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<div class="">This is a reminder to RSVP if you are interested in joining the Postdoctoral Association's DE&I and Advocacy Efforts. We will be holding a meeting this Wednesday August 11th at 1:00, but please respond even if you cannot make that time so that
we can keep you in the loop. Attendees will receive a $5 gift card to acknowledge your time.</div>
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<div class="">This is a great opportunity to learn more for anyone interested in running in the upcoming PDA Elections for either the DE&I or Advocacy Chair. </div>
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<div class=""><b class="">Sign up <a href="https://forms.gle/aEYweXjZivyHib9t6" class="">here</a>. </b></div>
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<div class="">- Kyle</div>
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Kyle Diederichsen (he/him)<br class="">
Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Fellow<br class="">
MIT Chemical Engineering, Hatton Lab<br class="">
DE&I Chair, MIT Postdoctoral Association</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">July
28, 2021 at 10:53:04 AM EDT<br class="">
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<blockquote type="cite" class="">Dear Postdocs,
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We will be holding a special meeting of the MIT Postdoctoral Association’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee and the Advocacy Committee on <b class="">Wednesday August 11th at 1:00</b>. If you are working in your department, or have worked in the past
to advocate for postdocs and work on the goals of diversity, equity and inclusion, we invite you to join this meeting. <b class="">This is a great opportunity for anyone looking to get involved with advocacy or DE&I at MIT</b>!
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At the meeting, you will have the opportunity to meet postdocs from across the institute with similar goals, and the postdocs that have been working with the committees over the last months and years. We will cover some of the accomplishments and activities
of the committees including reports on postdoc hiring and housing, postdoc sections of MIT’s strategic plans, official status and recognition for MIT’s postdoc groups (<a href="https://qtphds.mit.edu" class="">qtPhD’s</a>, the <a href="https://bpg.mit.edu" class="">BPG</a> and <a href="https://pda.mit.edu/events/power/" class="">POWER</a>),
and more!</div>
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The committee chair roles will be open in the coming year, and anyone is welcome to consider running in the coming elections. We especially encourage new postdocs to consider running (no prior experience at MIT necessary!), and to come to this meeting to learn more.</div>
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<b class="">Sign up to receive the zoom link <a href="https://forms.gle/aEYweXjZivyHib9t6" class="">here</a>! </b>If you are interested, but unable to attend please also let us know on the form. </div>
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