXTENDING THE REGISTRATION DEADLINE!!! 👏🏿🎉👏🏾🤭💄

We have more spots available for participants for TransGEM! And so, because we have so many things we want to give away and connections we want to bridge, we are extending registration through this weekend!

That gives all you non-cisgender friends 3 full days until we close registration on Monday 5/13 at 4:00PM! 👏🏿👏🏽

So click that link in our bio to go to our Link Tree and register for Transgender Euphoria Makeup Expo: Bigger, Badder, More Beat! 🏃🏾‍♂️🏃🏿‍♀️🏃🏽
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Event Details:
Transgender Euphoria Makeup Expo: Bigger, Badder, More Beat! (TransGEM)
Saturday, May 18th, 2024
12:00PM-6:30PM
Brooklyn Community Pride Center Crown Heights
1561 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225
Free to non-cisgender persons!
TICKETED EVENT!
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Thank you Angelique Araya for bringing the inner child and present self together for a conversation! 🥰

This year’s Art Showcase had a live art performance by **kinlique which was the first time YAS had something like this in its iteration. And let us tell you…👏🏿
It was so beautiful, wholesome, revealing, and wonderful that we definitely want to have a live performance artist again.
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Next year we could have you and your interactive art performance in our space!
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Please take a moment and swipe through these MOMENTS our audience bravely experienced with us all!
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Reminder:
Transgender Euphoria Makeup Expo (TransGEM): Bigger, Badder, More Beat
May 18th, 2024
12:00PM-6:30PM
Brooklyn Community Pride Center Crown Heights
1561 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225
Free Registration for trans, agender, non-binary alike identifying persons.

Link in Bio!.
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Hey Peepers!!

We wanted to give a great BIG THANK YOU to our partners and subcommittee members for helping us put together our 3rd Annual LGBTQIA+ Youth & Young Adult Art Contest & Showcase!!.
Let’s give them a HUGE round of applause!!
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Without or partners and subcommittees to help us plan everything, stay on track, do outreach, and set-up and breakdown our events, they wouldn’t be possible! 😭😱.
So, we want to take a moment and highlight the ones who helped bring the contest and showcase together!
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🖼️: The Brooklyn Community Pride Center (specifically the staff and the Crown Heights Location). Thanks for always hosting our events and programs!

🖼️: thank you CUNY’s LGBTQIA+ Consortium, LGBTQI Council, Medgar Evers College, and Christina Chala and her team for both funding the event as well as our other programs, but also help put them together and run them!

🖼️: Open Source Gallery for hosting with us! And uplifting the artists!

🖼️: .health CHI Health and their rep Vincent De Capua, thank you for helping spread the word, put together the programs and support the artists!

🖼️: THEO (teens helping each other) a SUNY Downstate STAR program, thank you for letting us borrow .tiffanyjones Tiffany Jones and all her great ideas and support!

🖼️: Diaspora Community Services for loaning out Otis Howell to share in the joy and merriment with all our artist! (And for being tall and helping install the Art where we couldn’t reach 🤭).

🖼️: The Elm Foundation for letting us have Ashley Chapman to help support our artists!

🖼️: .leap and of course, last but not certainly least, our sibling program within CAMBA: LEAP (LGBTQ+ Education & Acceptance Project) program. We wouldn’t of been able to set up the day of without you! 🫶🏿
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You can join our subcommittees too!
It’s pretty simple: just join our email list!

Link in Bio!
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Reminder that TransGEM registration is still open and free! Please sign-up today! Deadline May 10th!

We’re well aware that you all know our top three and honorable mentions of this year’s LGBTQIA+ Youth Art Contest but here’s some pictures we took of the artists on the day of the showcase! 💗🐣

And for those who may have not seen our post yesterday, here’s our top three and three honorable mentions!

