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SUMMARY:Nashua - Active Bystander Training
DESCRIPTION:Active Bystander Training – Nashua NH\nWednesday\, November 8\, 2017\n6:00 PM – 9:00 PM\nTemple Beth Abraham\n4 Raymond Road\nNashua\, NH \nJoin GSOP and United Way to learn how to be an “active bystander!” This training will be available in both Spanish and English. \nDinner will be served and there is no cost to attend. Donations will be accepted to cover the cost of the food. \nTo register\, Click here or call 603-864-0202. \nActive Bystander training is a short\, interactive opportunity to think about what you would do if you witness someone doing harm to another. \nActive Bystander training helps participants recognize when they are bystanders\, analyze the situation and their options\, and evaluate the consequences of their actions. It increases bystanders’ effectiveness by teaching how we each can interrupt harm doing and generate positive actions by others. Instead of becoming complicit through remaining passive\, participants learn the competencies they need to decide to take action when they witness something they feel is troubling\, unfair\, or wrong. Active bystandership does not mean aggression against the harm doer\, it means taking responsible action to help people in need.
URL:https://welcomingnh.org/event/nashua-active-bystander-training/
LOCATION:Temple Beth Abraham\, 4 Raymond Street\, Nashua\, NH\, 03064\, United States
CATEGORIES:General
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171109T090000
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SUMMARY:Webinar - One Year Later: Immigrant Trauma and How to Deal with It
DESCRIPTION:Supporting children\, refugees and immigrants in uncertain times\n\n\nOne year since the presidential election\, immigration rhetoric and policies have upended millions of lives. Register for One Year Later: Immigrant Trauma and How to Deal with It\, a free webinar hosted by The Immigrant Learning Center Public Education Institute on Thursday\, November 9\, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. EST to learn how immigrants are being impacted and what you can do to support them.\n\nAmong those affected are refugees awaiting family members\, skilled workers on temporary visas and long-time residents fearing rejection from their adopted homeland. Especially vulnerable are the children of immigrants suffering from increased anxiety and classroom disengagement. Educator and author Eileen Kugler and clinical psychologist Dr. Usha Tummala-Narra will offer strategies on how schools\, neighbors and employers can support their immigrant students\, coworkers and friends.\n\nAttendees will Learn: \n\nLatest immigration policies and the breadth of their impact\nThe destructive effects on immigrants\, refugees and their families\nBest practices to deal with this trauma at the personal\, institutional and community levels\n\nThis free\, interactive webinar is for anyone interested in immigrant and refugee issues\, including social workers\, advocates\, counselors\, teachers\, policy experts\, immigrant- and refugee-serving organizations\, health care professionals\, and state and city officials. \n 
URL:https://welcomingnh.org/event/webinar-one-year-later-immigrant-trauma-and-how-to-deal-with-it/
LOCATION:NH
CATEGORIES:General
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SUMMARY:Manchester - Conversation Cafe at Currier Museum of Art
DESCRIPTION:Join us on November 9 for a special Conversation Café at the Currier Museum of Art! \nParticipants can enjoy a free tour of the museum (including a special exhibit on French artist Toulouse Lautrec) as well as time for art-making and conversation in small groups. If you’ve never visited the Currier\, this will be a great opportunity to experience all the museum has to offer! It will also be a chance for receiving community members and new immigrants to get to know each other in a unique (and creative!) setting. \nConversation Cafés are a program Welcoming Manchester and partners. These events are informal get-togethers of immigrant and non-immigrant community members where participants enjoy guided conversation and activities with new friends and neighbors. Each Conversation Café is unique\, and we are always looking for new themes\, locations and partners. This is a great opportunity to practice or help others practice English language skills\, and it’s also a wonderful opportunity for community members to get to know one another in a relaxed setting. These events are always free and open to everyone.
URL:https://welcomingnh.org/event/manchester-conversation-cafe-at-currier-museum-of-art/
LOCATION:Currier Museum of Art\, 150 Ash St.\, Manchester\, NH\, 03104\, United States
CATEGORIES:General
ORGANIZER;CN="Welcoming Manchester":MAILTO:lshaffer@refugeesuccess.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171113T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171113T143000
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SUMMARY:Manchester - Global Tipping Points: How can the U.S. & Mexico Fight Heroin?
