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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">GWAMIT Newsletter</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">August 24<sup>th</sup>, 2020</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Did you know? Here is some womxn-related news from around the world: </span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121">Has wokeness replaced compassion with moral superiority? Ayishat Akanbi is a London-based stylist. Listen to her take on
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-WimRb2jXs"><b><span style="color:#1155CC;background:#F8F8F8;text-decoration:none">The Problem with Wokeness</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121">.
Read her Guardian interview here: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/feb/26/ayishat-akanbi-my-problematic-ideas-are-my-favourite-ones"><b><span style="color:#1155CC;background:#F8F8F8">'My
problematic ideas are my favourite ones'</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121">A blog post by Sister STEM:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://sisterstem.org/2020/07/29/as-scientists-we-need-to-stop-using-harmful-and-misleading-terminology/"><b><span style="color:#1155CC;background:#F8F8F8">As
scientists, we need to stop using harmful and misleading terminology</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121">Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex,
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://glmr.co/3OiAmJt"><span style="color:#1155CC">recently interviewed
</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121">Emily Ramshaw, CEO of
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://19thnews.org/about/"><span style="color:#1155CC">The 19th*</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121">,
as part of a virtual summit. They discussed many important topics, including the Black Lives Matter movement and the importance of voting.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www-nytimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/world/africa/iman-elman-woman-Somalia-army.amp.html"><span style="color:#1155CC">Lt. Col.
Elman</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121"> broke through patriarchal barriers to become one of the top ranking officers in Somalia’s army. She is the highest ranking womxn in their
military and is one of 900 womxn total in a 25,000-person force.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.rollettesdance.com/meetus"><span style="color:#1155CC">Meet the all-female team</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121">
who inspires others with amazing dance routines. Their mission statement: “Women Empowering Women with Disabilities to Live Boundlessly and Shift Perspectives Through Dance.”</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">COVID-19 Resources</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">GWAMIT has compiled a list of resources we are aware of to help graduate women in our community. If you know of a resource that isn’t listed, please let us know
(gwamit-exec@mit.edu) so we can include it in the next newsletter to share with the community.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">MIT Grant for Graduate Students with Children - applications due by September 30th! </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://oge.mit.edu/finances/grad-student-fin-assist/grad-students-with-children-grant/"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://oge.mit.edu/finances/grad-student-fin-assist/grad-students-with-children-grant/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Expanded back-up child care policy:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://hr.mit.edu/worklife/backupchildcare"><span style="color:black">
</span><span style="color:#1155CC">https://hr.mit.edu/worklife/backupchildcare</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">MIT Ombuds Office -</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://ombuds.mit.edu/"><span style="color:black">
</span><span style="color:#1155CC">ombudsoffice.mit.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The Ombuds Office is available to offer support and assistance to the MIT community in navigating these challenges and exploring constructive options for success.
We are available for phone or Zoom meetings and can also facilitate online sessions and group discussions to help teams function and support good communication skills during this challenging period. To schedule a meeting via phone or Zoom email kalina_s@mit.edu
or call 617-253-5921. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Graduate student short-term emergency hardship funding:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://engage.mit.edu/submitter/form/step/1?Guid=b180ffce-c28f-41f6-908b-387637df6396"><span style="color:black">
</span><span style="color:#1155CC">https://engage.mit.edu/submitter/form/step/1?Guid=b180ffce-c28f-41f6-908b-387637df6396</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">GSC DEI open letter for COVID-relief:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://mitgradstudentadvocates.weebly.com/"><span style="color:black">
</span><span style="color:#1155CC">https://mitgradstudentadvocates.weebly.com/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">MIT Summer Opportunities & Resources:<u>
</u></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://resources.mit.edu/summer"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://resources.mit.edu/summer</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">MIT has created a dedicated website for COVID-related updates:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://now.mit.edu/"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://now.mit.edu/</span></a></span><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:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Stay at Home Recommendations:</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Something
<b>to do…</b></span></u><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> Consider finding a virtual volunteer position! We have a number listed below. Help a new organization build more
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://fitforeverybody.com/"><span style="color:#1155CC">inclusive sizing</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">,
become a </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.mindsmatterboston.org/mentors"><span style="color:#1155CC">mentor to local Boston Youth,</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
seek out more interesting opportunities online! </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Something
<b>to read... </b></span></u><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:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Fiction:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> Read historical fiction by female author,
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://rutasepetys.com/"><span style="color:#1155CC">Ruta Sepetys</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">.
