I see them before me, as they were. I remember their seating arrangement, adopted as routine. In the back row, Simranjeet Kaur sat next to Cathy Ho sat next to Marchella Prado. In the front, Tiana Frederick sat next to Ayshe Kerim sat next to Emilio Lopez sat next to Edwin Almanzar. To my right, Nora Osman is raising her hand to share a textual interpretation and Oscar Aguirre is nodding in affirmation. In the center of the room, Abigail Thomas, an LGBTQIA+ activist with venerable expertise, is only jumping in with exposition when needed. In the rear corner, Kaylah Mack and Ana Gil are respectfully building on peer contributions; in the middle, Jennifer Deane is conferring with Mehrangiz Abduhabibova, Arafat Miah, and Andy Chantes; Lesley Trujillo is inadvertently spilling a huge quantity of pretzels, and Jacqueline Meza is laughing.

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