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    Dear Postdocs, please see this message from the organizers:<br>
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    <div><font class="" face="Arial">I invite you to share this
        invitation to participate in the April 18th MIT Day of Action
        with your networks, as appropriate. </font></div>
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    <div><font class="" face="Arial">There are a number of sessions that
        might be of particular interest to postdocs, including:</font></div>
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      </font></div>
    <div><font class="" face="Arial">"The Challenge for
        R&amp;D Funding in the Administration’s New FY18 Budget" by
        William B.
        Bonvillian, outgoing director of MIT’s Washington Office, which
        supports MIT’s
        historic role in science policy </font></div>
    <div><font class="" face="Arial"><span style="text-align: justify;"
          class="">"The Future of US Healthcare
          Policy" by Jonathan Gruber, </span><span style="text-align:
          justify;" class="">Ford Professor of Economics
          at MIT</span></font></div>
    <div><font class="" face="Arial"><span style="text-align: justify;"
          class="">"</span>Nuclear Weapons and
        Survival" by R. Scott Kemp, the Norman C.
        Rasmussen Associate Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering
        at MIT, and
        director of the </font><span style="font-family: Arial;"
        class="">MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Security and Policy</span></div>
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      </span></div>
    <div><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">Full program details
        are outlined below, and can be found online at <font class=""
          color="#0433ff"><a href="http://dayofaction.mit.edu" class="">dayofaction.mit.edu</a></font></span><span
        style="font-family: Arial;" class="">.</span></div>
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            <span class="" style="font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(163, 31, 52); font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">MIT</span><span class="" style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> April 18</span></p>
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            <span class="" style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DAY OF
</span><span class="" style="font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(163, 31, 52); font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ENGAGEMENT</span><span class="" style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">,
 DAY OF </span><span class="" style="font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(163, 31, 52); font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ACTION</span></div>
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            <span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font class="" size="4">April 18, 2017  |  10am - 9pm  |  Stata Center</font></span></div>
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            <a href="https://goo.gl/forms/Cl3qZHGkisb17yDA2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">RSVP HERE</span></a></div>
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            <a href="http://dayofaction.mit.edu/" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Website</span></a><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">
   </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1672597032755434/"
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            style="font-size: medium;" class="">On Tuesday, April 18th,
            members of MIT and the broader local community will pause
            our everyday activities and devote the day to engaging with
            the political, economic, and social challenges facing us
            today. MIT intends this event to be open to all,
            representing the full diversity of our community, and we
            invite you to join us in a variety of sessions focused on
            self-awareness, knowledge, skills, and action. </span></div>
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          <div class=""><b class=""><font class="" size="4">Overall
                Session Themes include:</font></b></div>
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            <ul class="MailOutline">
              <li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: inherit;">Doing
                  Democracy</span></li>
              <li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: inherit;">Science
                  and Technology in Society</span></li>
              <li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: inherit;">Activism</span></li>
              <li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: inherit;">Racial
                  Justice and Immigration</span></li>
              <li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: inherit;">Think
                  Globally, Act Locally</span></li>
              <li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: inherit;">Healthcare,
                  Housing, Jobs, Equity, Survival</span></li>
              <li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: inherit;">Gender,
                  Sexuality, &amp; Reproductive Justice</span></li>
              <li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: inherit;">Skill-Shares
                  and Workshops</span></li>
              <li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: inherit;">Art,
                  Literature, and Community</span></li>
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        <div class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;"><span
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            <div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt;
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href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSearB86j8lWK_ohGDI12C2iIi77xOWv6JwERetlSxRsJhwJDQ/viewform?c=0&amp;w=1"
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                href="mailto:dayofaction@mit.edu"
                style="text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">dayofaction@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">.</span></div>
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          <div class=""><b class=""><font class="" size="4">For More
                Information:</font></b></div>
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              <li class=""><a href="http://dayofaction.mit.edu/"
                  class=""><b class=""><font class="" size="3">MIT Day
                      of Action - Overview</font></b></a></li>
              <li class=""><b class=""><a
                    href="http://dayofaction.mit.edu/events" class=""><font
                      class="" size="3">MIT Day of Action - Schedule of
                      Events</font></a></b></li>
              <li class=""><b class=""><font class="" size="3"><a
                      href="https://goo.gl/forms/zbwp5CWmDqE2jgal1"
                      class="">MIT Day of Action - Affinity &amp;
                      Hospitality Spaces</a></font></b></li>
              <li class=""><a
                  href="https://www.dayofaction.mit.edu/get-involved-volunteer"
                  class=""><b class=""><font class="" size="3">MIT Day
                      of Action - Volunteer</font></b></a></li>
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