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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:red">Please see this important invitation from MIT’s Institute Community & Equity Office (ICEO)<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear MIT Postdocs, </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are writing to invite your participation in a community engagement session to review MIT’s Five-year Strategic Action Plan for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">10:30am on
Thursday, April 1.</span></strong> This engagement session is your chance to ask questions and provide feedback on this first draft of our plan.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The draft is now available at</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121"><a href="http://deiactionplan.mit.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> deiactionplan.mit.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.
To participate in this guided discussion session with members of our </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121"><a href="https://deiactionplan.mit.edu/about" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">steering
team</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> and facilitators, please register at: </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="https://mit.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUqdOqrqj0pH9FPyGvO0P_Xghbbkg7KvWRe" target="_blank" title="https://mit.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUqdOqrqj0pH9FPyGvO0P_Xghbbkg7KvWRe">https://mit.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUqdOqrqj0pH9FPyGvO0P_Xghbbkg7KvWRe</a> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We invite you to bring all aspects of your identity to this session. Due to the meeting structure and time constraints, we respectfully ask that you review this plan and provide feedback
both individually and in the context of the broader postdoc community.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you belong to another identity based group, you may receive another invitation. Please select the group you are most comfortable discussing this plan in the context of and register
for that session only.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you do not feel comfortable or are not able to attend the session, please provide your feedback via <a href="http://deiactionplan.mit.edu/" target="_blank">the website</a> or via
<a href="mailto:rornitz@mit.edu">email</a>. We want to create safe avenues for everyone to learn and discuss the plan authentically and confidentially.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please inform us of any accessibility accommodations you will need to participate fully in this discussion when you register, or by emailing </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:rornitz@mit.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">rornitz@mit.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thank you, </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">John Dozier</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Tim Jamison</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Maryanne Kirkbride</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:#C00000">Ann Skoczenski, PhD</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">Director of Postdoctoral Services</span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">Office of the Vice President for Research</span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://postdocs.mit.edu/"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://postdocs.mit.edu/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">“While it is always best to believe in oneself, a little help from
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">others can be a great blessing.” –Uncle Iroh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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