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Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend! My name is Cadence Payne, and I am the graduate student representative on <a href="https://chancellor.mit.edu/values-statement-committee" target="_blank">MIT's Values Statement Committee</a>. Our committee was charged in
January of this year with crafting a values statement for MIT.<br>
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Although MIT has operated for over a century, it has never held a formal
values statement. At other universities, values statements often
serve as guides for navigating difficult decisions, shaping individuals'
behavior, and as a tool for empowering people
to speak up against injustices. As a result, many MIT groups advocating
for progressive change, particularly surrounding diversity, equity, and
inclusion have pushed strongly for the creation of a values statement,
thus the MIT Values Statement Committee was
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The committee is currently collecting feedback on what different groups
on campus would like to see within MIT's values statement, and graduate
student voices are an integral group that we want to hear from. <strong>This
is an opportunity for you to give voice
to what you care about mostly deeply, what you feel like makes MIT most
unique, and what you feel like MIT as an institution should
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Please join us for a student-ran town hall on<strong> April 28th</strong> from <strong>6-7PM (EST)</strong> designed for <strong>all </strong><strong>undergraduates, graduates, and post doctoral fellows</strong> to help craft MIT's value statement. <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdH9anoQli3VZmsiozKaSmWttiNQgZiNjA9o-InkSshGGuYxg/viewform" target="_blank">RSVP
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If you are unable to attend the town hall, but have thoughts you'd like to share, <strong>we would love to hear from you</strong>. Please feel free to email me at <a href="mailto:cbpayne@mit.edu" target="_blank">cbpayne@mit.edu</a> or submit anonymous feedback on the Values Committee website <a href="https://valuescommittee.mit.edu/user?destination=/share-your-views" target="_blank">HERE</a>.<br>
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Please pub broadly if you're able! </div><br clear="all"><img name="m_-3580359583156956647_null" title="TownHall_04282021.png" src="cid:7a55362b-663c-44c4-b37f-aae03869a3d9" class="CToWUd a6T" tabindex="0" width="785.6" height="1050.5794947994057"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">Bianca Lepe | she/her<br></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">MIT Biological Engineering | Bryson & Gifford Labs<br></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><a href="mailto:blepe@mit.edu" target="_blank">blepe@mit.edu</a></div></div></div></div></div></div>