TOP THREE:
🥇Eli Kan (they/them/theirs): .ink

🥈Jayveon Boland (he/him/his): .caines

🥉Odessa Bubblegum (they/them/theirs):

HONORABLE MENTIONS:
1️⃣ Darian Acevedo (they/them/theirs):

2️⃣ Fiona Chen (she/her/hers):

3️⃣ Ro Maharjan (they/them/theirs): .studio

Congratulations!!! 🥳🎉👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Feel free to follow and support these artists!! If you weren’t able to attend, take a look at their work through digitally! .
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Okay Peepers! 🐥

So the submission link is closed! But let’s take a trip down memory lane from last years top three and two honorable mentions!

We want to get you all hyped up for the showcase! Because there, we will announce the top three our judges pick, two honorable mentions, have a performance from a performance artist, testing by , and more! ALL FREE! With food and a raffle!

So let’s pay homage to last years contenders and prepare for this years!
Next week we shall share the artist spotlight for the 21 contestants we received! 😱🥳

Stay tuned!
And RSVP for the showcase!
Link IN BIO! 👏🏿.
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Hey Artist!!

It is the LAST CHANCE to submit your artwork for our 3rd annual contest!!

Remember you get gifts, opportunities, and prizes just for submitting and you get even MORE if you make top three or honorable mentions!

So don’t overthink it and submit! LAST CHANCE! Submission link closes 10PM TONIGHT!
We want to showcase your art and talent so if you are BETWEEN THE AGES OF 13-26, NYC-BASED, AND A PART OF THE LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY, then you’re eligible to submit.

Be mindful our theme this year is “LIBERATION, JOY, & RESISTANCE!”
More details on specifics to the theme in the submission link! So go check it out and submit! You need no specific or special art experience or criteria to submit! Just the three aforementioned requirements are needed!

We’ve got lots of slots and space to take some more submissions!!!👏🏿🎉.
Link IN BIO!.
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Hello Out There!

We are back at it, introducing our sponsors and partners! And now we are going to shoutout to our big funder and at this point one of our favorite partners & !!
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Take a look at them and click their pages to see what they are up to and what they offer! And register for TransGEM to meet their outreach team and Christina Chala in person!

We’re getting closer and closer, are you getting pumped?! Because we are!! 🎉.
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We’d like to invite you all to YAS’s 3rd Annual
LGBTQIA+ Youth Art Showcase! Our theme for this year’s showcase is Liberation, Joy, and Resistance, come view art
that reflects this theme! 🐣🎨

🗓️When: Friday, April 26th, 5:00-7:30PM
•📍Where: Brooklyn Community Pride Center (1561
Bedford Avenue, Suite A, Brooklyn, NY 11225)

Not only will you be able to view art made by local q***r/trans artists but there will also be food, beverages, an interactive performance, community, STI/HIV testing and a raffle!! 🤩🤩

You do not have to be LGBTQIA+ identifying or a youth to attend this event. We want to celebrate community and the wonderful talents of our LGBTQIA+ youth of NYC! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

All our events are free!

RSVP link is in our bio!

Email Daniela Dominguez if you have any questions ([email protected])...
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“Every year, March is designated Women’s History Month by presidential proclamation. The month is set aside to honor women’s contributions in American history. This year’s theme is Women who advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion. Check out these inspiring women whose activism hase advanced DEI. For more information please check out our linktree.
https://linktr.ee/NYCPOP
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Let’s unpack what we mean when we say people of trans-experience!

We get this questions a lot, and it’s a FAIR question because the phrase, “of trans-experience,” includes a wide variety of terms and identities. So let’s unpack it together:

Of Trans-Experience: anyone who doesn’t identify or feel comfortable with the gender associated with their s*x assigned at birth.

This means persons don’t indenting as cisgender because their gender identity falls under the nonbinary umbrella and/or two-spirit First Nations/native/indigenus umbrella. Not necessarily identifying as trans or transgender. And not the same as being inters*x, because it’s a s*x and not a gender.

However inters*x persons are eligible to attend and participate in TransGEM!

How this helps persons! Take a look at the different gender identies that are “of trans-experience,” and see if you find something new to explore.

All identities definitions and explanations can be found resource hub.