Her books tell the stories that are often underrepresented or forgotten in history. As a starter, consider reading, “</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fountains-Silence-Ruta-Sepetys/dp/0399160310"><span style="color:#1155CC">The
Fountains of Silence</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">” which covers the lives of impoverished young adults in Spain, contrasted with the view of privileged Americans visiting
for vacation, under Franco’s dictatorship. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Non-Fiction/Memoir:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/memorial-drive-natasha-trethewey?variant=32123696480290"><span style="color:#1155CC">Memorial Drive, by Natasha Trethewey</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
<span style="color:black">(Pulitzer winner, former poet laureate of the United States) . A chillingly personal and exquisitely wrought memoir of a daughter reckoning with the brutal murder of her mother at the hands of her former stepfather, and the moving,
intimate story of a poet coming into her own in the wake of a tragedy. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Here’s a new release you might consider pre-ordering:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sitting-Pretty-Ordinary-Resilient-Disabled/dp/0062936794"><span style="color:#1155CC">Sitting Pretty: The View from my ordinary resilient
disabled body, by Rebekah Taussig</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">. Ableism is rooted in our culture, more strongly than you may realize. How many books, movies or news stories
have you read from a disabled person’s point of view? Read Rebekah Taussig’s powerful article
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://time.com/5881597/disability-kindness/"><span style="color:#1155CC">here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">,
where she talks about the many ways we fail to acknowledge the <i>actual</i> needs of disabled people, even when we think we are ‘being kind’. She also tells us what we can do to make a difference.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Looking to borrow books without leaving the house?</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The Minuteman library network is doing temporary online membership which can be</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://library.minlib.net/selfreg"><span style="color:black">
applied for here</span></a></span><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:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Something
<b>to watch…</b></span></u><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:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuTL1U4B69Q"><span style="color:#1155CC">‘Straight Up’ on Netflix.</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
This film tackles modern sexual orientations and expectations, following a (currently identifying) gay man and a straight womxn embarking on a relationship. Read a full film review on the
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/movies/straight-up-review.html"><span style="color:#1155CC">New York Times.</span></a></span><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:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Watch social scientist Stacy Smith’s fast-paced
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/stacy_smith_the_data_behind_hollywood_s_sexism"><span style="color:#1155CC">TED talk</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
where she analyzes how Hollywood underrepresents and portrays women, and how we as viewers can play a role in changing the stark statistics (which has slightly improved since her 2016 talk, as reported
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/movies/movies-starring-women-and-people-of-color-continue-to-surge.html"><span style="color:#1155CC">here</span></a></span><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:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Something<b> to listen to…</b></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> the DNC was this past
week and had a </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/powerhouse-lineup-women-speak-ahead-kamala-harris-dnc/story?id=72482781"><span style="color:#1155CC">number of
womxn speakers.</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> Listen to
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKy3iiWjhVI"><span style="color:#1155CC">Michelle Obama’s</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
speech, or </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71ZYxpmSyls"><span style="color:#1155CC">Elizabeth Warren’s</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
or any number of the </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/17/us/politics/dnc-convention-live.html"><span style="color:#1155CC">impressive womxn on this list.</span></a></span><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:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Listen to this
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/06/23/882551486/the-undocumented-americans"><span style="color:#1155CC">Code Switch podcast</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
on author Karla Cornejo Villavicencio’s book </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/558229/the-undocumented-americans-by-karla-cornejo-villavicencio/"><span style="color:#1155CC">The
Undocumented Americans</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">. In it, she seeks to highlight the stories of undocumented Americans that aren’t Dreamers...they’re the construction workers,
the cleaning staff--the day laborers. Their stories aren’t perfect and that’s what makes it so critical to give them a voice.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:#FEFEFE">Something
