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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">From: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Yamilex Acevedo-Sanchez <<a href="mailto:yacevedo@mit.edu">yacevedo@mit.edu</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Subject: BDC Diversity Seminar Series - SEPTEMBER 30TH</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Date: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">September 15, 2020 at 9:17:37 AM EDT</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Dear Members of the MIT Community,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">The
<b>Biology Diversity Community (BDC)</b> extends a warm welcome to the greater MIT Community to its new
<b>seminar series </b>where we touch on topics about race, gender, diversity, equity, and inclusion by highlighting and promoting diverse voices both inside and outside of our community. We hope that all members of the community will have an opportunity to
learn about others’ heterogenous experiences in STEM and the ways in which race, gender, socioeconomic status, nationality, and more influence these moments. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">We begin our seminar series on
<b>Wednesday, September 30</b></span><b><sup><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">th</span></sup></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"> at 3:00pm (ET)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">
with EJ Joseph from Amplify the Movement.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Amplify the Movement is a collective aimed at uplifting and supporting Black voices. Through the creation of a safe and inclusive space
for all Black voices, Amplify the Movement protests the systemic racism Black lives routinely face. They are currently planning future panels to address issues of racism and homophobia as well as to showcase Black talent from artists, performers, entrepreneurs,
and more.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">EJ Joseph is a Black, Queer Actor based in LA and a co-founder of Amplify the Movement. His mission in this collective and in life is
to create opportunities for other underrepresented individuals who also encounter anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-Blackness in their daily lives. As the inaugural speaker for the BDC Seminar Series, EJ Joseph will speak about his experiences as a queer Black man in Hollywood
and his work at Amplify the Movement.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Zoom Link:
</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://mit.zoom.us/j/99672709822" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A73E8">https://mit.zoom.us/j/99672709822</span></i></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">As part of our seminar series, we have established community guidelines in order to promote educational discussions to
disrupt biases and systems of oppression. You may find the <b><i>BDC Seminar Series: Community Guidelines</i></b> attached to this email.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">If you have any questions, please submit them to the BDC at
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;background:#F8F8F8"><a href="mailto:bdcgroup@mit.edu">bdcgroup@mit.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">We hope you can join us in keeping these important conversations at the forefront of our decisions as we progress towards making the MIT Community a more diverse, equitable,
and inclusive space. Finally, we’d like to thank the School of Science for their support of this endeavor through the Quality of Life Grant. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">BDC Seminar Series Organizers</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:#F8F8F8">Meghann Kasal</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;background:#F8F8F8">Yami Acevedo-Sanchez</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:#F8F8F8">Christian Loyo</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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