[BFASA] Fwd: BLK GSA Resources & Updates: First General Meeting Recap

[Victorino Moreira]

Happy Friday, and congrats on making it to the end of Week 3.

Thank you so much to everyone who attended our first general meeting! We
truly appreciate your presence, energy, and the thoughtful feedback you
shared. We’re excited to build with you.

As promised, here are a few follow-up materials and links for you to stay
connected and informed:

📑 General Meeting Slides (Attached to this email)
These include key takeaways, upcoming events, and opportunities to get
involved.

📣 Event Flyers & Sign-Up Info
Check out what we’ve got planned for Fall Quarter — including mentorship
opportunities and community events!
👉 View Fall Event Flyer
<https://www.canva.com/design/DAGz0TWuHZs/Uoom811-W4wPw9Y6_-rW5Q/edit> and BLK
GSA Mentorship Flyer
<https://www.canva.com/design/DAGz0SRgjwM/GIK6Rvqf3ucXzhBmgOhP_Q/edit>

💬 Join Our Official GroupMe
Stay in the loop and connect with other Black grad students in real time.
👉 Click here to join the GroupMe
<https://groupme.com/join_group/111006733/MHwJ1rGH>

Thank you again for helping us kick off the year in such a powerful way.
We’re looking forward to seeing you at our next upcoming event The BLK GSA
THRIVE Mentorship Program Information 1 from 7-8pm via Zoom (see flyer
attached to this email for further details).

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In Solidarity,

Black Graduate Student Association

Email: officialblackgsaucr at gmail.com

“Without community, there is no liberation...but community must not mean a
shedding of our differences, nor the pathetic pretense that these
differences do not exist.”

-Audre Lorde


Re’Nyqua Farrington (she/her), M.Ed.

Ph.D. Candidate | Education, Society, & Culture

University of California, Riverside

Email: rfarr011 at ucr.edu | LinkedIn
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/re-nyqua-farrington/>
<https://linktr.ee/renyqua>


*Most recent publication: *

Farrington, R. (2025). Thinking beyond the university: Toward a Black a
bolitionist pedagogy. *Black Educology Mixtape "Journal", 3*(1).
https://repository.usfca.edu/be/vol3/iss1/5

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Victor Moreira, MA

Black Student Success Coordinator

Senior Academic Advisor

Division of Undergraduate Education & African Student Programs

University of California, Riverside

Riverside, CA 92521

Email: victor.moreira at ucr.edu (preferred)

Phone: (951) 827 - 1822



Steward and Immediate Past Chair, Black Faculty and Staff Association

Email: bfasa at ucr.edu



*“You can find me where the rubber hits the road!”*

2024 UCR Advising Council’s Outstanding Campus Collaborator Award Recipient

Association for Black Culture Centers' 2024 Center of the Year
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