<div dir="ltr"><div>Hello folks!</div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span id="gmail-m_-5338634126602245500gmail-docs-internal-guid-820db0dc-7fff-9541-8633-931623b082e7"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">TL;DR</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - </span><span style="color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The MIT Graduate Students Union (MIT GSU) has launched publicly today</span><span style="color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">The MIT grad student union is a group of grad students coming together to improve our working and learning conditions and have a voice in the decisions that affect us. We are announcing our unionizing campaign with a launch rally on Monday, Sept. 27th at 5 PM.</font></span></span></span></span></p></span></span></font></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail-p-rich_text_section" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">When: Monday, Sept 27th at 5PM<br style="box-sizing:inherit">Where: Courtyard outside Stata and Koch<br style="box-sizing:inherit">Contact: <a target="_blank" class="gmail-c-link" aria-haspopup="menu" aria-expanded="false" href="mailto:info@mitgsu.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:inherit;text-decoration:none">info@mitgsu.org<span aria-label="(opens in new tab)" style="box-sizing:inherit"></span></a> <br style="box-sizing:inherit">URL: <a target="_blank" class="gmail-c-link" href="http://tinyurl.com/MIT-GSU-Launch" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:inherit;text-decoration:none">tinyurl.com/MIT-GSU-Launch</a></font></span></span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span></span></span><br><ul><li><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">Learn more about the union and sign your card at <a target="_blank" class="gmail-c-link" href="http://mitgsu.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:inherit;text-decoration:none">MITGSU.org</a>.</font></span></span></span></li><li><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">Masks required for COVID safety, and wear red to show support!</font></span></span></span></li></ul></div></div><div>I am super excited to support the MIT GSU! Graduate students are the foundation of a thriving academic community and we deserve to work in an environment that values our voices and treats us with respect. The union will help empower all graduate students and in particular, it will have a significant positive effect for underrepresented folks like URM, LGBTQ+, and disabled grad students. <br></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div>See you at the rally!<br></div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes,</div><div>Bianca<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/they<br></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">MIT Biological Engineering | Bryson &amp; Gifford Labs<br></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><a href="mailto:blepe@mit.edu" target="_blank">blepe@mit.edu<span style="background-color: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