DESCRIPTION:THINK GLOBALLY & ACT LOCALLY \nA three-part series looking at global issues from a local level \nMONDAY\, NOVEMBER 13 at 6PM \nLUIS JIMÉNEZ \nMexico provides more than 90 percent of America’s heroin. As an addiction epidemic ravages New Hampshire\, communities across the border have also paid a price as violence soars. How has U.S. foreign policy in Latin America impacted drug trade? How can both countries work together to combat the crisis? Luis Jiménez\, an expert on Latin American politics\, will address these issues and more. NH link: The Granite State recently ranked #2 in the nation for opioid-related deaths relative to its population and #1 for fentanyl-related deaths per capita. \nLocation: Multi-purpose Room\, UNH Manchester\, 88 Commercial Street (Pandora Mill)\, Manchester. Directions & Parking Info Here \nFree & Open to the Public. Advance registration requested online or by phone: 603.314.7970. \nPresented in partnership with UNH Manchester’s homeland security\, history\, humanities and politics and society programs
URL:https://welcomingnh.org/event/manchester-global-tipping-points-how-can-the-u-s-mexico-fight-heroin/
LOCATION:UNH – Manchester\, 88 Commercial St.\, Manchester\, NH\, 03104\, United States
CATEGORIES:General
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171114T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171114T143000
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SUMMARY:Exeter - Active Bystander Training
DESCRIPTION:DESCRIPTION:\nActive Bystander Training is a short\, interactive opportunity to think about what you would do if you witness someone doing harm to another.\nActive Bystander training helps participants recognize when they are bystanders\, analyze the situation and their options\, and evaluate the consequences of their actions. It increases bystanders’ effectiveness by teaching how we each can interrupt harm doing and generate positive actions by others. Instead of becoming complicit through remaining passive\, participants learn the competencies they need to decide to take action when they witness something they feel is troubling\, unfair\, or wrong. Active bystandership does not mean aggression against the harm doer\, it means taking responsible action to help people in need. \nTraining includes: \n\nWhat inhibits bystanders from acting\nWhat promotes positive bystander behavior\nPutting oneself into the victim’s situation\nFeeling responsibility for others’ welfare\nCompetence. The ability to have a positive influence\, avoid harm to oneself and others\nSafe\, non-confrontational strategies for intervention\nPromote caring for people both within and beyond one’s own group\nPromote the inclination to help others\, and the moral courage to speak or act on behalf of positive values in the face of potential opposition\nInteractive exercises and activities: students discuss\, brainstorm and roleplay bystander responses to varied situations\n\n  \nLocation: 104 Epping Road\, Exeter\, NH 03833 \nGranite State Organizing Project\nGSOP is the largest grassroots community organization in New Hampshire. We are comprised of religious congregations\, community groups\, labor organizations and individuals in New Hampshire united in our concern for economic and social justice. Responding to requests from our members for more tools to support positive community- based interventions and building on our training expertise\, GSOP has integrated into our work an active bystander training based on the widely-used program developed by Quabbin Mediation.
URL:https://welcomingnh.org/event/exeter-active-bystander-training/
LOCATION:NH
CATEGORIES:General
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171114T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171114T150000
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SUMMARY:Milford - Becky Sakellariou  - All Refugee Lives Matter
DESCRIPTION:Becky Sakellariou\, who lives in both New Hampshire and in Greece\, has been involved with the refugees in Greece since they began pouring into that country from Turkey 2 1/2 years ago.  She has visited transient camps with a team of midwives\, emergency landing camps\, and taught and worked in a couple of the 40+ mainland camps that are now home to about 65\,000 refugees.  She has also raised funds for goods\, foods\, clothes\, toys and other needed items for about 7 NGOs operating at very small centers\, both urban and rural.  She will talk about her experiences\, her perspectives and show slides to illustrate what is happening.
