<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Dear Friends,<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Please join the <SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#800080"><I>GSC Diversity Committee</I></FONT></SPAN> and the <SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#800080"><I>Diversity Peer 2 Peer</I></FONT></SPAN> program for a delicious dinner and discussion on <B>identity</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> for international and US-born students. We will address stereotypes and expectations between people in “same” racial/cultural group but born in different countries. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF0000">Dinner begins at 6pm</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF0000">Location: 50-220 (2<FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">nd</SPAN></FONT> Floor of Walker Memorial)</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF0000">When: Thursday February 1<FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">st</SPAN></FONT>, 6-8pm</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Some of the questions to be discussed include:</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -24px;margin-left: 0.25in; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Bell MT"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">-</SPAN></FONT></FONT><SPAN style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">How do we build understanding, tolerance and trust within and across cultural groups?</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -24px;margin-left: 0.25in; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Bell MT"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">-</SPAN></FONT></FONT><SPAN style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">How can we be more competent in our professional and social relationships across cultures?</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -24px;margin-left: 0.25in; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Bell MT"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">-</SPAN></FONT></FONT><SPAN style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">How can we have a greater appreciation for multiculturalism without losing our identities?</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -24px;margin-left: 0.25in; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Bell MT"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">-</SPAN></FONT></FONT><SPAN style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">What does it mean to be a “person of color” or minority in MIT if that is not how I identify in my home country?</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -24px;margin-left: 0.25in; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Bell MT"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">-</SPAN></FONT></FONT><SPAN style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Should we expect solidarity (“brotherhood” and “sisterhood”) between people just because their ancestors are from the same place?</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -24px;margin-left: 0.25in; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Bell MT"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">-</SPAN></FONT></FONT><SPAN style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">What tensions or conflicts exist within our identity group? How can these differences be reconciled, particularly at MIT?</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> There will be an Info table, so please bring flyers and posters of upcoming events for the spring semester.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.329412) 1px -1px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><B>EVERYONE IS WELCOME- Please bring a friend or classmate with you!</B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">RSVP for dinner to </SPAN><A href="mailto:eclay@mit.edu"><SPAN style="">eclay@mit.edu</SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></BODY></HTML>