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REMOVE Maureen J. Johnson Academic Coordinator Student Support Services The Metropolitan State College of Denver Campus Box 40 P.O. Box 173362 Denver, CO 80217-3362 Phone: (303) 556-4722 Fax: (303) 556-4998 e-mail: [log in to unmask] ------------- Original Text From: "Sue Lorraine Lavorata" <[log in to unmask]>, on 12/30/97 10:13 AM: please read and spread the word Prof L On Thu, 18 Dec 1997, P. Coelco wrote: > Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 22:21:46 -0800 > From: ConvoNews <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: A Call to Action > > Dear ConvoNews subscriber: > > Convomania (www.mania.apple.com) is an Internet-based community-founded > and sponsored by Apple-located somewhere on the edge of appropriateness. > > It's made up of teens with serious illnesses. With disabilities. > > And with lots of attitude. > > The kids in Convomania are using technology to connect to each other as > they bust out of the isolation that so often accompanies long stays in the > hospital and even longer recuperations at home. > > Convomania: Where it's ok to be not ok. Where something special-something > different-is going on. Where insights, information and intelligence are > generated in the locker rooms of serious illness and disability. > > How do you dress for the prom when you have to carry an oxygen tank with > you? "Put it in a hip-looking backpack," suggests one Convomaniac who's > been there. What if your boyfriend won't kiss you after you've lost your > hair to chemo? "Dump the loser," advises another. It's real talk, about > raw, risky topics...and it's happening online every day in Convomania. > > Over the next two months, the members of Convomania are mounting a renewed > effort to promote Convomania to every nook and cranny where potential > Convomaniacs might be hanging out. Toward that end, we're presuming to ask > you to do two things: > > 1. Hang Out in Convomania (www.mania.apple.com). > Lots of kids from around the world are finding Convomania an increasingly > necessary place to be. So if you haven't visited recently, we urge you to > stop by and spend some time to find out why. > > 2. Bring a Friend. Tell a Thousand Friends. > You're well connected. You know lots of kids. You know lots of adults who > know-and who care about-lots of kids. We urge you to use these connections > to help spread the URL. > > So that's why you're getting this update. We're on a mission to grow > Convomania, and we need your help. Your address book. Your megaphone. Your > bulletin board. Whatever you use to get the word out to people who need to > hear it. > > Thank you in advance from everyone at Convomania (kids, parents and > professionals). > > Regards, > > > Pam Scutt > Worldwide Disability Solutions Group > Apple Computer, Inc. > > > P.S. To remove yourself from the ConvoNews list, reply to this message > with the word "remove" in the subject field. > > > > > > Sue Lorraine Lavorata E-MAIL: [log in to unmask]