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<p class="MsoNormal"><img width="778" height="367" id="_x0000_i1041" src="cid:image001.png@01D5EBE8.76D10ED0"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/gwamit"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="155" height="44" id="Picture_x0020_16" src="cid:image002.png@01D5EBE8.76D10ED0"></span></b></a><a href="mailto:gwamit-exec@mit.edu"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="131" height="44" id="Picture_x0020_15" src="cid:image003.png@01D5EBE8.76D10ED0"></span></b></a><a href="http://www.facebook.com/gwamit"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="162" height="44" id="Picture_x0020_14" src="cid:image004.png@01D5EBE8.76D10ED0"></span></b></a><a href="http://twitter.com/gwamitweb"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="155" height="44" id="Picture_x0020_13" src="cid:image005.png@01D5EBE8.76D10ED0"></span></b></a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/gwamitweb/"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="168" height="44" id="Picture_x0020_12" src="cid:image006.png@01D5EBE8.76D10ED0"></span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">Events overview:</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">GW@MIT Events:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Women’s Leadership and Entrepreneurship – Lunch Discussion with Anu Chadha (Mar. 2<sup>nd</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">GW@MIT & Exponent Lunch (Mar. 6<sup>th</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">NE GWiSE Advocating for Ourselves and Others: How to Build Inclusive Communities (March 7<sup>th</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Become a GW@MIT Department Rep!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">GW@MIT General Board Meeting (Mar. 17<sup>th</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Women-related events and opportunities:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Nominate a Change-Maker!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Nominate friends and colleagues for the MIT Awards!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Apply to Become a GSC-DEI Fellow!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">9.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">How to Advocate for Yourself (Feb. 26<sup>th</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">10.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Women in Green Community Lunch (Feb. 27<sup>th</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">11.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Cheney Room: Body Image Workshop & Lunch (Feb. 28<sup>th</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">12.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Brave Women of Color in Academics (Mar. 2<sup>nd</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">13.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">LGBT Grad Social Hours (Mar. 2<sup>nd</sup>, Apr, 6<sup>th</sup>, May 4<sup>th</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Mindfulness for Engineers and Angst-Ridden Type-A Kindred Spirits (Mar. 2<sup>nd</sup> – Apr. 6<sup>th</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">15.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Giving & Receiving Feedback (Mar. 3<sup>rd</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">16.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Graduate Women Reading Group (next one is Mar. 3<sup>rd</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">17.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Women Take the Reel film: “Fear No Gumbo” (Mar. 5<sup>th</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">BCG Company Info Session for Advanced Degree Students (Mar. 5<sup>th</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">International Women’s Day (Mar. 6<sup>th</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">BCG Harvard/MIT Women’s Breakfast (Mar. 6<sup>th</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">WiDS (Women in Data Science) Conference (Mar. 6<sup>th</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Free Yoga Class at Cheney Room (Mar. 6<sup>th</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Warrior Women Film Screening (Mar. 12<sup>th</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">Did you know…?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2E2A25;background:white">To highlight a significant disparity in the number of statues of female vs. male prominent figures in major cities of the US, Lyde
Hill Philanthropies</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol;color:#2E2A25;background:white">Ò</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2E2A25;background:white"> IF/THEN</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol;color:#2E2A25;background:white">Ò</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2E2A25;background:white">
created a 3D-printed statue exhibit, #IfThenSheCan, of female STEM ambassadors. This is part of an initiative to inspire young girls and women to pursue the STEM field. MIT’s own Ritu Raman, a postdoctoral fellow in the Langer Lab and founder of the
</span><a href="http://wisdm.mit.edu/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496;background:white">Women in STEM Database at MIT</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2E2A25;background:white">,
was chosen as one of these ambassadors and there is currently a life-size 3D-printed statue of her, along with 119 other ambassadors, in Dallas, TX. Congratulations, Ritu, on the well-deserved recognition! Check out a news article and video
</span><a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200211005262/en"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496;background:white">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2E2A25;background:white">,
and the list of amazing female ambassadors </span><a href="https://www.ifthenshecan.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/AAAS-IF-THEN-Ambassador-List_final_9.9.pdf"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496;background:white">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2E2A25;background:white">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2E2A25;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal"><img border="0" width="780" height="72" id="Picture_x0020_11" src="cid:image007.png@01D5EBE8.76D10ED0"></span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span></b></span><![endif]><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">Women’s Leadership and Entrepreneurship – Lunch Discussion w/Anu Chadha<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%;background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">When</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">: Monday, March 2nd, 12-1pm</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%;background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Where</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">: 26-210<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%;background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">RSVP</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">:</span><span style="color:black"></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> </span><a href="https://bit.ly/3c2VGu4"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">https://bit.ly/3c2VGu4</span></a><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496"> </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%;background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;background:white">Free lunch will be served!</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Join GW@MIT next week for an interactive discussion with Anu Chadha, founder of 3A Clothing Company, about mental resilience
