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<div style=""><font size="3" color="#800000"><b><font style=""><font style="">1. SPI's April Monthly Discussion: </font></font><span style="text-align:center">Tackling Gender Gaps and Ensuring Violence Prevention</span></b></font></div>
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Monday, April 9, 2018 (Today!), 6-7:30pm</font></span></div>
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<div style=""><span style="text-align:center"><font size="2" style=""><b>Dinner provided for attendees!</b></font></span></div>
<div style=""><span style="text-align:center"><font size="2" style=""><b>Speakers</b>: </font></span><b style="font-size:13.3333px; text-align:center">Kelley Adams</b><span style="font-size:13.3333px; text-align:center">, </span><span style="text-align:center; font-size:10pt">Assistant
Dean and Director, </span><span style="text-align:center; font-size:10pt">Violence Prevention and Response (VPR), </span><span style="text-align:center; font-size:10pt">Division of Student Life, and </span><b style="font-size:13.3333px; text-align:center">Mark
Goldman</b><span style="font-size:13.3333px; text-align:center">, Chemical Engineering, PhD Candidate, campus advocate & GRT</span></div>
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<div style="font-size:13.3333px; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">In recognition of <b><a href="http://elephant.mit.edu/" target="_blank">MIT's Sexual Assault Awareness Month</a></b> this April, the topic for this week's monthly discussion will be centered
around the understanding of and suggesting recommendations towards closing gender gaps in STEM. <span style="font-size:13.3333px">While this is a broad topic, gender gaps continue to be a persistent issue both at MIT and globally. The meeting will be an interactive
dialogue, allowing participants to learn from two advocates for violence prevention/response on campus, as well as engage in discussion on topics such as the evolving roles of women in science, gender-based attrition in STEM, wage gaps, and more. It will also
highlight the role of governance and institutions in promoting both more transparency and gender-responsive environments for all. </span></div>
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<div style="font-size:13.3333px; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">While this has been a long-standing discussion, it requires continuous effort to maintain progress and innovative approaches to ensure no one is left behind. The topic has historically and
recently been highlighted both at MIT and in global policy discourse.</div>
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<div style="font-size:13.3333px; text-align:start"><font size="3" color="#800000"><b>2. Rally Against Sexual Violence on College Campuses</b></font></div>
<p style="text-align:start"><font size="2"><strong style="">When:</strong> Tuesday, April 10th from 11:30-1:30pm (Poster making the day before 3-7pm in Lobby 10)<br>
<strong style="">Where:</strong> Meet in the lobby E25 by 11:30am to take the T to the MA Statehouse (Park St) for the rally at 12pm<br>
<strong style="">URL:</strong> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/358831724629820/" style="" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/events/358831724629820/</a><br>
<strong style="">Contact:</strong> <a href="mailto:sexual-violence-bills@mit.edu" style="" target="_blank">sexual-violence-bills@mit.edu</a></font></p>
<p style="text-align:start"><font size="2" color="#ff0000">Flyer and info sheet on the bills attached!</font></p>
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<p style="text-align:start"><span style="font-size:small"><b>Description:</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align:start"><span style="font-size:small">Join students from more than 20 different public, private, and community colleges in Massachusetts at the MA Statehouse Rally in support of 2 bills in the MA Legislature that promise to make colleges
and universities safer. <b>H.4159</b> would require every MA college/university to administer an anonymous sexual misconduct climate survey to their students.<b> S.2203</b> would strengthen the Title IX sexual misconduct reporting and response requirements
set by the Obama administration and put them into state law. Poster making for the rally in Lobby 10 the day before (Apr 9) from 3-7pm. Day of, we’ll aim to arrive at the MA Statehouse at around noon.</span></p>
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