Can’t wait to see you at TransGEM!
May 18th 12:00PM-6:30PM.
Brooklyn Community Pride Center
1561 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225.
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Okay Peepers! 🐣

Our TransGEM Expo registration is OPEN!!
So pop over to our Link Tree Link in Bio and register for Transgender Euphoria Makeup Expo Year Teo: Bigger, Badder, More Beat!

Event Info:
May 18th Saturday
12:00-6:30PM
Brooklyn Community Pride Center Crown Heights
1561 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11225
Hot Food, Snacks, and beverages PROVIDED!
FREE ENTRY
13+ transgender-identifying and/or of trans-experience persons ONLY!
Free makeup PROVIDED!
Free rapid HIV/STI testing PROVIDED!
Raffles, Panels, makeup artists present, makeup business owners and gurus present, free tutorials and makeup discussions present, Photo Booth, Linkage to gender-affirming care, insurance navigation and help, connections to trans-affirming services and organizations! And more best believe it! 👏🏾

We have a lot of things to give and share with you, we just need you to register!
*registration is a two part process- once you register you will be vetted for eligibility (this is to keep the safety and integrity of TransGEM and all who attend it) once you pass that you will receive an email congratulating you with instructions on how to RSVP for the actual event*
Event TICKET ONLY!

If you are a business or organization who wants to be a part or wants to sponsor TransGEM: check out our Link Tree and find the partner/sponsor link to apply!

Hope to see you all there!.
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Okay Peepers! 🐣

Our TransGEM Expo registration is OPEN!!
So pop over to our Link Tree Link in Bio and register for Transgender Euphoria Makeup Expo Year Teo: Bigger, Badder, More Beat!

Event Info:
May 18th Saturday
12:00-6:30PM
Brooklyn Community Pride Center Crown Heights
1561 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11225
Hot Food, Snacks, and beverages PROVIDED!
FREE ENTRY
13+ transgender-identifying and/or of trans-experience persons ONLY!
Free makeup PROVIDED!
Free rapid HIV/STI testing PROVIDED!
Raffles, Panels, makeup artists present, makeup business owners and gurus present, free tutorials and makeup discussions present, Photo Booth, Linkage to gender-affirming care, insurance navigation and help, connections to trans-affirming services and organizations! And more best believe it! 👏🏾

We have a lot of things to give and share with you, we just need you to register!
*registration is a two part process- once you register you will be vetted for eligibility (this is to keep the safety and integrity of TransGEM and all who attend it) once you pass that you will receive an email congratulating you with instructions on how to RSVP for the actual event*
Event TICKET ONLY!

If you are a business or organization who wants to be a part or wants to sponsor TransGEM: check out our Link Tree and find the partner/sponsor link to apply!

Hope to see you all there!.
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And here comes another one!!

Morning Peepers!!
We want to shoutout and introduce another OG Sponsor/Partner of TransGEM!

Roll out the carpet and welcome wagon for pride center!!

A long standing partner of YAS, we have utilized their space for practically all our events! Something you can do too!

Renting the space is easy, you just have to go onto their website and click space rental! This is if you have an event that needs a space.

However, just frequenting the Brooklyn Community Pride Center doesn’t take any request form. There are two locations open to the public. One in Crown Heights and another in Bed-Stuy!
Go and utilize the free facilities and resources! You know we have!

Alrighty, stay tuned for another sponsor shoutout soon! And mark your calendars for TransGEM! May 18th 12:00-6:30PM at the Brooklyn Community Pride Center Crown Heights location! 👏🏾💋.
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Hey Peepers! 🐣

It’s time to meet some of our partners/sponsors! TransGEM cannot be TransGEM w/o the organizations, businesses, and agencies who make it possible!
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We’d like to kick it off with the OG sponsor !!! 👏🏾🙌🏾💗

This company has been with TransGEM since the beginning! Since before there was a TransGEM and it was just GEM (Gender Euphoria Makeup Workshop).
We hold a special reserved space in our hearts for GirlBoyBeauty. Please take the time to get to know them and explore their page and website!