and fortitude and how to discover your competitive streak as a woman entrepreneur. We'll have some questions to get the conversation started but then we'll open it to the audience for Q&A.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Her brief bio is below. Check out the RSVP form for more details!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Personal Story</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Anu started 3A Clothing Company as a single parent to empower her two daughters. Today, when both her daughters have successful
careers and are independent, Anu runs the business, which trains and empowers the women who work in her factory, 85% of the workforce. These women are breadwinners in their homes, and are able to provide a stable environment for their families as well as are
able to educate their children.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">In turn, the women working in the factory, empower the women of Europe and the U.S., to look beautiful in the fashion goods
they manufacture. So the whole journey, starts with women and ends with women.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Accomplishments</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Anu brings 25 years of in-depth experience in the design, marketing, and manufacturing of apparel and fashion accessories.
Under Anu’s leadership, the 3A Clothing Company (3aclothing.com) successfully competes in the international fashion export industry exporting to retail chains & private brands in the US and Europe. The company’s manufacturing facilities are located near New
Delhi, India. Through her entrepreneurial vision, Anu has made a global impact on the business of fashion and lifestyle. She has won prestigious business awards and spoken at leading business events both in India and internationally.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto"><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#2F5496"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
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</span></span></span></b></span><![endif]><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">GW@MIT & Exponent Lunch<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">When:
</span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Friday, March 6<sup>th</sup>, 12-1PM<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Where:
</span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">56-154<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">RSVP:
</span></b></span><a href="https://exponentrecruit.azurewebsites.net/Register/4097"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">here</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Join us for a discussion and networking session with MIT
Alumni, Dr. Lindsey Gilman. Dr. Gilman will talk about her transition from graduate school, career progression, and the day-to-day work of a technical consultant. She will also offer advice to graduate students interested in careers in industry.
<b>Lunch will be provided.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><img border="0" width="780" height="603" id="Picture_x0020_10" src="cid:image008.jpg@01D5EBE8.76D10ED0"></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span></b></span><![endif]><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">NE GWiSE Advocating for Ourselves and Others: How to Build Inclusive Communities<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">When:
</span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Saturday, March 7<sup>th</sup>, 10AM-5PM<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Where:
</span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Northeastern University, Egan Research Center, 120 Forsyth Street, Boston<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Who:
</span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">All students of all genders are welcome!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto"><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">RSVP:
</span></b></span><a href="springtoaction2020.eventbrite.com"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">here</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">If you're part of a "diversity, equity, and inclusion"-related group and you'd like to have a poster and/or table during our poster session, email Molly for signup information
at </span><a href="mailto:mbird@mit.edu"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">mbird@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">. We'd love to have you there!</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Join us for an exciting line-up of speakers, workshops, an expert panel, and networking sessions with advocacy groups in the New England area. Learn how to best advocate for more
diverse and inclusive campuses! Light breakfast and lunch will be served.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Speakers: Check out the RSVP link above for more information on our speakers!</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Keynote: Prasha Sarwate Dutra</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">, B.S. ChemE, Masters MechE, founder of Her STEM Story - a weekly podcast
where she interviews women in STEM from around the world. </span><a href="https://herstemstory.com/"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">https://herstemstory.com/</span></a><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Workshop leaders:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Tariana Little,
</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Doctor of Public Health candidate at Harvard School of Public Health, Co-founder of EmVision Productions. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Dr. Ellise LaMotte,</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> B.S. Electrical Engineering, Master of Business Administration, Ph.D. Education,
current Director of the Center for STEM Diversity at Tufts University.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Deja Knight,
</span></strong><span style="color:black"></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">B.A. Neuroscience and Behavior and African American Studies, MA Psychological and Brain Sciences, current Master of Public Health Candidate at Harvard School
of Public Health; Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Fellow, Co-founder of Our Collective Brains Organization. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Panelists:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Dr. Jessica Tsai, </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">MD, Ph.D, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/Stem Cell Transplant Fellow and postdoctoral
