[GSC-Diversity-All] MIT Values Statement Town Hall | 04/28 | 6PM

[Bianca Lepe]

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*tl;dr: MIT Values Statement Town Hall | April 28, 2021 | 6PM (EST) | *
*Zoom* <https://mit.zoom.us/j/99841681733>* | **RSVP HERE*
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdH9anoQli3VZmsiozKaSmWttiNQgZiNjA9o-InkSshGGuYxg/viewform>
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Hi all,

Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend! My name is Cadence Payne, and I am the
graduate student representative on MIT's Values Statement Committee
<https://chancellor.mit.edu/values-statement-committee>. Our committee was
charged in January of this year with crafting a values statement for MIT.

Although MIT has operated for over a century, it has never held a formal
values statement. At other universities, values statements often serve as
guides for navigating difficult decisions, shaping individuals' behavior,
and as a tool for empowering people to speak up against injustices. As a
result, many MIT groups advocating for progressive change, particularly
surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusion have pushed strongly for the
creation of a values statement, thus the MIT Values Statement Committee was
formed.

The committee is currently collecting feedback on what different groups on
campus would like to see within MIT's values statement, and graduate
student voices are an integral group that we want to hear from. *This is an
opportunity for you to give voice to what you care about mostly deeply,
what you feel like makes MIT most unique, and what you feel like MIT as an
institution should prioritize. *

Please join us for a student-ran town hall on* April 28th* from *6-7PM
(EST)* designed for *all **undergraduates, graduates, and post doctoral
fellows* to help craft MIT's value statement. RSVP HERE
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdH9anoQli3VZmsiozKaSmWttiNQgZiNjA9o-InkSshGGuYxg/viewform>.
The full zoom invitation is located in the RSVP form.

If you are unable to attend the town hall, but have thoughts you'd like to
share, *we would love to hear from you*. Please feel free to email me at
cbpayne at mit.edu or submit anonymous feedback on the Values Committee
website HERE
<https://valuescommittee.mit.edu/user?destination=/share-your-views>.

Zoom Link: https://mit.zoom.us/j/99841681733

Please pub broadly if you're able!


-- 
Bianca Lepe | she/her
MIT Biological Engineering | Bryson & Gifford Labs
blepe at mit.edu
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