<div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,<div><br></div><div>We hope you are enjoying the beginning of the new year and are feeling rested and refreshed ahead of the spring semester! Before our first official newsletter of the year, we wanted to let you know of the work of the MIT Ad-Hoc Committee on Arts, Culture, and DEI. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Slack-Lato,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">The </span><a target="_blank" class="gmail-c-link" href="https://deiarts.mit.edu/committee-members" rel="noopener noreferrer" tabindex="-1" style="box-sizing:inherit;text-decoration-line:none;font-family:Slack-Lato,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">MIT Ad-Hoc committee on Arts, Culture, and DEI</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Slack-Lato,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"> is seeking feedback on their proposed recommendations. Please read the recommendations </span><a target="_blank" class="gmail-c-link" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/12kaeIqIcV_Mx7JzeyECcJQYp8sxTW1lW/view" rel="noopener noreferrer" tabindex="-1" style="box-sizing:inherit;text-decoration-line:none;font-family:Slack-Lato,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">here</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Slack-Lato,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"> and submit feedback via this </span><a target="_blank" class="gmail-c-link" href="https://forms.gle/QXfxihQR7V9emYdR7" rel="noopener noreferrer" tabindex="-1" style="box-sizing:inherit;text-decoration-line:none;font-family:Slack-Lato,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">form</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Slack-Lato,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">! If you have questions in the meantime, don’t hesitate to reach out to Rima Das at </span><a target="_blank" class="gmail-c-link" aria-haspopup="menu" aria-expanded="false" href="mailto:rimadas@mit.edu" rel="noopener noreferrer" tabindex="-1" style="box-sizing:inherit;text-decoration-line:none;font-family:Slack-Lato,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">rimadas@mit.edu<span aria-label="(opens in new tab)" style="box-sizing:inherit"></span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Slack-Lato,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">.</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Slack-Lato,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><br></span></div><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;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></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Check out our Google Calendar that includes all of our events </span><a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r?cid=dWszdDZhb2tuZWMyMm5nMzZlZ2psdXNjZHNAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">! 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" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">form</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;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></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sign up to the DEI mailing list <a href="mailto:gsc-diversity-all@mit.edu" target="_blank">gsc-diversity-all@mit.edu</a> </span><a href="http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/gsc-diversity-all" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-l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