<b>fun</b>…</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:#FEFEFE"> Make a jar of movies you have never seen before! For a starting list see the
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.insider.com/movies-female-directors-women-directed-this-year-2020-1#numa-perriers-new-movie-jezebel-explores-sisterhood-and-the-cam-girl-industry-in-the-early-days-of-the-internet-1"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:#FEFEFE">most
recent ones</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:#FEFEFE"> by womxn producers and directors, and keep an eye out for those on the list yet to be released!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#030303">Virtual Events & Opportunities<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">GWAMIT Mentoring Program<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">With the start of the semester, the </span><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%">GWAMIT Mentoring Program </span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">has
opened applications for womxn graduate students to be matched with a mentor. In the program, you will be matched with a mentoring group of up to three graduate students and a mentor from industry or academia. Most of our mentors are women and MIT alumni, and
mentoring groups talk about everything from picking a lab to finding a job to imposter syndrome and mental health!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
<span style="color:black;background:white">Graduate women mentees are encouraged to meet with their mentoring group every month, and will have access to our program Slack to network with other mentoring groups.</span><br>
<span style="color:black;background:white">If you are interested in participating as a mentee this school year, please fill out the </span><a href="https://forms.gle/xRieFKxBxBHLz6ba6">survey</a><span style="color:black;background:white"> by </span><strong>Friday,
September 11th</strong><span style="color:black;background:white">. </span><br>
<span style="color:black;background:white">Please email <a href="mailto:gwamitmentoring@gmail.com">gwamitmentoring@gmail.com</a> if you have any questions or want more information.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">Mentees will be able to enter preferences for mentors based on mentor profiles that will be distributed soon. Mentees will be given priority in
selecting a mentor in the order you fill out the above survey, so please don’t wait! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Fit For Everybody - Call For Volunteers</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Everybody is improving women's clothes sizing and fit based on real women's bodies. By having women take and submit their measurements, Everybody will advise women's
apparel designers how to improve their garment sizing to be more inclusive and accurate. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Everybody is looking for female-identifying volunteers to take and submit their measurements from home through our website. All shapes, sizes, and ages over 18 are
welcome and encouraged to participate. Participants will be entered to win a luxury gift. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Our website is www.fitforeverybody.com</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Our Facebook is @fitforeverybody2</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Our Instagram is @_fit_for_everybody_</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Our Twitter is @FitEverybody</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">MindsMatterBoston - Call for Volunteers</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Minds Matter Boston is a college access organization that pairs mentors with first-generation, low-income high school students from local communities to support
them to prepare for, apply to, and succeed in college. As part of our general recruitment efforts, we are intentional about recruiting mentors who reflect the backgrounds of the young people we work with, mainly first generation to college and/or people of
color. We take responsibility for creating a diverse and inclusive space for our students and believe that this is only possible when we have more volunteer leaders who reflect, celebrate, and affirm the multi-dimensional identities of our students. There
is more info at </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.mindsmatterboston.org/mentors"><span style="color:black">Minds Matter Boston online</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
as well! If anyone is interested in learning more, they can email our Program Associate, Jada Alexander (jada.alexander@mindsmatterboston.com) and set up a call to discuss the mentor position further.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">MIT Catalyst 2021</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#444444">Catalyst brings together innovators and researchers with diverse backgrounds to work in teams on identifying unmet medical and healthcare system needs, brainstorm
and evaluate potential solutions, and plan research project proposals for subsequent execution.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#444444">Recognizing that healthcare needs across the United States are diverse, for the first time, we are able to expand the Catalyst program to include regions outside
of the Boston area. The </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://mit.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5ad626be7146423020fe0b48e&id=f35f273412&e=910b57630b"><span style="color:#007C89">Catalyst</span></a><a href="https://mit.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5ad626be7146423020fe0b48e&id=3c5dc78139&e=910b57630b"><span style="color:#007C89">
2021</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#444444"> program is open to 3 geographic hubs--<b>Boston, Memphis, and Salt Lake City.
