[bioundgrd] BDC launching a new seminar series

[Alan D Grossman]

Dear Colleagues,

Below is a message about a new seminar series that the BDC is launching. Please consider participating!  

Best,
Alan



Dear Members of the MIT Biology Community,

The Biology Diversity Community (BDC) is launching a new seminar series to highlight and promote diverse voices and continue ongoing department-wide discussions about race, gender, diversity, equity, and inclusion. By creating this platform, our goal is to engage the community in conversations that move beyond superficial movements and moments. Additionally, we hope that all members of the community will have an opportunity to learn about others’ heterogenous experiences in STEM and the ways in which race, gender, socioeconomic status, nationality, and more influence these moments. 

We are looking for members of our Biology Community to share stories that center the ways in which your identities intersect and impact your experiences in STEM, and in life more broadly. This spotlight series also aims to highlight a wide range of perspectives, so if you know someone (a friend, partner, labmate, PI, relative, etc.) who has taken an interesting, divergent, and/or distinct path to their current career in science, please pass this message along so that we can highlight voices outside of our immediate community as well. 

If you are interested in participating, just want to hear more about what we’re planning, or would like to be involved in the organization of this series, please email mkasal at mit.edu <mailto:mkasal at mit.edu> with your name and a brief introduction about yourself! We are looking forward to hearing more from and about our community and to keeping these important conversations at the forefront of our decisions as we progress towards making the MIT Biology Community a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive space. Finally, we’d like to thank the School of Science for their support of this endeavor through the Quality of Life Grant. 

Best,

Meghann Kasal, on behalf of the Biology Diversity Community



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