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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">From: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Maria Salmeron Melendez <<a href="mailto:mariasal@mit.edu">mariasal@mit.edu</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Subject: Re: *PKG Stretch Your Impact Series* Coding It Forward: January 6th, 2022</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"">January 6, 2022 at 1:43:09 PM EST</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><a href="https://pkgcenter.mit.edu/programs/pkg-academic-courses/"><b><span style="color:#4F7A28">SP.256 Informed Philanthropy in Theory and
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#212121">This spring semester, join the PKG Center to explore the potentials and pitfalls of philanthropy as a mechanism for social change. Then, work
as a group to </span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#4F7A28">grant $7,000 to local community agencies!
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#212121">We will examine how community agencies are addressing the challenges and opportunities facing MIT’s neighboring communities, with a particular focus on community representation,
equity, and social justice. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#212121">“This class provided a great opportunity to give away [real money] in a thoughtful way. It really embodied ‘mens et manus’ as we learned
about different forms of philanthropy and how to go about selecting and evaluating organizations and decision processes. It was a very collaborative and social experience as we worked as a team to make our decisions, learning by doing.”</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#212121">“The main strength of this course is that not only do we get to learn about philanthropy, but we get to practice it ourselves! Donating
[real money] is a huge responsibility, and the decision-making involved in that is both exciting and nerve-wracking. I feel like my research and learning had more meaning because it was being actively used to help the community.”</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#212121">Read more student testimonials in our</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><a href="https://pkgcenter.mit.edu/2021/12/16/explore-the-public-service-of-giving-with-sp-256/"><span style="color:#1155CC">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222">Maria Salmeron Melendez | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariajsalmeron/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#222222;text-decoration:none"><span style="color:#1155CC;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><img border="0" width="16" height="16" style="width:.1666in;height:.1666in" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:~WRD0001.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. linkedin icon"></span></span></a> </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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