</b>We welcome applicants from any institution in these regions (or from any applicant who is able to relocate to one of those regions in 2021).</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#444444">We seek a multi-talented cohort of individuals with interest and willingness to spend time in research, innovation, and health including engineers, scientists,
clinicians, designers, entrepreneurs, MBAs, early-stage professionals, postdocs, fellows, graduate students, clinical, and other professional degree candidates, etc. ALL are invited to apply!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#444444">We note that for Catalyst 2021, MIT will continue its partnership with the US Department of Veteran's Affairs, thus providing the program with a very rich ecosystem
to support research and innovation that advances human health.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://mit.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5ad626be7146423020fe0b48e&id=0f87da3f5a&e=910b57630b"><span style="color:black">Learn more and start your application</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#00ADD8">Attend an Information Session!:<b>
</b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#444444">We will be hosting live online Information Sessions on August 14 and 25 to provide more details about the Catalyst 2021 program, the Catalyst methodology
from MIT linQ, and the application process, for potential candidates, their supervisors, or innovation managers at research centers, hospitals or universities, to learn more and ask questions.</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#4472C4"><a href="https://mit.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5ad626be7146423020fe0b48e&id=5b408d4d1b&e=910b57630b"><span style="color:#4472C4">Register for August 25,
4pm-5pm ET</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#4472C4"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Correlation One East Coast regional Datathon</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#202020">Hosted by Citadel LLC and Citadel Securities in partnership with Correlation One, the Data Open is launching the Fall season with
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.citadel.com/careers/the-data-open/apply/"><span style="color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">East Coast Regional Datathon</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#202020">,
which will take place virtually this September!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#202020">The Data Open challenges students from the world's best universities to tackle real-world social challenges in topics such as urban traffic, renewable energy,
and education. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#202020">Taking place between September 14-21, teams will have a week to work on their submissions, with the flexibility to showcase their skills on their own schedules.<b>
Top performing students have the opportunity to win $25,000 in cash prizes, exclusive recruiting opportunities with Citadel, and global recognition. </b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#202020">When:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#202020">September 14 - September 21</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#202020">Where:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#202020"> Virtual</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#202020">Prizes:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#202020"> $25,000 + Exclusive recruiting opportunities
with Citadel LLC and Citadel Securities </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#202020">Here's the link to
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.citadel.com/careers/the-data-open/apply/"><span style="color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">sign up</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#202020">!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#202020">If you have any questions or would like to learn more about the event, feel free to email
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#007C89">roysi@correlation-one.com</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#202020">. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">New Student Advocates for Survivors Group</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Student Advocates for Survivors, or SAS, is a new student group advocating for better MIT policy supporting survivors and educating students about reporting and
support options. This includes advocating for more training for all students and staff around responding to sexual assault, as well as advocating for better Title IX policy and mental health resources at MIT. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We are looking for more people to join us! Here is a list of projects we are beginning to work on. If you are interested, add yourself to sas@mit.edu here. Anyone
is welcome to join regardless of your past experiences.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Additionally, if you have any ideas of what we can do to support survivors, please fill out this anonymous form. Feel free to also share any experiences with Title
IX, VPR, S3, etc. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">Department of Energy Resources Job Opportunity - Emerging Technologies</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources Emerging Technology Division is currently hiring a Program Coordinator to support our electric vehicle and Clean
Cities Coalition programs. This is a great opportunity for someone at the early stage of their career looking to gain experience in energy policy focused on electric vehicle and infrastructure deployment, the interaction of electric vehicles with electricity
rates, energy resilience, and grid support. While the focus will be on electric vehicles and the Clean Cities program, the position will also be involved other projects, programs, and policy development related to clean energy emerging technologies like energy
