<div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font size="1" color="#222222" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"><span style="font-size:12.79px"><font face="georgia,serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="1" color="black"><span style="font-size:12.77px">As you might have seen or heard, </span></font><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.sciencemag.org_news_2017_10_disturbing-2Dallegations-2Dsexual-2Dharassment-2Dantarctica-2Dleveled-2Dnoted-2Dscientist&amp;d=DwMFAw&amp;c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&amp;r=jaxVRdI5oUbcbwrn8ul5nBwYyLvmSQWHPJrbSLdqVYI&amp;m=jzUZAnfvnueeDCR3KxLy80Mi6JUcSm-IrECFMx2qTdY&amp;s=mKrViVDDYOSi0V5XmKSFuC88c7V-pKvRDMvYx8H-7Ik&amp;e=" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><font face="arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="2" color="#1155CC"><span style="font-size:14px"><font face="georgia,serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="1"><span style="font-size:12.77px">Science</span></font></span></font></a><font face="georgia,serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="1" color="black"><span style="font-size:12.77px"> published an article </span></font><font face="georgia,serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="1" color="black"><span style="font-size:12.77px">on Friday</span></font><font face="georgia,serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="1" color="black"><span style="font-size:12.77px"> about the chair of BU&#39;s Earth &amp; Environment Department. It concerns a major Title IX investigation for alleged abuse and harassment of women graduate student workers and researchers under his supervision. Sexual harassment, misconduct, and assault are ongoing problems in academia.</span></font><font face="georgia,serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="1" color="black"><span style="font-size:12.77px"> Therefore, the BU Graduate Worker Union is organizing a rally not in response to this particular event, but to address the larger issues around sexual misconduct in academia. As members of the scientific community, we would like to encourage all MIT students to add your voice!</span></font><br></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="georgia,serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="2" color="#212121"><span style="font-size:14px"><font face="georgia,serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="1" color="black"><span style="font-size:12.77px"><br></span></font></span></font></div><div align="center" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;text-align:center;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="georgia,serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="2" color="#212121"><span style="font-size:14px"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_events_122493281791341_&amp;d=DwMFAw&amp;c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&amp;r=jaxVRdI5oUbcbwrn8ul5nBwYyLvmSQWHPJrbSLdqVYI&amp;m=jzUZAnfvnueeDCR3KxLy80Mi6JUcSm-IrECFMx2qTdY&amp;s=mDmpAQi05RdiEk3RtI6MC1fNEzCb8D_WiOH0kTQ_MC0&amp;e=" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><font face="arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont" color="#1155CC"><font face="georgia,serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="4"><b>Speakout and Rally Against Sexual Assault, Harassment, and Misconduct in Higher Ed</b></font></font></a></span></font></div><div align="center" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;text-align:center;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="georgia,serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="2" color="#212121"><span style="font-size:14px"><font face="georgia,serif,serif,EmojiFont" color="black"><b>When: </b></font><font face="georgia,serif,serif,EmojiFont" color="black"><b>Wednesday, October 11, 5:00 PM</b></font></span></font></div><div align="center" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;text-align:center;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="georgia,serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="2" color="#212121"><span style="font-size:14px"><font face="georgia,serif,serif,EmojiFont"><b>Where: Metcalf Science Center Plaza</b></font></span></font></div><div align="center" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;text-align:center;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="georgia,serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="2" color="#212121"><span style="font-size:14px"><font face="georgia,serif,serif,EmojiFont"><b><br></b></font></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="georgia,serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="2" color="#212121"><span style="font-size:14px"><font face="georgia,serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="1"><span style="font-size:12.77px">Why: To join BU in solidarity, to publicly acknowledge that we know that sexual assault, harassment, and misconduct are systemic problems in higher ed, to show the BU administration and the greater higher education community that we see them not doing enough to protect students and workers, and to demand that they institute policies that achieve real justice and safety; to unite a coalition of  groups on campus; to recognize the power of collective bargaining for establishing and maintaining protections for student workers; and to show the community that we are committed to seeing an end to campus sexual violence and discrimination.</span></font></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="georgia,serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="2" color="#212121"><span style="font-size:14px"><font face="georgia,serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="1"><span style="font-size:12.77px"><br></span></font></span></font></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="georgia,serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="2" color="#212121" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:14px"><font face="georgia,serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="1"><span style="font-size:12.77px">You can read MIT&#39;s GSC statement on Title IX/Sexual Harassment here: </span></font></span></font><font color="#212121" face="georgia, serif, serif, EmojiFont"><span style="font-size:12.77px"><a href="http://gsc.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IWD_2017_Statement_Sexual_Assault.pdf">http://gsc.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IWD_2017_Statement_Sexual_Assault.pdf</a> </span></font></div></div>