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<div style="margin:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14.6667px;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important"><span style="margin:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">I
am an international student from Pakistan, studying in</span> rural sociology at University of Missouri, Columbia.</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14.6667px;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important"> I am
researching on acculturation of immigrant Muslim women who</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14.6667px;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important"> participate in community gardening. Is it possible to put me
in touch </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14.6667px;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">with someone who fits my criteria from your community gardening </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14.6667px;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">networks?
I will really appreciate the lead. I know there is a huge Muslim community in Chicago. I am attaching the recruitment flyer and the consent form that can be passed on to potential interviewees. </span><br>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:14.6667px;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important"> My research is a phenomenological study using interviews of about 15 </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14.6667px;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">to
20 women.</span><br style="color:rgb(32, 31, 30);font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
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<span style="margin:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14.6667px;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important"> The purpose of this study is to understand how Muslim women who have </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14.6667px;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">moved
to America from other countries adjust to life in America. This</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14.6667px;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important"> study focuses on the Muslim women who work in community
gardens. How</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14.6667px;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important"> do the community gardens help (or not help) the Muslim women in</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14.6667px;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important"> adjusting
to life in America? The study will look at the</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14.6667px;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important"> relationships, networks, skills that help Muslim women in regard to </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14.6667px;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">community
garden and adjusting in America. Please let me know . Thank you,</span></span><br>
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<div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#201f1e"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Regards,</span></font></div>
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