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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">Good Afternoon,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">Please join community members from the School of Science for
<a href="https://calendar.mit.edu/event/MITSHUTDOWNSTEM">#MITShutDownSTEM: A Day of Reflection & Education</a> on June 13th to learn and reflect on the impact of systemic racism in STEM.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">From 12-1PM, Susan T. Fiske, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs in the Department of Psychology at Princeton
University, will discuss the history and continuing structures of racism that determine today's systemic racism and racism in STEM.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">From 1-2PM, there will be a film screening of Can We Talk?: Difficult Conversations with Underrepresented People of Color. Kendall
Moore's film explores the issue of ‘social belonging’ in the context of STEM and the effect it has on the lives of underrepresented people of color who are pursuing an education or career in STEM; or, have decided to leave because of an overwhelming feeling
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">This event is online.
<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mitshutdownstem-a-day-of-reflection-education-tickets-635438342187">
RSVP here</a>. More information can be found <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333;background:white">MIT School of Science<br>
Departments of Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Chemistry, EAPS, Mathematics, Physics<br>
McGovern Institute for Brain Research<br>
The Picower Institute for Learning & Memory</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please feel free to contact me with any questions and we look forward to your participation.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Hallie Dowling-Huppert, M.Ed.,
</span><a href="https://www.mypronouns.org/"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">pronouns:</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none;text-decoration:none"> </span></a><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> She/Her
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:halliedh@mit.edu"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">halliedh@mit.edu</span></a><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">617-715-2448<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Office location: 68-323A, working remotely Mondays and Fridays<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">In-person Office Hours: Wednesdays 12-1 pm and Thursdays 1-2 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Zoom link: </span>
<a href="https://mit.zoom.us/my/halliedh"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">https://mit.zoom.us/my/halliedh</span></a><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">
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