storage. You can find the job posting </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__massanf.taleo.net_careersection_ex_jobdetail.ftl-3Fjob-3D2000052Q-26tz-3DGMT-2D04-253A00-26tzname-3DAmerica-252FNew-5FYork&d=DwMFAg&c=lDF7oMaPKXpkYvev9V-fVahWL0QWnGCCAfCDz1Bns_w&r=SUJ0tmD2TxBovaoBCr21o-OoRDEaTwnylQ5HExAKRTk&m=Mk6Xh1bwaEKJIM-9H9OflrskonPGniTmQ6Y3uYxj1-o&s=MunM8Y9EOQBReBIc20wM9DlEfgZdCNmb1qrE3mCoGcY&e="><span style="color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">The Department of Energy Resources has a commitment to help create a clean, affordable, and resilient energy future for the Commonwealth. Within that commitment
is an underlying aim to actively support diversity, equity, and inclusion in the work we do and in our own workplace. The ideal candidate would be committed to developing a strong understanding of the importance of intersectional environmentalism within the
work done at DOER, the criticality of incorporating a diverse perspective in all of the work that we do, and a commitment to inclusivity in all aspects of the job, both internally, within DOER, and externally, among partner agencies, industry stakeholders,
and the general public.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">Upcoming WEST Events</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.westorg.org/2020-09-23-20th-anniversary-awards-networking"><span style="color:#1155CC">9/23: WEST's 20th Anniversary/12th Annual Awards Celebration</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.westorg.org/2020-09-24-women-wealth-financial"><span style="color:#1155CC">9/24: Women and Wealth: Setting Your Course to a Strong Financial Future</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.westorg.org/2020-09-30-gender-parity-panel"><span style="color:#1155CC">9/30: Gender Parity Panel Discussion</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.westorg.org/2020-10-06-better-decisions"><span style="color:#1155CC">10/6: Making better decisions: Pre-mortem analysis and other cognitive tools for better
outcomes in life, love, and work</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.westorg.org/2020-10-07-book-club-likeability-trap"><span style="color:#1155CC">10/7: Book Club - The Likeability Trap</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">"Amplify Your Technical Education to Build a Better World!”</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Our Graduate Program in Engineering Leadership is offering a
<b>Graduate Certificate in Technical Leadership.</b> <b>A summary of the</b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://gelp.mit.edu/grad-students/graduate-certificate-technical-leadership-interim-requirements"><b><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">
interim certificate requirements</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> is linked and attached</span></b><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:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Leadership education develops skills applicable across career paths, from leading research labs to leading project teams in engineering. Enroll in one or both of
our<b> Virtual Graduate Courses for Fall 2020, which qualify towards our</b> <b>
Certificate in Technical Leadership. </b>This certificate is<b> </b>designed to provide important skills that MIT graduate students can draw from to "make a positive difference" in their chosen careers. Grounded in research but experimental and engaging in
delivery, these highly valued classes will provide enduring benefits for our graduate students – and future coworkers. *PhD candidates can also explore the option of using these classes to satisfy the requirements for your doctoral minor.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">GEL Virtual Grad Courses for Fall 2020
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">(**Open to all grad students!)<b>:</b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://gelp.mit.edu/grad-creative-teams"><i><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">6.928J Leading Creative Teams</span></i></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">It takes a team to deliver impactful technical achievements and this class equips students with foundational skills for leading problem-solving teams and one’s own
professional development.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Units: G3-0-6, M/W, 2:30-4pm</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Taught Virtually, Instructor: David Nino (dnino@mit.edu)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://gelp.mit.edu/gel-grad-negotiation"><i><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">6.S978 Negotiation & Influence Skills for Technical Leaders</span></i></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Expand your natural tendencies and learn experientially both the theory and practice of interpersonal negotiation, influence and overcoming difficult relationship
situations.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Units: G2-0-4, T, 1-3pm</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Taught Virtually, Instructor: David Nino (dnino@mit.edu)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">***For more information, visit our
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://gelp.mit.edu/grad"><b><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">website. </span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">*If you are interested in earning our certificate,
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">please email Lisa Stagnone (lstag@mit.edu) and David Niņo (</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:dnino@mit.edu"><span style="color:#1155CC">dnino@mit.edu</span></a></span><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:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">GCWS Upcoming Virtual Events<b> </b></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">GCWS is hosting several panels this summer that have been organized by an interdisciplinary team of graduate student organizers from across our member institutions.