URL:https://welcomingnh.org/event/milford-becky-sakellariou-all-refugee-lives-matter/
LOCATION:Wadleigh Memorial Library\, 49 Nashua St.\, Milford\, NH\, 03055\, United States
CATEGORIES:General
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171115T040000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171115T110000
DTSTAMP:20260429T230724
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SUMMARY:Concord - Cultural and Linguistic Competency Workshop
DESCRIPTION:For educators\, clinicians\, and members of community-based organizations! \nWHEN: Wednesday\, November 15\, 2017\nFrom 9 AM to 4 PM \nWHERE: The Foundation for Healthy Communities\nRoom 1\, 125 Airport Road\, Concord\, NH \nFACILITATOR: Mercedes Avila\, PhD \nWorkshop Objectives:\nAt the conclusion of this training\, participants will be able to:\n1. Demonstrate increased self-awareness of racial\, ethnic and class biases.\n2. Define cultural and linguistic competency and indicate familiarity with the stages of\ncultural competency (or continuum).\n3. Describe the implications of demographic trends for health disparities.\n4. Identify links between racial and health inequities and health disparities.\n5. Integrate National CLAS Standards into practice and service providing.\n6. Describe how cultural beliefs shape clinical encounters and patients’ health outcomes.\n7. Incorporate cultural and linguistic competence into service providing. \nThere is no cost to attend. Lunch will be provided. \nSpace is limited!\nPre-Register at snhahec-clc-workshop.eventbrite.com \nSponsored by the Northern New England Workforce Diversity Partnership and\nSouthern NH AHEC
URL:https://welcomingnh.org/event/concord-cultural-and-linguistic-competency-workshop/
LOCATION:NH
CATEGORIES:General
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171115T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171114T144850
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SUMMARY:Peterborough - Is Our Town Your Town?
DESCRIPTION:Is Our Town Your Town?\n2:00 pm \nFranklin Pierce University’s Global Citizens Club and First Year Inquiry Class lead the conversation\, “How is Our Town Your Town?” Using Thornton Wilder’s play\, “Our Town”\, the US Constitution\, the US immigration process\, and the teaching of tolerance\, as bases for discussion\, the dialogue will center on the question\, “What makes a community accessible and inviting?” Class and Club Members\, Mariposa Museum staff\, along with Ann Hayashi\, Assistant to the Resident Director at The MacDowell Colony\, and community members are invited to weigh in on this important topic. Admission: Free.
URL:https://welcomingnh.org/event/peterborough-is-our-town-your-town/
LOCATION:Mariposa Museum and World Culture Center\, 26 Main St\, Peterborough\, NH\, 03458\, United States
CATEGORIES:General
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171115T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171115T123000
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SUMMARY:Hanover - Team Up\, Take Action: Partnering for Health Equity
DESCRIPTION:The Hitchcock Foundation Presents the Thirty-Fourth Annual Schumann Lecture\nTeam up\, Take Action: Partnering for Health Equity\nCamara P. Jones MD\, MPH\, PhD\nHealth equity means that everyone has the chance to be as healthy as possible. Health equity means reducing and eliminating disparities in health and its determinants that adversely affect excluded or marginalized groups. Health equity is inextricably linked with opportunity. It requires addressing obstacles to health such as poverty\, discrimination\, and their consequences\, including powerlessness and lack of access to good jobs with fair pay\, quality education and housing\, safe environments\, and healthcare. Health equity is fundamental to building a vibrant society because of its practical\, economic\, and civic implications and impact on individuals living a good life. \nDr. Jones is a family physician and epidemiologist whose work focuses on the impacts of racism on the health and well-being of the nation. She seeks to broaden the national health debate to include not only universal access to high-quality healthcare but also attention to the social determinants of health (including poverty) and the social determinants of equity (including racism). Dr. Jones is the immediate past president of the American Public Health Association \nThis lecture is free and open to the public. No registration is necessary. \nThis public lecture is supported by an endowment to the Hitchcock Foundation from the late Helmut Wolfgang Schumann to provide a free lecture by a nationally renowned figure on topics related to healthful living. This year’s lecture will kick off the annual event for public health officials called “Team Up\, Take Action: Improving Population Health Together\,” co-sponsored by the New Hampshire Public Health Association\, the Vermont Public Health Association and Dartmouth-Hitchcock. Though the larger conference is a paid event\, the public may attend the Schumann Lecture from 4:00 PM-5:30 PM at no cost.
