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<div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">To the
Biology community,</span></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">We are
looking forward to sharing a day of learning, reflection, and action with you tomorrow. We have attached the final schedule with Zoom links to each discussion to this email. Each session will have approximately 30-45 minutes of content (podcasts, reading,
or videos) to consume, curated by the facilitators, and then 45 minutes of discussion. If you are a member of the Black Biology community and are interested in joining the Black community space, the meeting is occurring from 12 - 1 pm;
</span><a href="mailto:tlevitz@mit.edu" style="text-decoration-line: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">email
us</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> for the link. Additional actions you can take to
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">#shutdownSTEM
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">are:</span></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Take individual time out of
your day to reflect on and research ways you can be actively antiracist in your lab, classroom, and community.</span></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;" class=""><a href="https://www.shutdownstem.com/action" style="text-decoration-line: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Start
here</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> and click your role in the community for specific ideas of actions.</span></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;" class=""><a href="http://bgsa.mit.edu/recommendations" style="text-decoration-line: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Read</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">
the 2015 Black Graduate Student Association (BGSA) recommendations to the institute and the associated 2020 update and reflect on what your role can be to amplify and push for these recommendations to become realities.</span></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Change your email autoreply
for the day to indicate your participation and encourage others to take action.</span></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Effective autoreplies explain
why you are participating and also provide links to resources, Black-owned businesses, books, petitions to sign, and/or organizations to support.</span></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Post on social media that you
are participating in #shutdownSTEM and publicly affirm actions you are taking as a result.</span></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">There are many
</span><a href="https://www.shutdownstem.com/shareables" style="text-decoration-line: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">shareable
graphics</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> already created on the website.</span></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">No pre-reading
is required for the events; however, we recommend the following links if you want extra preparation on how to have some of these discussions:</span></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">There is a short post
</span><span style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><a href="https://www.netimpact.org/blog/talking-about-race?action" style="text-decoration-line: none;" class="">here</a>
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">about how to prepare yourself to have difficult conversations about race.</span></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">A link about inhabiting and
creating brave spaces is </span><a href="https://www.gvsu.edu/cms4/asset/843249C9-B1E5-BD47-A25EDBC68363B726/from-safe-spaces-to-brave-spaces.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">here</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">. </span></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Due to
limited capacity and bandwidth of the organizers of the event, we ask that you do not widely share the Zoom links outside of the Biology department community, so that the focus is on how we as the MIT Biology department can foster a sense of community and
accountability. We have attached a schedule without links as well for sharing outside of the department. For others you may know that are interested in participation, we encourage them to also take the above unfacilitated actions to #shutdownSTEM. </span></div>
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to emphasize that</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> tomorrow is a learning experience for everyone</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">.
There are facilitators that have bravely volunteered to guide each discussion, but none of us are professional facilitators. Facilitators will establish community norms at the beginning of each discussion and we encourage self-moderation; however, if you are
in a discussion where you are uncomfortable with your facilitator or the content or tone of your discussion, you can fill out
</span><a href="https://forms.gle/qjs8uHVX95C4JnJT7" style="text-decoration-line: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">this
confidential form</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> at any point and we will join and redirect the discussion
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do not hesitate to </span><a href="mailto:tlevitz@mit.edu" style="text-decoration-line: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">reach
out</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> or fill out the anonymous feedback form
</span><span style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><a href="https://forms.gle/VUNqNZEW5K7ktPG3A" style="text-decoration-line: none;" class="">here</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">
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Kasal, on behalf of the #shutdownSTEM.MITBio team</span></div>
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