fellow at Dana-Farber, Co-Director of the STEM Advocacy Institute.</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496"> </span><a href="https://www.stemadvocacy.org/"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">https://www.stemadvocacy.org/</span></a><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Karen Chacon,
</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Master of</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Business
Administration, M.S. Organizational Management and Leadership,<strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"> </span></strong>Executive Director at the Latino STEM Alliance and Co-chair of the Greater Boston Latino Network.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><img border="0" width="780" height="1009" id="Picture_x0020_9" src="cid:image009.jpg@01D5EBE8.76D10ED0"></span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496;letter-spacing:.15pt;background:white">Become a GW@MIT Department Rep!</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="line-height:150%;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Interested in building connections across MIT and helping with the personal and professional development of graduate women at MIT? Want to be involved with GWAMIT
but don't have the time to be a full board member? The Department Rep position might be perfect for you!</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Fill out this quick interest form now! </span><a href="https://forms.gle/2dQtTWvRaPpHnMBH9" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">https://forms.gle/2dQtTWvRaPpHnMBH9</span></a><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> The
full description of the role is in the form. </span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%;background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">We are especially in need of reps from Biology, Econ, HASTS, Humanities, Writing, Nuclear Science and Engineering, CMS, CSB, CCWE, and MAS!</span></strong><span style="color:#2F5496"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%;background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Purposes of the role: </span></strong><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">1) Keep your department updated about GW@MIT events and initiatives, and </span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">2) Keep GWAMIT in touch with departmental needs and activities</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%;background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Benefits of the role:</span></strong><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%;background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">1) </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Opportunity to connect with women across campus</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">2) Be well-informed about GW@MIT events and initiatives and departments’ initiatives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">3) Get funding for women-focused events in your department or between departments</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> - At least
$50/department involved in the event!</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> - We can also help you book classrooms and event spaces on campus</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Email the current GWAMIT Membership Chair, Molly, at </span></strong><a href="mailto:mbird@mit.edu" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">mbird@mit.edu</span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> if
you have any questions!</span></strong><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span></b></span><![endif]><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">GW@MIT General Board Meeting (GBM)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#212121">When: </span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#212121">Tuesday,
March 17<sup>th</sup>, 6-8PM</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#212121">Where: 4-149</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#212121">RSVP: </span></strong><a href="https://forms.gle/hf3T5sbbRNQom2L7A"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">https://forms.gle/hf3T5sbbRNQom2L7A</span></b></a><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F5496"></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496"> </span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#2F5496"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#212121">Join GWAMIT for our General Board Meeting! You'll get to hear more about GWAMIT, hear from Professor Darmofal about a recent
survey's results regarding gender differences in career exploration satisfaction at MIT, meet women across departments including our GWAMIT department reps, and get free dinner! RSVP at the link above. Anyone interested in learning more about GWAMIT is welcome!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal"><img border="0" width="780" height="70" id="Picture_x0020_8" src="cid:image010.png@01D5EBE8.76D10ED0"></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">Nominate a Change-Maker!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://studentlife.mit.edu/vpr"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">Violence Prevention and Response</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"> along
with the </span><a href="http://idhr.mit.edu/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">Institute Discrimination and Harassment Response Office</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">
(formerly known as T9BR) are hosting the 4<sup>th</sup> annual Change-Maker Awards Banquet this April. We are looking for nominations of undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, staff (including postdocs!), student groups, departments, labs, or
centers where individuals or groups are working to end sexual violence and harassment at MIT.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Nominate someone by March 22, 2020 at </span></b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/MITchangemaker"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">tinyurl.com/MITchangemaker</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"> and
direct any questions to </span></b><a href="mailto:bkaushal@mit.edu"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">bkaushal@mit.edu</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><img border="0" width="780" height="1040" id="Picture_x0020_7" src="cid:image011.jpg@01D5EBE8.76D10ED0" alt="Change Maker Poster 2020-2"></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">Nominate friends and colleagues for the MIT awards<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">The MIT awards celebrate MIT community members for their contributions to academics, teaching, the arts, athletics, leadership, entrepreneurship, community
building, and public service. The recipients will be honored at the annual MIT Awards Convocation on May 8, 2020 from 4 to 6 pm in the Samberg Center (E52). You can submit a nomination
</span><a href="http://awards.mit.edu/awards"><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">here</span></a><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">Many of the awards highlight students and/or student organizations for efforts directed towards making MIT a more welcoming place, diversity & inclusion, and
