[UA] Help craft MIT's values statement this Wednesday 6-7 PM ET

[Fiona Y Chen]

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Dear Undergrads,

I hope everyone is having a nice weekend! My name is Fiona Chen and I am
the undergraduate student representative on MIT’s Values Statement Committee
<https://valuescommittee.mit.edu/>. 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 had a values
statement. At other universities, a values statement often serves as a
guide for navigating difficult decisions or shaping individuals’ behavior,
as well as a tool for empowering community members to speak up against
injustices. As a result, many MIT groups advocating for progressive
changes, particularly surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusion, such as
the NASEM Working Groups
<https://chancellor.mit.edu/response-to-report-of-national-academies-committee-on-women-in-science-engineering-and-medicine>
that crafted recommendations on sexual harassment at MIT, have pushed
strongly for the creation of a values statement.

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

Thus, *t**he committee will be hosting a forum for all undergraduate
students, graduate students, and postdocs this Wednesday, April 28 from 6-7
PM ET.* We would love to see many of you there. The Zoom link is here
<https://mit.zoom.us/j/99841681733> and the full Zoom invite is at the
bottom of this email. It would also be immensely helpful for planning
purposes if you could RSVP here
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdH9anoQli3VZmsiozKaSmWttiNQgZiNjA9o-InkSshGGuYxg/viewform?usp=sf_link>
.

If you cannot make it to the forum, but you have input, *we would still
love to hear from you.* Please feel free to email me at fionac at mit.edu or
fill out the anonymous feedback form on the Values Committee website here
<https://valuescommittee.mit.edu/user?destination=/share-your-views>.
<https://engage.mit.edu/submitter/election/start/481623>
Thank you all so much!

All the best,
Fiona
She/her/hers
UA Officer on Governance

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