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<span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">The XVII Annual </span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">State Politics and Policy Conference</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">June 1-3, 2017</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://sites.google.com/a/slu.edu/sppc/home/Old_Courthouse_-_St._Louis%2C_MO.JPG?attredirects=0"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="2272" height="1704" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D24A51.95488550" alt="https://sites.google.com/a/slu.edu/sppc/_/rsrc/1479848898095/home/Old_Courthouse_-_St._Louis%2C_MO.JPG"></span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">Saint Louis University and Washington University in St. Louis will host the 17th Annual State Politics and Policy Conference at the Saint Louis University School
of Law in downtown St. Louis. </span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">The theme of this year's conference is</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444"> </span></span><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">Social
Justice in the American States</span></i><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">Paper and poster proposals are now being accepted. A preliminary conference schedule is also available. A link is provided with information on hotel accommodations and
travel to St. Louis. Hotel space in the conference hotel is limited, so please make reservations at your earliest convenience. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">For all inquiries regarding the conference, please contact Dan Butler and Jason Windett at </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#6FA8DC"><a href="mailto:sppc@slu.edu"><span style="color:#333333">sppc@slu.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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