advocacy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">Apply to Become a GSC-DEI Fellow!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">We invite you to apply to the new GSC-DEI Graduate Fellows Program! The
</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2D2D2D">goal of this Program<b>
</b>is to provide a unique space for graduate students at MIT to engage in challenging and meaningful
</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">conversations about race, racism, and social justice. </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">In March 2020, the Fellows will learn how to effectively facilitate productive conversations during a two-day workshop hosted by professionals from the
</span><a href="https://interactioninstitute.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">Interaction Institute for Social Change</span></a><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">, all expenses paid. The Fellows
will then lead three institute-wide, in-person, peer-to-peer gradCommunity Dialogues to more deeply explore themes introduced in the
</span><a href="https://oge.mit.edu/graddiversity/dei-online-module/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">MIT’s DEI online module</span></a><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">. Over the course of an initial
1-year commitment, Fellows will introduce a new cohort of graduate student facilitators to multiply and expand the program’s reach across the MIT graduate community. </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">We are currently seeking 24 graduate students interested in creating a more equitable, inclusive, and engaging MIT community. Apply
</span><a href="https://forms.gle/EwwzhEkGuRsfdVjZA" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">through Feb 7. Please contact
</span><a href="mailto:gsc-diversity@mit.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">gsc-diversity@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">
with any questions.</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496"><img border="0" width="780" height="1040" id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image012.jpg@01D5EBE8.76D10ED0"></span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">How to Advocate for Yourself<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">When:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">February 26<sup>th</sup>, 6-8:30PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Where:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">CIC, 245 Main Street, 3<sup>rd</sup> Floor, Mosaic Room, Cambridge, MA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Cost:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">WEST/CIC Members: $15, Non-Members: $40<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Sign-up:
</span></b><a href="https://www.westorg.org/2020-02-26-Negotiate-Advocate-Workshop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">here</span></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">We negotiate every day. At work we negotiate not just our jobs and salaries, but research priorities, budgets, staffing, deliverables
and time tables. At home some of us negotiate child care pick up and drop off, who is making dinner and who stays home when the kids are sick. While men and women are equally skilled negotiators, women face some additional challenges. Not only were many of
us not raised to advocate for our own interests, but we sometimes pay a social cost when we assert our needs and interests. We’ll dive into what we negotiate, our beliefs around advocating for ourselves, how to mitigate others’ negative perceptions when we
assert our interests and two tools for increasing our effectiveness. You will leave with a better understanding of what is getting in your way and what to do about it. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#4A4A4A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">About the Speaker - Amy Rebecca Gay, PhD, CPCC </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#4A4A4A"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Amy is a senior consultant and coach with Five Rhythms Consulting who brings over twenty-five years of experience as a mediator,
trainer and facilitator for organizations of all sizes including Fortune 250 companies. She is the former assistant director of the Graduate Programs in Conflict Resolution at UMass Boston, she was the trainer and product manager at Vantage Partners and currently
collaborates with UMass’s Center for Collaborative Leadership, The Mediation Group and Mobius Executive Leadership. She has taught at LeMoyne College, Syracuse University, UMass Boston and Babson College. Over her career, Amy has discovered that we communicate
most effectively when we’ve mastered our own energy, emotions and identity. She brings an active awareness of the mind/body connection, a warm and welcoming facilitation style and a deep dedication to using one’s mind for powerful transformation. She has a
PhD from Syracuse’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and is a Coaches Training Institute certified coach.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">A light dinner will be provided by </span><a href="https://www.servier.us/#bioinnovation" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Servier
BioInnovation</span></a><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">.</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#4A4A4A;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><br>
<br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#4A4A4A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Given our mission is to promote women's development in STEM we would like to offer
a one-time free spot in our workshops to those in transition between jobs. Please contact info@westorg.org if you qualify.</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#4A4A4A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">Women in Green Community Lunch<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">When:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Feb. 27<sup>th</sup>, 12-1:30PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Where:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">China Pearl, 9 Tyler St., Boston, MA 02111<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">RSVP:
</span></b><a href="https://usgbcma.org/event/women-in-green-community-lunch-2/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">
($25/ticket)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;background:white">Instead of packing lunch for work, why not join the USGBC MA for our Women in Green: Community Lunch! On Thursday, February 27th, come meet other women in the Massachusetts,
sustainable design community and enjoy a variety of dim sum dishes at China Pearl. There are only 40 seats available, so make sure to register early.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">Cheney Room Body Image Workshop and Lunch<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">When:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Friday, Feb. 28<sup>th</sup>, 12-1PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Cheney Room (3-310)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Join us for a body image workshop with Susanna Barry, Senior Program Manager in Community Wellness at MIT Medical. She is a national board certified health coach and has master's degrees
