Hi team - hope everyone's had a wonderful and relaxing Thanksgiving break! <div><br></div><div>This is a friendly reminder of our upcoming meeting <b>tomorrow</b> (Monday, Nov 26th) at <b>6:30pm</b> in Eastgate penthouse lounge. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Our agenda for this meeting will be very informal, and we will discuss our goals and plans for this academic year in terms of advocating on behalf of grad families<span style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Food for thought: In the recent family survey conducted by the GSC, 58% of respondents ranked housing as super important when asked about advocating on behalf of families. Similarly for child care (55%), stipends (50%), and health insurance (47%).</span></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Come share your ideas! Please RSVP <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?pli=1&formkey=dG1ObUlGdThZNTJETHBVeTVTTGtCMkE6MQ#gid=0" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">here</a>. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email Ramya and me (<a href="mailto:gsc-hca-family-chair@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">gsc</span>-hca-<span style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">family</span>-chair@mit.edu</a>).</span> </div>
<div><br></div><div>Hope to see many of you tomorrow,</div><div>/Anna</div><div><br></div>