URL:https://welcomingnh.org/event/hanover-team-up-take-action-partnering-for-health-equity/
LOCATION:The Hanover Inn\, 2 East Wheelock Street\, Hanover\, NH\, 03755\, United States
CATEGORIES:General
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171116T030000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171116T080000
DTSTAMP:20260429T230724
CREATED:20171013T174747Z
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SUMMARY:Manchester - Culturally Effective Organizations Framework Learning Forum for Organization Decision-Makers
DESCRIPTION:The NH Health & Equity Partnership’s Culturally Effective Organizations Priority Work Group is pleased to present a learning forum for leaders of organizations from health\, healthcare\, human\, social service\, people-serving\, education\, and non-profit organizations.  Culturally effective organizations enable\, cultivate\, and support the delivery of high-quality care and services for all people.  Decision makers from your leadership team are invited to attend this half-day learning forum on November 16th in Manchester to learn the roadmap for providing high quality services for all.   \nRegistration details coming soon.  For questions please contact Isabelle Valmont.  \nhttp://www.facebook.com/equitynh/
URL:https://welcomingnh.org/event/manchester-save-the-date-culturally-effective-organizations-framework-learning-forum-for-organization-decision-makers/
LOCATION:NH
CATEGORIES:General
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171116T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171116T133000
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CREATED:20171019T213229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171019T213229Z
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SUMMARY:Manchester - 5th Annual Friendship Dinner & Award Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:The 5th Annual Friendship Dinner & Award Ceremony\n“An Evening of Celebrating Cultural Diversity” \nTurkish Cultural Center & Peace Islands Institute request the pleasure of your presence at the 5th Annual Friendship Dinner & Award Ceremony to applaud our distinguished honorees. \nThursday\, November 16\, 2017\n6.30 pm \nPuritan Conference & Event Center\n245 Hooksett Rd\nManchester\, NH 03104 \nKeynote Speakers\nDr. Katrina Lantos Swett\nPresident\nThe Lantos Foundation for Human Rights & Justice \n& \nDr. Y. Alp Aslandogan\nExecutive Director\nAlliance of Shared Values\, New York \n2017 Award Recipients: \nFriendship Award:\nBen Gamache\nPresident\nGamache Enterprise \nCommunity Service Award:\nKeith Howard\nFormer Executive Director\nLiberty House \nDialogue Award:\nBecky Field\nPhotographer & Author \nEducation Award:\nChristine Brennan\nDeputy Commissioner\nDepartment of Education \n  \nThe Annual Friendship Dinner & Award Ceremony is the Turkish Cultural Center’s the most important social outreach event of the year. The Center is dedicated to bringing together people from diverse backgrounds. At this event\, people with vastly different upbringings\, heritages\, cultures and histories come together and share in the common hope and faith that people can understand\, accept and learn from each other. This event is a prime example of how\, despite differences\, people will come together when there is a common goal at hand. \nTurkish Cultural Center Awards publicly recognize the outstanding achievements of those who have distinguished themselves in their profession and service to humanity in US. The awards are based on a variety of criteria and given in different areas including community service\, education\, leadership\, philanthropy\, business and friendship etc.
URL:https://welcomingnh.org/event/manchester-5th-annual-friendship-dinner-award-ceremony/
LOCATION:Puritan Conference and Event Center\, 245 Hooksett Rd\, Manchester\, NH\, 03104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171119T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171119T133000
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CREATED:20171101T193334Z
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SUMMARY:Concord - An Attitude of Gratitude: A Thanksgiving Interfaith Celebration
DESCRIPTION:The Greater Concord Interfaith Council invites the Concord Community to participate in an evening Thanksgiving celebration. A reflection on an “attitude of gratitude” will be given by Reverend Jason Wells. Music and interfaith reflections will also be offered. \nDonations of non-perishable food items for the Friends of Forgotten Children food pantry are appreciated.\nAny monetary offerings will go towards the Concord Coalition to End Homelessness for their new cold-weather shelter. \nDate: Sunday\, November 19\, 2017\nTime: 5:30 pm\nPlace: Immaculate Heart of Mary\n180 Loudon Rd. Concord\, NH
URL:https://welcomingnh.org/event/concord-an-attitude-of-gratitude-a-thanksgiving-interfaith-celebration/
LOCATION:Immaculate Heart of Mary Church\, 180 Loudon Rd\, Concord\, NH\, 03301\, United States
CATEGORIES:General
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171125T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171125T120000
DTSTAMP:20260429T230724
CREATED:20171116T225910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171116T225940Z
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SUMMARY:Nashua - Holiday Stroll Luminaria