in education and psychology. More details on this workshop to come. Lunch will be served!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">Brave Women of Color in Academics<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">When:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">March 2<sup>nd</sup>, 4PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">4-270<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">The new co-edited anthology, </span><a href="https://www.routledge.com/Counternarratives-from-Women-of-Color-Academics-Bravery-Vulnerability/Whitaker-Grollman/p/book/9781138610903" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496;text-decoration:none">Counternarratives
from Women of Color Academics: Bravery, Vulnerability, and Resistance</span></i></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#717A80"> </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">contains
essays and creative works by 28 women of color academics who redefine what it means to be successful in academia, who stand up against injustice in academia despite the risks, and who leverage their positions in university to advance diversity and inclusion
in higher education. </span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#717A80"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Academic bravery challenges the status quo, crosses boundaries and breaks new ground. In essence, being a brave academic entails
refusing to prioritize self-serving interests at the expense of knowledge production and social justice. Rather than avoiding risky endeavors to protect one’s position and status, a brave academic uses her position, status and expertise to effectively advance
knowledge and equity, despite the risks.</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#717A80"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">The anthology, and this panel, seeks to counter the discourse that women of color are solely tokens and victims of marginalization
in academe. Women of color academics have leveraged their professional positions to challenge the status quo in their scholarship, teaching, service, activism, and leadership. By presenting reflexive work from various vantage points within and outside of the
academy, contributors document the cultivation of mentoring relationships, the use of administrative roles to challenge institutional leadership, and more.</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#717A80"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">This event is free and open to the public. Please see our </span><a href="https://www.gcws.mit.edu/gcws-events-list/brave-women-of-color-academics" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">website</span></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#717A80"> </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">for
more information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Panelists:</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Alessandra Bazo Vienrich</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#403F42"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">,
Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology, Davidson College</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Eric Grollman,</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#403F42"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Associate
Professor of Sociology, University of Richmond</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Manya Whitaker </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">is an
Associate Professor and Chair of Education at Colorado College.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Robbin Chapman</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#403F42"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">,
Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, Harvard Kennedy School</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Moderator</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#403F42"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Saida Grundy,</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#403F42"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Assistant
Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, Boston University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Cosponsored by</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">:
Boston College Lynch School of Education and Human Development; MIT Women's and Gender Studies; Tufts Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Boston University Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program; UMass Boston Africana Studies Department;
UMass Boston Department of Anthropology; UMass Boston Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies</span><b><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#717A80"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><img border="0" width="780" height="1206" id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image013.jpg@01D5EBE8.76D10ED0"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">LGBT Grad Social Hour<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">When:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Monday, Mar. 2<sup>nd</sup>, 6-7PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"> Monday, Apr. 6<sup>th</sup>, 6-7PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"> Monday, May 4<sup>th</sup>, 6-7PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Where:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Rainbow Lounge (50-250)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">These social hours are pretty much exactly what they sound like- unstructured, casual opportunities to meet other LGBT graduate students at MIT and just hang out for a
bit. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">We hope you'll take the opportunity to socialize, make friends, and find community! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">These events are partially sponsored by the <b>GSC Funding Board<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<img border="0" width="250" height="250" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image014.jpg@01D5EBE8.76D10ED0" alt="LGBT Grad Social Hour"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">Mindfulness for Engineers and Angst-Ridden Type-A Kindred Spirits<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">When:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Mondays, 7-8:30PM from March 2<sup>nd</sup>-April 6<sup>th</sup>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Where:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">BitSight Technologies Offices (111 Huntington Ave, Boston MA, 20<sup>th</sup> floor)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Sign-up:
</span></b><a href="https://mindfulnessforengineers.dev"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"> (deposit required
to hold spot, returned upon meeting attendance requirement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Six-week free* in-person mindfulness course in downtown Boston in March-April. Offered by a Computer Science Ph.D. who works full-time as a Data Scientist in the