YAS LOVES YOU GIRLBOYBEAUTY!! 🙌🏾💗💋
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If you are a business owner or a rep for an organization that you believe would love to sponsor our TransGEM or partner with us in some way, please click the link in our bio to our Link Tree and register today!

The more the merrier! 👏🏾.
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Hey Peepers!!

It’s that time of the year again! Let’s get pumped for our 2nd annual TRANSGEM! This it shall be “Bigger, Badder, More Beat!”

We hope to turn it out like last year! So mark your calendars and save the date! We hope for this to be the biggest trans event of the season!

What to know now:
💄May 18th 12:00-6:30PM
💋at Brooklyn Community Pride Center Crown Heights
💄Open to all trans-identifying and trans-experience identifying persons ONLY
💋FREE
💄Hot full lunch (unlike last time) plus snacks!
💋HIV/STI Rapid Testing
💄Panels
💋Free Beats
💄Raffles
💋Open Makeup Info Discussions
💄Drag Performances
💋Of course FREE MAKEUP
& More! So stay tuned! The planning is in the works and set-up is happening!

If you wish to volunteer or be a part of the planning committee please email Nyrie Smith: [email protected]

Registration opens March 11th!
Share the good news!

We hope you’re PUMPED because we are!! 👏🏾🙌🏾🎉.
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Good Morning YAS Peepers!💗

I hope you all had a great weekend!!

Today is International Migrants Day. We wanted to share the difference between migrants, immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers. They may sound similar, as they are, but they do have their differences.

As you may know, December is Universal Human Rights Month so we wanted to bring visibility to LGBTQIA+ migrants, immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees. They are at higher risks for facing challengers like exploitation, homelessness, etc.

Feel free to take time to learn more about LGBTQIA+ immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees today and how you can show support..
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Hey Peepers, Happy National Ugly Sweater Day!!!🎄❄️☃️.
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And we’re fashionably late with this post, hahaha. 🫣

December 10th was Human Rights Day!🥳🥳

If you’re looking for a way to celebrate this holiday refer to our Universal Human Rights Month series! We’re spotlighting LGBTQIA+ activist who fight for human rights overall and for inclusion for all!

Remember to advocate for marginalized communities who are usually ignored in conversations about “equality.” 💕.
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Hey Everyone! 💕

We’re back with our Universal Human Rights series, and yes a few days late too. 😅

The activist of this week is Pastor Alexis Salvador! Salvador is from Brazil and travels around Latin America with other ministers to raise awareness on the exclusion of LGBTQIA+ folks within Catholic Churches. 🏳️‍🌈

She is known as the “first transgender shepherd of Latin America!”🏳️‍⚧️

Countries like Brazil are known to be unsafe for transgender persons. However, this doesn’t stop Pastor Salvador from advocating for her community! .
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As promised, we have our National Drunk & Drugged Driving Prevention Month post for you all! 🤓

Today we wanted to list reasons that LGBTQIA+ youth drink alcohol. We also included stats from our Brooklyn YAS Alcohol Youth Survey (2023). 🏳️‍🌈

In addition, we provided some approvals/disapprovals within LGBTQIA+ youth social circles when it comes to the topic of drinking.

Thankfully, most q***r and trans youth are against drinking and driving, which shows the awareness of this issue.
Let’s continue to acknowledge the dangers of substance usage while driving, and inform our community as well.

What do you all think? Did some of this info surprise you? 🤔💭.
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Happy Pans*xual Pride Day YAS Peeps!!🎉🎉

It’s a day to celebrate by supporting pans*xual folks!

For folks who may not know what pans*xuality is, let’s learn together:

A person who identifies as a pans*xual is someone who is attracted to people regardless of gender.

This may sound similar to bis*xuality or even omnis*xuality. However it’s important to remember they share certain similarities, they all have their differences as well.

Alrighty friends! Happy Pans*xual Pride Day once more!!! 🎊💕.
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