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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hi everyone!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please enjoy the latest edition of the GSC DEI newsletter and have a great weekend! This Monday is Indigenous People’s Day! We invite you to learn more about the holiday’s significance
by attending an </span><a href="http://inj9.mjt.lu/lnk/AU0AAA7fRFMAAcrlBzYAAACNp_IAAAAAGqoAJOwaAAiQzwBfbj6KFrD9UPLUSJmEq-lhHJwFQwAIIWc/3/OAUv0aTnlhjvZyPdnAQlTg/aHR0cHM6Ly9kaXZlcnNpdHkubWl0LmVkdS9ldmVudHMvMjAyMC9tbGstdmlzaXRpbmctc2Nob2xhci12aXJ0dWFsLWx1bmNoZW9uLXBhdHJpY2lhLXNhdWxpcw"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0056EE">October
14 lecture</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">by MLK Visiting Scholar Patricia Saulis. Check out the attached document for MIT’s Indigenous People’s Day schedule of events.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">General GSC DEI </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We would like to introduce and give a warm welcome to the newest member of our team, Kebbie Ghaderi, who will serve as our Event Coordinator! </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">RISE</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This week we released another op-ed for our RISE campaign in which we call on MIT to
</span><a href="https://thetech.com/2020/10/08/dei-cant-wait"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">stop telling URMs to wait for change</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> and instead take immediate action
at the school- and department-level to begin to mitigate the harm that marginalized people at MIT have been experiencing for decades. Make sure to check it out and share with your friends and colleagues!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Department and Classroom Inclusion</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">At the Conduit meeting on Thursday we kicked off by hearing people’s thoughts on “what would you do differently as a faculty member?”, which then transitioned into a discussion on
common supports for and against diversity statements in hiring. We also talked about what fostering an inclusive culture looks like in supporting community members with intersectional identities. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Other MIT Opportunities</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Celebrate the end of Latinx Heritage Month and join LGSA for their first Noche de Cocinar making Venezuelan arepas! The event will be October 18 from 5-7:30pm. Contact
</span><a href="mailto:lgsa-exec@mit.edu"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">lgsa-exec@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> to register and receive the zoom link. First 40 RSVPs will be reimbursed
for food or ingredients.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This year the Office of Graduate Education sculpted a new grants program, Grad Student Experience Grants Program, to include more facets of the graduate student experience including<b>
</b>supporting students with children, diversity, equity, & inclusion, professional & leadership development, healthy living, arts and civic engagement, community-building across disciplines, outreach, advisor - advisee relations, and more! Details and application
at </span><a href="https://oge.mit.edu/community/gslg/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://oge.mit.edu/community/gseg/</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> (deadline October 31, 2020). Contact
</span><a href="mailto:gradexperience@mit.edu"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">gradexperience@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">with questions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Attached is the first Graduate Fellowship Bulletin, a recurring newsletter that the OGE fellowship team will be putting together for MIT students. The newsletter will provide upcoming fellowship deadlines,
information about new and exciting opportunities, event announcements, and a highlight section dedicated to recent awardees. Subscribe
</span><a href="https://forms.gle/yKkaDW7Yphk9jH7t6"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">here</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Help enrich the MIT graduate student community! Open
</span><a href="https://oge.mit.edu/community/gcf/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Graduate Community Fellow</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A86E8">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">positions with the Office of Graduate Education and several partner offices:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Office of Graduate Education (OGE) – financial literacy for graduate students<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Office of Graduate Education (OGE) – REFS program support<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Institute Discrimination & Harassment Response (IDHR) – training and educational program support<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Institute Community and Equity Office (ICEO) – diversity & inclusion project support<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Priscilla King Gray (PKG) Public Service Center – social innovation programming<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Time commitment is 10 hours per week, compensation is $675 per month. Some eligibility restrictions apply. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Details and application instructions available here:
</span><a href="https://oge.mit.edu/community/gcf/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://oge.mit.edu/community/gcf/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please contact Jessica Landry with questions:
</span><a href="mailto:jlandry@mit.edu"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">jlandry@mit.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Best,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">GSC DEI</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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