Boston tech industry, this course is based on mindfulness practices the teacher has used over the past decade to get her perfectionism, workaholism, and all the other -isms down to healthy levels. The course takes a pragmatic, applied, non-touchy-feely approach
to mindfulness and focuses extensively on academic and career stresses and work/life balance clarity.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">Giving & Receiving Feedback<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">When:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">March 3<sup>rd</sup>, 6-8:30PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Where:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Ginkgo Bioworks, 27 Drydock Avenue, 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02210</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Buy tickets:
</span></b><a href="https://www.westorg.org/2020-03-03-giving-receiving-feedback"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Almost everyone struggles with giving and receiving feedback. Yet everyone struggles for different reasons: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:30.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">For some people, resistance to receiving feedback is tied to a fear of being judged, making mistakes, or failing. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:30.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">For others, offering feedback is associated with criticism. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:30.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">There are also cultural differences that impact how comfortable you are in giving or receiving feedback. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Maybe for you, it’s simply that you haven’t learned the skills to make the process less stressful. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">All of this means that learning how to give meaningful feedback, is not one-size-fits-all. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">We’ll explore ways you can become more comfortable giving and asking for feedback. You’ll learn several simple, yet powerful, techniques to
take the sting and awkwardness out of the feedback conversation. You’ll discover how to ask for and receive feedback in a way that feels natural to you. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">For managers, you’ll learn questions you can ask your team, to help YOU become a better manager. For all participants, you’ll learn ways to
offer feedback to your peers, and even your boss!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Participants will learn 4 basic steps to giving meaningful feedback in a way that feels safe for both the giver and receiver. You'll be able
to apply these steps immediately, in your personal life, and in your career.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Cost</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">: $15 for members; $40 for non-members<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<img border="0" width="450" height="104" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image015.jpg@01D5EBE8.76D10ED0" alt="https://www.westorg.org/assets/site/west%202016.jpg"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">Graduate Women Reading Group<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Join a monthly reading group for graduate women at MIT!</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Do you like to read books? Would you like to read more and discuss the books you read with others? Then the Graduate Women’s Reading Group is for you! We are taking
new members this semester and would love to have you join in!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">The Graduate Women's Reading Group consists of around 15 members who meet monthly to discuss a book. The books are provided by Dean Staton, but the titles are chosen
by the members democratically once every six months. All members are allowed to nominate and vote on books we read. Some of the books we read last semester included: <u>Bad Blood</u>, <u>Educated</u>,
<u>Maybe you should Talk to Someone</u>, <u>Homo Deus</u>, and <u>Wild Game</u>.<br>
We meet Tuesdays at 5pm in room 3-310, which is the Margaret Cheney Room. Meetings are mostly the first Tuesday of each month, but not always. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">The upcoming meetings are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Feb 4 -
<u>Talking to Strangers</u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">March 3 -
<u>Uncanny Valley</u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">If you are interested, please email Maha Haji at
</span><a href="mailto:mhaji@mit.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">mhaji@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"> with the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">(1) What month you would like to start. We may have an extra copy of
<u>Talking to Strangers</u> for you, but you’re still welcome to come to the February meeting to see what it’s like. Otherwise, you can start at our next meeting in March.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">(2) If you can come to the March meeting, let us know if you need a copy of
<u>Uncanny Valley</u>. (You should only be getting a book if you plan to attend the meeting for that month.)<br>
(3) If you have a Kindle-compatible e-reader and would prefer to get books that way, please send the preferred email address.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Happy reading</span>!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">17.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">Women Take the Reel film: “Fear No Gumbo”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">When:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Thursday, March 5<sup>th</sup>, 6:30-9PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Where:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">E15, Bartos Theater<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">Kimberly Rivers-Roberts, known from the Academy Award nominated documentary <i>Trouble the Water</i> (2008) turns her video camera on herself and her community years after Hurricane Katrina (which she
calls "America's worst man-made disaster"), giving her viewers a rare behind-the-scenes look at how some of the residents of New Orleans recovered and are still trying to recover from the storm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">co-sponsored by the </span><a href="https://listart.mit.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">LIST Visual Arts Center</span></a><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333"><br>
6:30pm Pizza<br>
7pm Screening<br>
Followed by Q&A with Director Kimberly-Rivers-Roberts<br>
Part of the </span><a href="https://www.gcws.mit.edu/gcws-events-list/wttrevents2020" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">Women Take the Reel</span></a><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496"> </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">film
festival.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:0in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
