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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please enjoy the latest edition of the GSC DEI</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Newsletter!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">General GSC DEI </span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Check out our Google Calendar that includes all of our events</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r?cid=dWszdDZhb2tuZWMyMm5nMzZlZ2psdXNjZHNAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ"><span style="color:#1155CC">here</span></a>!
If you would like to submit an event to the calendar you can do so using this</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdD6FFBRfAHf1ukXeo3DubrU_gP55UbJ1z1NyTQe2tb67jVeQ/viewform" title="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdD6FFBRfAHf1ukXeo3DubrU_gP55UbJ1z1NyTQe2tb67jVeQ/viewform"><span style="color:#1155CC">form</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Follow us on
<a href="https://twitter.com/gsc_dei?lang=en">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/gsc_dei/?hl=en">
Instagram</a>! @GSC_DEI<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We have one open Constituency Representative (C-Rep) position for students with disabilities. Please contact</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:gsc-diversity-officers@mit.edu" title="mailto:gsc-diversity-officers@mit.edu"><span style="color:#1155CC">gsc-diversity-officers@mit.edu</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">if
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sign up to the DEI mailing list</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:gsc-diversity-all@mit.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">gsc-diversity-all@mit.edu</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/gsc-diversity-all"><span style="color:#1155CC">here</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:gsc-diversity@mit.edu"><span style="color:#1155CC">gsc-diversity@mit.edu</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">MIT's DEI@MIT Strategic Action Plan Steering Committee will be doing community engagements sessions starting in mid-March. If you are interested in giving feedback to the university's
diversity, equity, and inclusion plan - please let the GSC DEI Chair know (<a href="mailto:blepe@mit.edu">blepe@mit.edu</a>).
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">RISE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Check out this
<a href="https://www.chronicle.com/article/mit-offers-financial-lifeline-to-graduate-students-seeking-escape-from-toxic-advisers">
article</a> in the Chronicle of Higher Education that features the RISE campaign and our transitional support program win!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We will be hosting our<b> first Conduit General Assembly of the semester on Thursday, March 11th from 5 - 6pm</b>. <i>We highly encourage all conduits to attend this assembly event</i>. <a href="https://forms.gle/teLUKNjXK3BXPwB47" target="_blank" title="https://forms.gle/teLUKNjXK3BXPwB47">RSVP
to the event here.</a> If you are unable to attend, we encourage sending another representative from your department. During this assembly, we will share some DEI updates from across the institute, share and discuss DEI challenges from across departments,
and discuss some upcoming projects and ideas. We will reimburse up to $20 per person for dinner if you attend the meeting! (Note that tax will not be reimbursed). We encourage everyone in the Boston/Cambridge area to order from POC-owned restaurants. Checkout
a list of restaurants <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1W29eQSWmNc4eKPue3xExbTIRJjW3MEGE2calTJPP5qE/edit#gid=0" target="_blank">here</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We also hope everyone enjoyed the bi-weekly conduit meet-ups last semester. Let us know if you enjoyed that format and let us know your thoughts in the <a href="https://forms.gle/teLUKNjXK3BXPwB47" target="_blank">RSVP
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Student Life </span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">It’s finally happening! MIT will be having its first women’s entrepreneurship showcase on International Women’s Day (March 8th, 2021 from 6:00PM - 9:30PM EST| Virtual). It will be an
action packed evening showcasing amazing women-led teams who are using innovative methods to tackle huge problems (e.g.: health care, child care, and sustainability, etc). Additionally, we will have an amazing panel of female founders, educational resources,
and awesome raffle prizes. <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">RSVP</span></strong> <a href="https://forms.gle/hG8xsr4CxkcWPLCm8" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">here</span></a>! You don’t want to miss this epic event! Check out
our <a href="http://www.stemgemsmit.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">website</span></a> for more information. (Flyer attached).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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 class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC"><a href="mailto:lbgt@mit.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">lbgt@mit.edu</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span></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><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.gcws.mit.edu/"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://www.gcws.mit.edu/</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Join the International Support Network! </span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">International Student Support mailing list URL:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://groups.mit.edu/webmoira/list/international-support-network"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://groups.mit.edu/webmoira/list/international-support-network</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Contact:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:international-support-admin@mit.edu"><span style="color:#1155CC">international-support-admin@mit.edu</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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 <a href="mailto:international-support-network@mit.edu">
international-support-network@mit.edu</a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><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><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://twitter.com/mitcovidrelief"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://twitter.com/mitcovidrelief</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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