[GSC-Diversity-All] GSC DEI Weekly Newsletter

Tue Mar 29 11:29:47 EDT 2022

Hi everyone,

We hope you enjoyed the Spring Break week!  Please enjoy our latest GSC DEI
Newsletter!

General GSC DEI

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   MIT Fundraiser for Ukraine Relief Event

Join the MIT community on Sunday, April 3rd, 7 - 10 PM ET in Walker Memorial
for a night market event with student performers from MIT and Berklee.
There will be booths serving food as well as informational booths to learn
more about Ukrainian culture and the ongoing war. If you would like to help
staff the event sign up here
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tcCsaqLSaqd3st98Bi21cDN_2qllPOYNHjK95L4NSiA/edit#gid=0>
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   1.

   Grad Student Food Resource Fair

The Grad Student Food Resource Fair will take place this upcoming Friday,
4/1, and everyone is welcome. GSC DEI will also have a table distributing
non-perishable food items as well as personal care products. See poster
below for more information.

   1.

   GSC DEI Brown Bag Research Symposium

GSC DEI’s Brown Bag Research Symposium will be held on Friday, April 22nd,
3-5 PM ET in the Student Center Mezzanine, W20-307. The event represents a
great opportunity for students across departments to present their research
as brief (3-5 minute) presentations to showcase the diverse research of MIT
graduate students and promote collaboration across schools and departments.
Food will be provided. We are looking for presenters and judges! Sign up to
present here
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSzm5zb6VOgHYzPvcnv2Wln-eoKwH88xNnafu2bka-v0RnGA/viewform>,
and sign up to become a judge here
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeq2FeVAwZLl84gTSqbL5Z2MxTxqJHj2pnitgngYSuh2U-WGQ/viewform>
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   1.

   Addir Interfaith Banquet

The MIT Addir Interfaith Dialogue program is run out of the Office of
Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Life. We are a community of undergrads
and grad students coming from many spiritual traditions, including secular
and questioning/unsure! Enjoy a catered dinner and Toscanini’s with us,
meet other peers, and enjoy some conversations that seek to build bridges
of understanding, empathy and appreciation across worldview diversity.
Religious,
spiritual, secular, questioning and anywhere in between—ALL are welcome!

When: Mar 30, 6:30 – 8:30 PM

Where: Morss Hall, Walker Memorial (Building 50)

RSVP here
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1MFCBVhdaq9kmuSqrE1yBbAsBEAgOlAFen1R6f5KO3G8/viewform?edit_requested=true>
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   1.

   Tax Workshops at MIT

The MIT virtual Tax Workshops for students from last week - a session for
nonresident international students, and a session for US citizens and
residents - are available on the VPF Tax Guidance website
<https://vpf.mit.edu/tax-guidance-for-nonresident-aliens>.

Additionally, the International Student Office (ISO) has updated their taxes
webpage <https://iso.mit.edu/maintaining-status/taxes/> to reflect updated
links to MIT and additional resources on filing income tax returns for the
2021 calendar year.

   1.

   Listening Sessions for LBGTQ+ Students for Strategic Plan

Lunch provided. Sponsored by the ICEO. Please join Professor Lorna Gibson
and Professor George Barbastathis from the MIT School of Engineering in
this listening session for LBGTQ+ students to share their concerns and
opinions about a career in academia or outside of it. The feedback will be
collected and shared with the ICEO to help inform the strategic plan and
how it can better support LBGTQ+ students.

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   Tuesday, April 26th at 12:00 pm in the Rainbow Lounge (50-250) for
   graduate/post doc students

   1.

   Kaleidoscope Nights - The Black Arts Collective at MIT Event

The Black Arts Collective at MIT invites you to submit your art piece or
get a performance spot for the first-ever Kaleidoscope Nights on the
evening of Friday, April 15th in Lobby 10 (location may change).
Submissions are welcome from all MIT undergrad and grad students until March
31st. We are accepting art pieces, short film works, musical performances,
spoken word spots, dance cameos -- whatever you can dream! Tell us about
your submission here
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2-h1dNEfxT0VWHBXoh4qjLlIEXxSUNPqeAVAf1ORwyhgF0g/viewform>
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Kaleidoscope Nights is an immersive night of creative energy and artistic
talent. This is the 1st annual event, and with your participation, it is
shaping up to be an exciting and inspiring night. You can expect a unique
set design, beautiful art pieces, live performances, and wonderful
appetizers in a soiree vibe. There will be a DJ setting a vibrant mood and
curating the atmosphere, as well. So please join us for a successful first-ever
Kaleidoscope Nights!

   1.

   Spring 2022 Mentoring Circle Initiative for Graduate Students of Color

Career Advising and Professional Development and the Office of Graduate
Education would like to invite you to participate in the Spring 2022
Mentoring Circle initiative for Graduate Students of Color. This initiative
is designed to connect current graduate students to alumni who can provide
culturally relevant perspectives on pathways to academic and industry
careers.

We currently have five graduate alumni participating as mentors; they
represent the following departments: Biology, Chemical Engineering,
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Media Arts and Sciences.
Program dates: April 5th through April 29th. To find out more and apply
follow this link <https://capd.mit.edu/graduate-mentoring-circles/>.

   1.

   The 2022 gwaMIT Spring Leadership Conference

When: April 11-15

Graduate Womxn at MIT (gwaMIT) is an organization to support MIT graduate
students seeking a space to talk about the experiences of being a woman
and/or being coded as a woman, while acknowledging the diversity among
people who have had these experiences. We use the term “womxn” to signify
that gwaMIT is a space for anyone who identifies with this mission, which
may include transgender women, cisgender women, non-binary people, and
gender diverse people.

For more information visit our Event Website
<https://gwamit20212022.wixsite.com/leadershipconference>.

Department and Classroom Inclusion

Are you looking to get more involved with GSC DEI and help get your
department connected to our DEI community? We are looking for more conduits
from departments across MIT schools to help us learn about the needs of
individual departments and inform our plans moving forward. If you are
interested in serving as a GSC DEI conduit for your department or know
someone who might be, contact us as gsc-diversity-officers at mit.edu.

Conduits are graduate student representatives who are interested in DEI
efforts in their departments. Conduits attend a couple of meetings per
semester where we engage in discussion around ongoing DEI efforts. Overall,
it’s a great way to join a network of students interested in DEI and share
institutionalized knowledge and best practices across departments.

Student Life

Do you have an idea for an event centered around community-building among
students and DEI advocacy? Whether it’s a supportive meet-and-greet, an
informational panel, or anything creative in between, we would love to
provide support! Please get in touch with us at
gsc-diversity-officers at mit.edu to discuss your initiative and potential
funding opportunities.

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Check out our Google Calendar that includes all of our events here
<https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r?cid=dWszdDZhb2tuZWMyMm5nMzZlZ2psdXNjZHNAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ>!
If you would like to submit an event to the calendar you can do so using
this form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdD6FFBRfAHf1ukXeo3DubrU_gP55UbJ1z1NyTQe2tb67jVeQ/viewform>
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Sign up to the DEI mailing list gsc-diversity-all at mit.edu here
<http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/gsc-diversity-all>.

For any general questions regarding DEI or how to get involved, please
contact us at gsc-diversity at mit.edu.
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