This was originally intended to be our</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.gcws.mit.edu/gcws-events-list/technologies-of-resistance"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">
</span><span style="color:#1155CC">SP20 graduate student symposium</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> but has been reinvented into separate panels due to campus response to COVID
in March 2020. These panels are free and open to everyone.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Pedagogies of Resistance: Sharing Knowledge as a Political Act</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">August 27, 2020 at 10:00-11:30AM,
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.gcws.mit.edu/gcws-events-list/technologies-of-resistance-pedagogies"><span style="color:#1155CC">More Info</span></a></span><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:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4p-E6N5NTcOOFDQjixfxSw"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">
</span><span style="color:#1155CC">Register Here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">This panel will reflect and discuss means to implement conscious pedagogies of resistance, or critical pedagogy in the classroom and beyond. both in and out of the
classroom. Panelists will share how they draw on the political through their teaching, in the subjects they teach, or the methodologies they utilize.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Speakers include:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">· Kat Tanaka Okopnik, The Dictionary of Social Justice</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">· Laura Nelson, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Northeastern University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">· Brooke Foucault, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Northeastern University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">· Brandy Williams, Graduate Researcher in Early Modern Critical Race and Gender Studies, University of Maryland at College Park</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Become a GWAMIT department rep!</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">GWAMIT is accepting applications for the position of department representatives! As a GWAMIT department rep, you'll build connections across MIT and help in the
personal & professional development of graduate womxn. It is also a powerful means to bring about department-level change and strive towards a more equitable and inclusive MIT. The position lasts for one year, with an option for renewal. Read more about the
role and responsibilities</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BepM4QWy2tUO7ju1dkIOt69lb9wJb_DIs9Us_ljVqUA/edit"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">
</span><span style="color:#1155CC">here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">. Fill out the short application form</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfxO1KrUGe7rS_tvZsAW8jOOMFNBnv5BdAi4ssn1svoKUqV9w/viewform"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">
</span><span style="color:#1155CC">here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">. Womxn who are members of underrepresented and minoritized groups are encouraged to apply. The departments
with openings are: Course 4, 6, 10, 15, 17, HASTS, 21, 21W, 22, CMS, CSB, MAS, CRE, CCE, CTL. If the position is currently filled, but you are still interested in being involved with GWAMIT, email us to let us know! We have multiple avenues for engagement
in GWAMIT's activities and initiatives. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Charitable Giving</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Are you donating to black-led organizations? Read this
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://sisterstem.org/2020/06/23/black-women-in-stem-are-doing-the-work/"><span style="color:#1155CC">awesome post
</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">by Netia McCray, founder of Mbadika (prepare yourself for some amazing Rihanna gifs!)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mbadika-founder-netia-mccray-black-panther-youtube-2018-3"><span style="color:#1155CC">Netia McCray is an MIT alum</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">!
Her local, Boston-based nonprofit organization </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://mbadika.org/"><span style="color:#1155CC">Mbadika</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">,
which helps kids become "makers" and realize their creative dreams with the equipment and technology support to make it happen.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Mbadika isn’t currently accepting donations on their website, but Netia recommends several peer organizations that work to support URM representation in STEM. Consider
donating to: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://intechcamp.org/about/"><span style="color:#1155CC">INTech Camp</span></a></span><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:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://conversations.vanguardstem.com/"><span style="color:#1155CC">Vanguard STEM</span></a></span><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:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.degetc.org/"><span style="color:#1155CC">The Glover Center</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
, and </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.thefablab.com/"><span style="color:#1155CC">The Fab Lab</span></a></span><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:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">-Jane Goodall</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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