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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This year the <a href="https://ohiolha.org/">Ohio Local History Alliance</a> (OHLA) is changing up its usual first weekend in October annual meeting to instead meet in partnership with the
<a href="https://aaslh.org/annualconference/2025-annual-conference/">American Association for State and Local History (AASLA) for its annual conference</a>.
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">That conference will be held in Cincinnati, September 10-13, 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Information from: <a href="https://ohiolha.org/what-we-do/alliance-annual-meeting/">
https://ohiolha.org/what-we-do/alliance-annual-meeting/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">If you are interested in presenting at the Annual Meeting and Conference, you have two options:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">1. The Ohio Local History Alliance is requesting proposals for 8 sessions and one half or full-day workshop to be presented by and for OLHA members
and friends. Proposals for these sessions are <b>due December 13, 2024</b>. The Session Proposal Form can be downloaded as either<a href="https://ohiolha.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2025-Annual-Conference-Session-Proposal_updated.pdf">
<b>a PDF</b></a> or <b><a href="https://ohiolha.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2025-Annual-Conference-Session-Proposal.docx">a Word document</a></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2. Those interested in presenting a proposal for the national local history community as part of the AASLH programming may submit proposals
<b><a href="https://aaslh.org/annualconference/2025-annual-conference/">through the AASLH Conference Webpage</a></b> before
<b>December 13, 2024</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">For questions about the conference, please contact:</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><br>
Dr. Betsy Hedler<br>
Executive Secretary, Ohio Local History Alliance<br>
P: 614-297-2538;<br>
C: 614-398-3491,<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:ehedler@ohiohistory.org">ehedler@ohiohistory.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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