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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hi all, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Happy
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</span><a href="https://giphy.com/gifs/reaction-week-bookish-pWCYY9yODcBQ4"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">End of the Semester</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">! For those in the Boston area, we
hope you get a chance to enjoy the recent </span><a href="https://giphy.com/gifs/snow-cat-SAC0wTRQYO2Y0"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">snow</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">!
</span><a href="https://giphy.com/gifs/sloth-sloths-slothilda-l3nWhS8OtCO4OambK"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Stay warm</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;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">Check out our Google Calendar that includes all of our events
</span><a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r?cid=dWszdDZhb2tuZWMyMm5nMzZlZ2psdXNjZHNAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">here</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">!
If you would like to submit an event to the calendar you can do so using this </span>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdD6FFBRfAHf1ukXeo3DubrU_gP55UbJ1z1NyTQe2tb67jVeQ/viewform"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">form</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">. </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">This was our first semester trying out the bi-weekly conduit meet-ups/discussions. Each meeting focused on separate DEI topics such as graduate application assistance programs, graduate
admissions, and diversity officers/committees. They were all really wonderful, informative, and helpful! We will continue our conduit meetings at the beginning of February. If you have any comments and/or feedback about our conduit meetings or ideas for future
discussions, please let us know! (send feedback/ideas to Erica Salazar </span><a href="mailto:ericasal@mit.edu"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">ericasal@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">).
We hope everyone has a wonderful winter break and we wish you all the best in the next year!!!! See everyone in February!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Student Life </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Next semester there will be a Showcase to Celebrate Female Entrepreneurship! Estimated date is Monday, March 8th, 2021 (International Women’s Day). If you are interested
in learning more, participating, or helping out, please see the event proposal at the end of this email. We would also like to highlight a female founded startup that was just launched by members of the MIT community,
</span><a href="https://parabellbeauty.com/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;background:white">Parabell Beauty</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Latinx Virtual Leadership Experience Conference will be held March 27, 2021. If you’re interested in attending and identify as LGBTQ+, LBGTQ+ Services can fund the conference
ticket for you! Please e</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">mail
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">lbgt@mit.edu</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> with your interest, and whether you’re an undergraduate or a graduate student (since there are separate funding
applications for both groups). </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Save the date for the Boston Consortium for Graduate Studies in Gender, Culture, Women, & Sexuality @ MIT conference: Radical Love Across Difference! The conference will be held
virtually April 9-11, 2021. For more information and to sign up to attend, visit
</span><a href="https://www.gcws.mit.edu/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://www.gcws.mit.edu/</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Join the International Support Network! </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">International Student Support mailing list URL:
</span><a href="https://groups.mit.edu/webmoira/list/international-support-network"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://groups.mit.edu/webmoira/list/international-support-network</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">Contact:
</span><a href="mailto:international-support-admin@mit.edu"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">international-support-admin@mit.edu</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">Recent Developments have highlighted the lack of support and heightened concern among the international community at MIT. MIT COVID Relief has created a new mailing list to share
information, provide each other support, and organize future town halls. Join the mailing list
</span><a href="mailto:international-support-network@mit.edu"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">international-support-network@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> at the above URL. All members
of the MIT community are welcome! For more MIT COVID Relief news, see </span><a href="https://twitter.com/mitcovidrelief"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://twitter.com/mitcovidrelief</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We have two open Constituency Representative (C-Rep) positions for first generation/low income students and students with disabilities. Please contact
</span><a href="mailto:gsc-diversity-officers@mit.edu"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">gsc-diversity-officers@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> if interested.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sign up to the DEI mailing list gsc-diversity-all@mit.edu
</span><a href="http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/gsc-diversity-all"><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>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For any general questions regarding DEI or how to get involved, please contact us at
</span><a href="mailto:gsc-diversity@mit.edu"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">gsc-diversity@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Best,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">GSC DEI </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727">Event Proposal</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727">Nov 11th, 2020</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#272727"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727">For Showcase to Celebrate Female Entrepreneurship</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727">INITIATIVE:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727">Ashley Ann Thomas (Senior, MIT Course 14)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727">Devaki Sakhamuru (2</span><sup><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727">nd</span></sup><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727">
year, MIT SDM)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727">Event Title: TBD</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727">Estimated Date:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727">Monday, March 8</span><sup><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727">th</span></sup><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727">,
2021(International Women’s Day)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727">Background Information:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727">Women are faced with unique challenges in the start-up world: funding gap, gender bias etc. For example, male only founders raised 195 billion dollars in funding while female
only founders raised 6 billion dollars in 2019. In addition to this, women face more doubts about their credibility as a leader due to biases. These issues make running a start-up even more difficult for women. Despite these challenges, women founded business
are thriving. <span style="background:#FCFCFC">Despite the severe funding gap, startups founded and cofounded by women generated 10% more in cumulative revenue over a five-year period. Additionally, women founded companies in First Round Capital’s portfolio
outperformed companies founded by men by 63%. If women didn’t have to face all these challenges, imagine what more they could do</span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:#FCFCFC">?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#272727"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727">Purpose: We would like to continue tackling these issues by having a female focused showcase event. At this event, we will celebrate female entrepreneurs at
MIT and invite stakeholders that focus on and promote women led businesses. </span>
</b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727">Women don’t have to worry about being overlooked by their male counterparts at this showcase. They will get the attention and respect that they deserve.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727">Overview:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727">The event will be spilt into three parts.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#272727">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#272727">
<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727">The first part will be educational. It will be a very brief presentation about the resources for female entrepreneurs
at MIT and beyond. We will also have a specific section about opportunities targeted to women of color.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727">The second part will be celebrational. We want to have 30 selected female led Start-up teams at MIT present their projects.
We have two 1-hour sessions where 15 teams breakout into Zoom rooms during each 1 hour slots to present their projects to visitors and network.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727">The final part of the event is inspirational. We want to have three MIT female alumni talk about their experiences in
the start-up world. The first speaker could be five years out and still in the trenches. The 2</span><sup><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727">nd</span></sup><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727">
speaker could be ten years out and married with kids. The final speaker could be a woman with kids in college and 15-20 years of experience. We can have these women in the start-up space talk about what made them take the leap and where they are now in order
to inspire the next generation of female entrepreneurs.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727">Targeted Audience:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727">We want to target women at MIT (currently undergrads, grads, PhD, or postdoc candidates) who are already involved in the start-up space or are new but interested in running
their own start-ups someday.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/allysonkapin/2019/01/28/10-stats-that-build-the-case-for-investing-in-women-led-startups/#32a5089b59d5"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#954F72">https://www.forbes.com/sites/allysonkapin/2019/01/28/10-stats-that-build-the-case-for-investing-in-women-led-startups/#32a5089b59d5</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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