<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Hello Black Faculty Fam,</div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br style=""></font><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px">I hope you are doing well and staying safe and healthy. I am forwarding this information along in case it interests you... </span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px">"The Graduate Student Resource Center will be hosting Dr. Shardé Davis, who is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Communication at the University of Connecticut and the creator of </span><i style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px">#BlackintheIvory</i><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px">, that took over Twitter and social media this summer, bringing experiences of Black scholars to light. She’s joining us during the </span><a href="https://gsrc.ucr.edu/aftergrad/apw" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px">After Grad: Academic Pathways Week</a><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px">, a career development event for graduate students and postdocs pursuing academic careers. She’s also interested in meeting with Black faculty and staff at UCR in a 50-min-long meet-n-greet on Wednesday, November 18</span><sup style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">th</sup><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px">. I’m reaching out to you to see if the Black Faculty and Staff Association members would be interested in joining her. I’d like to schedule the meet-n-greet at a time on Wednesday, November 18</span><sup style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">th</sup><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px"> that works the best for your group."</span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">  </font><br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">If you're interested, please register here: </font><a href="https://form.jotform.com/202388032800043" target="_blank">https://form.jotform.com/202388032800043</a>. The point person is <b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Constantia,serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Yelda Serin, MA, PhD, </span></b><span style="color:black;font-family:Constantia,serif;font-size:11pt">Graduate Student Resource Center Coordinator</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="">Take care,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="">Raquel</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:large;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(122,110,103);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Raquel M. Rall, Ph.D. </span><span style="font-size:large;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(128,128,128);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#7a6e67"><b>Assistant Professor of Higher Education</b></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(122,110,103);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Graduate School of Education</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#666666">900 University Ave<a href="http://www.ucr.edu/about/directions.html" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">|</span></a>Riverside, CA 92521<br></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#666666">2106 Sproul Hall</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(122,110,103);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Office Tel: (951) 827-5955</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(122,110,103);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(128,128,128);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(45,108,192);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">|</span><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"> </b><font color="#666666">Twitter: </font><a href="https://twitter.com/DoctorRaq" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><font color="#666666">@DoctorRaq</font></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#7a6e67">Email: </font><a href="mailto:raquel.rall@ucr.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><font color="#666666">raquel.rall@ucr.edu</font></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(45,108,192);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">|</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(128,128,128);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#7a6e67">Web: </font><a href="https://www.chegc.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><font color="#666666">Critical Higher Education Governance Collaborative</font></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b>***Check out my <a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2020/10/22/governing-boards-should-weigh-racial-issues-dont-know-how-opinion" target="_blank">latest opinion piece</a> in <i>Inside Higher Ed***</i></b><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><i><br></i></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#666666" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><b><i>"</i></b></span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><b><i>Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble." -John Lewis</i></b></span></font></p><div><font color="#666666" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><b><i><br></i></b></span></font></div><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1edI_YRuq8fb_8WFHJJceALr0Z6V7-enJ&revid=0B5gdNi9PxcvQNkw3eVorZ0tLL3haeHIwdVZsRHR3MU5rbVJBPQ"><br></p></div></div></div></div></div>