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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Yamilex Acevedo-Sanchez <yacevedo@mit.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>BDC Diversity Seminar Series this WEDNESDAY at 4pm (ET)!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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The Diversity Seminar Series from the Biology Diversity Community (BDC) is back! We will begin the spring seminars this <strong><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Wednesday, February 10</span></u></strong></span><strong><u><sup><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">th</span></sup></u></strong><strong><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">,
at 4pm ET</span></u></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> with Star Scott, and Christina Greever. They will be talking to us about <em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Connecting Sustainable Scientific Research and Social Justice</span></b></em>.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">In this seminar, Christina Greever of My Green Lab and Star Scott of the University of Georgia will help us form connections between
laboratory facilities, research, and social justice issues to expand our understanding of sustainability. The laboratory sustainability field often focuses only on environmental impacts of research and the economic benefits of sustainability innovation, while
social justice and equity are often left out of the conversation. Experts have long defined sustainability as happening in the overlap of environmental, economic, social, and culturally sound processes, practices, and efforts. This session will help participants
understand how social justice and equity relate to research spaces, with specific examples that can be shared and implemented in other labs. Researchers, lab managers, designers, engineers, architects, administrators, and green labs facilitators all have something
to gain from this presentation, which will raise awareness of equity issues connected to the laboratory environment and the intensive resource use of the research enterprise. All levels of awareness of social justice issues are welcome.</span></em><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;color:black">Zoom link: <u>mit.zoom.us/j/99672709822</u></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;color:black">Every member of the MIT community is welcome. For information on future seminars, dates, guest speakers, and topics, we’ve included an updated spring semester calendar,
so set aside the dates! </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;color:black">To stay up to date on current BDC events, follow us on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mit_bdc_seminar_series/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/bdc_mit?lang=en" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,
or send us questions to <a href="mailto:bdcgroup@mit.edu" target="_blank">bdcgroup@mit.edu</a>.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Best,<br>
BDC Seminar Series Organizers</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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