<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-12e59b69-01c0-1d47-be72-9e8876fd8fa2"><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><a href="http://www.zilient.org?utm_medium=email&utm_source=partner_outreach_email&utm_campaign=189912partner_outreach_SPN&source=189912partner_outreach_email_SPN" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/Hb25QUhdkGVz0KwLiUYMppBFYrMQbjG09OeUbzd_xrKlHWOhs_O3-V4uZOoqbHtC97AKtRgCbaORwUIE7OFtB_RPMGzB4LO2Ec-TrThxSM-wPYTunQrKhLizpWlHNOjMw3TtHWf9" width="624" height="287" style="border: none; transform: rotate(0rad);" alt="Zilient image.png"></span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A message from the </span><a href="http://www.zilient.org?utm_medium=email&utm_source=partner_outreach_email&utm_campaign=189912partner_outreach_SPN&source=189912partner_outreach_email_SPN" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Zilient </span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">team</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(31,73,125);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">:</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">You’re invited to join </span><a href="http://www.zilient.org?utm_medium=email&utm_source=partner_outreach_email&utm_campaign=189912partner_outreach_Cities_of_Service&source=189912partner_outreach_email_Cities_of_Service" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Zilient</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: a first-of-its-kind online publishing and knowledge-sharing platform where global resilience practitioners convene to discover news, collaborate with colleagues and share best practices. Get involved in three steps:</span></p><br><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:2.15pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sign Up:</span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> simply visit </span><a href="http://www.zilient.org?utm_medium=email&utm_source=partner_outreach_email&utm_campaign=189912partner_outreach_SPN&source=189912partner_outreach_email_SPN" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Zilient.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Our online community is </span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">free and open to all.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:2.15pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Explore:</span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="http://www.zilient.org?utm_medium=email&utm_source=partner_outreach_email&utm_campaign=189912partner_outreach_SPN&source=189912partner_outreach_email_SPN" style="text-decorati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