DESCRIPTION:Nashua’s 24th Annual Winter Holiday Stroll \nThe event takes place each year on the Saturday after Thanksgiving; and although it started small\, it has steadily grown through the years. \nThe Stroll is recognized as the largest community event of the year in Southern New Hampshire. Each year\, over 30\,000 people from across New England visit downtown Nashua to enjoy this free and family-friendly holiday event. The evening kicks off at 5 p.m. with a candlelit procession up Main Street from City Hall to Railroad Square where the City’s official Christmas tree is lit. Much of the downtown is closed to traffic for the evening\, so even after the tree lighting Strollers can enjoy the live entertainment\, sample offerings from street vendors\, dine in downtown’s fine restaurants and Shop Small at our unique specialty shops and boutiques. \nHoliday Stroll Luminaria – Share A Light of Hope for the World from Our Welcoming City during the Holiday Stroll this Year \nThis year at the Holiday Stroll\, One Greater Nashua offers you the opportunity to shine a light of hope for the world by purchasing a “luminaria” in honor or memory of your loved ones who immigrated to Nashua\, or another place in the US\, and contributed to our prosperity. Decorating the streets with luminaria is a Spanish-inspired holiday tradition\, popular in many parts of the world. \nYou can purchase a luminaria – a battery-operated tribute candle placed in a white bag – for a $3.00 donation online\, or at the Stroll at 147 Main Street. Your candle\, with the name of the person you are honoring\, will be placed along the RiverWalk\, and it will be visible during the Holiday Stroll from the bridge on Main Street. Supplies will be available at the event for those who wish to decorate their own luminaria.\nProceeds from the tributes will be used to defray legal costs for our neighbors who are newly resettled in Nashua\, such as refugees and immigrants currently seeking permanent resident status and citizenship. \nAs members of the community\, we recognize that we are blessed. From our beginnings\, we have thrived because of our value of diversity\, ingenuity\, and collaboration. These shared values have forged among us a strong community bond as greater Nashuans. In the Gate City\, our prosperity has flourished through our openness and willingness to welcome newcomers who bring new ideas\, innovations\, and traditions\, which we embrace with mutual respect. \n 
URL:https://welcomingnh.org/event/nashua-holiday-stroll-luminaria/
LOCATION:Downtown Nashua\, 147 Main St.\, Nashua\, NH\, United States
CATEGORIES:General
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171129T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171129T140000
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SUMMARY:Gorham - Songs of Emigration: Storytelling Through Traditional Irish Music
DESCRIPTION:Through traditional music Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki relays some of the adventures\, misadventures\, and emotions experienced by Irish emigrants. The focus is on songs about leaving Ireland\, sometimes focusing on the reasons for leaving (a man who is driven from his land by English persecution); sometimes revealing what happened upon arrival (an immigrant drafted into the Union army during the Civil War); and sometimes exploring the universal feeling of homesickness of a stranger in a strange land (a factory worker in London missing his home in County Clare). The presenter discusses the historical context of these songs\, interspersing their stories with tunes from Ireland that made their way into New England’s musical repertoire\, played on his fiddle or guitar.
URL:https://welcomingnh.org/event/songs-of-emigration-storytelling-through-traditional-irish-music/
LOCATION:Gorham Public Library\, 35 Railroad Street\, Gorham\, NH\, 03581\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171130T030000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171202T120000
DTSTAMP:20260429T230724
CREATED:20171012T200554Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171019T212546Z
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SUMMARY:RootSkills Conference
DESCRIPTION:Register for the RootSkills Conference! \nThe New England Grassroots Environment Fund invites all grassroots organizers\, sustainable businesses\, nonprofit leaders\, and passionate community members to the annual RootSkills Conference in Manchester\, NH from November 30 – December 2. RootSkills aims to connect community organizers and nonprofits working to address social justice challenges and improve community health\, community resilience\, and the environment in northern New England. Now more than ever\, it is critical that organizers work together to build a shared vision for a more just and sustainable region. \nRegistration: \n$160 General Admission\n$80 One-Day Ticket\n$40 Student Ticket \nLimited scholarships available on a rolling basis.\nADDITIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE TO THOSE LIVING IN COOS COUNTY NH
URL:https://welcomingnh.org/event/manchester-rootskills-conference/
LOCATION:Radisson Hotel\, 700 Elm St.\, Manchester\, NH\, 03101\, United States
CATEGORIES:General
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