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</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">BCG Company Info Session for Advanced Degree Students<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">When:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">March 5<sup>th</sup>, 7PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Where:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">BCG Boston Office (200 Pier Four Boulevard, Boston, MA 02110)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">RSVP:
</span></b><a href="https://www.bcg.com/en-us/d/events/5mar2020-bcg-company-information-session-for-advanced-degree-students-238974"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">Please join BCG representatives and other MDs, JDs, PhDs, and Postdocs for an evening of networking, the opportunity to learn more about full-time career opportunities
at BCG, and our three-day Bridge to BCG summer program! The presentation will begin at 7:15 PM and will be followed by networking with BCGers from various offices.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">19.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">International Women’s Day<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">When:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Friday, March 6<sup>th</sup>, 10AM-2PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Where:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Lobby 10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">Celebrate International Women's Day with the MIT Women's League on Friday, March 6. Visit our table in the center of campus - Lobby 10!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">Bring a friend or colleague to learn more about the WL and upcoming events. Trivia, give aways, and more!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">BCG Harvard/MIT Women’s Breakfast<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">When:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">March 6<sup>th</sup>, 9AM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Where:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Cafe Landwer, Fenway<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Register:
</span></b><a href="https://talent.bcg.com/Events/RegisterStep2?folderId=10033094&source=Event&id="><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;background:white">Join us for an informal breakfast to learn more about BCG, consulting, and our Women@BCG network from current BCGers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">21.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">WiDS (Women in Data Science) Conference<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">When:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">March 6<sup>th</sup>, 8AM-5PM<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Where:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Microsoft New England, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02142<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;background:white">For the fourth year, Harvard, MIT, and Microsoft Research New England are proud to collaborate with Stanford University to bring the Women in Data Science
(WiDS) conference to Cambridge, Massachusetts. This one-day technical conference will feature an all-female line up of speakers from academia and industry to talk about the latest data science-related research in a number of domains, to learn how leading-edge
companies are leveraging data science for success, and to connect with potential mentors, collaborators, and others in the field. For more information and registration please visit the website: </span><a href="https://www.widscambridge.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496;background:white">https://www.widscambridge.org</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496;background:white">.</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:#2F5496;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496;background:white"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496;text-decoration:none"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">22.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b></span><![endif]><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496;background:white;text-decoration:none">Free Yoga Class at the Cheney Room</span></b></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496;text-decoration:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">We are holding a free yoga class in the Cheney Room on
<b>Friday, March 6 from 12-1 PM</b>. This will be a gentle yoga class taught by an MIT Recreation instructor. In order to participate,
</span><a href="https://cheneyroomyoga.eventbrite.com"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">please register here</span></b></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">.
Spots are limited, so sign up soon!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">Warrior Women Film Screening<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">When:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Thursday, March 12<sup>th</sup>, 6:30PM Pizza, 7PM Screening, Followed by Q&A with Director & Producer Elizabeth A. Castle<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Where:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Bartos Theater (E15)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Co-sponsored by the LIST Visual Arts Center, Indigenous Peoples Advocacy Committee (IPAC), ICEO, and the MIT Chapter of
the American Indian Science and Engineering (AISES).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Part of the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://www.gcws.mit.edu/gcws-events-list/wttrevents2020"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#713C56">Women
Take the Reel</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">film
festival.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">In the 1970s, with the swagger of unapologetic Indianness, organizers of the American Indian Movement (AIM) fought for Native liberation and survival
as a community of extended families.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Warrior Women</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> is the story of Madonna Thunder
Hawk, one such AIM leader who shaped a kindred group of activists' children - including her daughter Marcy - into the "We Will Remember" Survival School as a Native alternative to government-run education. Together, Madonna and Marcy fought for Native rights
in an environment that made them more comrades than mother-daughter. Today, with Marcy now a mother herself, both are still at the forefront of Native issues, fighting against the environmental devastation of the Dakota Access Pipeline and for Indigenous cultural
values.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Through a circular Indigenous style of storytelling, this film explores what it means to navigate a movement and motherhood and how activist legacies
are passed down and transformed from generation to generation in the context of colonizing government that meets Native resistance with violence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://wgs.mit.edu/events-all/warriorwomen"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">For more information about Women Take the Reel and Warrior Women, Click Here!</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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