Good afternoon to my fellow Canadians, Canada has a lot to celebrate during the month of October! October is Women's History Month, LGBTQ History Month, National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and Latin American Heritage Month. IMLA would like to also recognize and celebrate our Canadian members who are members of these groups-women, LGBTQIA, persons with disabilities, and Latin American-for their contributions and commitments to their communities and work as municipal attorneys. Have a member(s) in mind? Nominate yourself or another IMLA member from your office or another. Please send me, dshahnami@imla.org<mailto:dshahnami@imla.org>, a bio and headshot (with the member's permission) and the awareness month(s) you'd like to nominate the person for by Monday, October 4th. If you would like to write a piece for our blog regarding the subjects above, please send me your topic for consideration. If you have any resources you would like to share for our Diversity Resource Library, please email them to Caroline at cstorer@imla.org<mailto:cstorer@imla.org>. If you would like access to our Diversity Resource Library and receive notifications for our monthly DEI Zoom and Book Club Meetings, please email Caroline to join our Diversity Listserv! Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you, Deanna Deanna Shahnami Associate Counsel P: (202) 466-5424 x7105 D: (202) 742-1019 [facebook icon]<https://www.facebook.com/InternationalMunicipalLawyersAssociation/>[twitter icon]<https://twitter.com/imlalegal>[linkedin icon]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./> [logo]<https://imla.org/> 51 Monroe St. Suite 404 Rockville, MD, 20850 www.imla.org<http://www.imla.org/> Plan Ahead! IMLA's 86th Annual Conference<https://imla.org/annual-conference/>, September 29-October 3, 2021 in Minneapolis, MN!