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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Please see an announcement below from Dr. Davis about the re-launch of the <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blackintheivory.net%2F&data=04%7C01%7Csharde.davis%40uconn.edu%7C96db2c7a048942bbd9f008d8c7a2dd8e%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C637478849610106295%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=vzwzFxrUbs3%2B8rqIb4MoJwKMUXAQnIp5JuCl7DWKUHs%3D&reserved=0">Black
in the Ivory website</a>, and an <i>Open Call for Blackademics</i> for a book project, as well as other opportunities for Blackademics. To learn more about the book project, please see the attached file. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Constantia",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">(951) 827-4291 |</span><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-family:"Constantia",serif;color:#0563C1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="mailto:yelda.serin@ucr.edu" title="mailto:yelda.serin@ucr.edu">yelda.serin@ucr.edu</a></span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Constantia",serif;color:#0563C1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white"><a href="https://gsrc.ucr.edu" title="https://gsrc.ucr.edu">https://gsrc.ucr.edu</a></span><span style="font-family:"Constantia",serif;color:#006FC9;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white"> </span><span style="font-family:"Constantia",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">| </span><span style="font-family:"Constantia",serif;color:#0563C1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gradquant.ucr.edu_&d=DwMGaQ&c=LsLxleeqPm1pgCNn-PN_bQ&r=WbYfYnQz2yy5anEYWFB9TJXP-UEqDJbNc2uWAA83axM&m=iB5wzid7lUnlZpJFpZukM7PDIvpZzmR_oqPR60Yr0As&s=dVlyEhRhIxMD33lKrgrpe8vOjAtVVWrN4GwUXQfVzj8&e=" target="_blank">https://gradquant.ucr.edu</a></span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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join my office hours (Tue, 3-5pm).</span></i><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">On the evening of Saturday, June 6, 2020, Dr. Shardé M. Davis created a Twitter hashtag #BlackintheIvory to document the overt and covert racism that Black academics (“Blackademics”) across disciplines experience
throughout their academic tenure. Dr. Davis, as well as her colleague from graduate school, Joy Woods, began tweeting the hashtag and by Sunday morning thousands used the hashtag on various social media platforms to share their stories. Black in the Ivory™
has opened the door for thousands of Blackademics around the globe to share their stories of anti-Black racism in the academy, so much so that the hashtag was in the top 20 trending hashtags on Twitter in the US that weekend. The origin and impact of the “hashtag
turned movement” has been featured in over 50 news outlets including <i>The New York Times</i>, <i>Nature</i>, and <i>The Chronicle of Higher Education</i>. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blackintheivory.net%2F&data=04%7C01%7Csharde.davis%40uconn.edu%7C96db2c7a048942bbd9f008d8c7a2dd8e%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C637478849610106295%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=vzwzFxrUbs3%2B8rqIb4MoJwKMUXAQnIp5JuCl7DWKUHs%3D&reserved=0">Black
in the Ivory website</a> was re-launched today! Go the website to read the <i>Open Call for Stories</i> and see the link for Blackademics to submit their story. I also attached the Open Call for Stories (.pdf) to this email. Here are a few key details:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="xxxapple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The book is a curation of stories that range from short narratives (from the open call) to analytical essays that contextualize a personal incident with theory and research
(by invited Black scholars)There’s an <i>Open Call for Blackademics </i>to submit an 150-word vignette </span></span><span class="xxxapple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">about a specific, personal experience of anti-Black
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Vignettes must be submitted via the google form (found at </span></span><span class="xxxapple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blackintheivory.net%2F&data=04%7C01%7Csharde.davis%40uconn.edu%7C96db2c7a048942bbd9f008d8c7a2dd8e%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C637478849610106295%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=vzwzFxrUbs3%2B8rqIb4MoJwKMUXAQnIp5JuCl7DWKUHs%3D&reserved=0"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">www.blackintheivory.net</span></a></span></span><span class="xxxapple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">)
to be considered for the book </span></span><span class="xxxapple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">One submission per personSubmission Deadline: March 15th 11:59pm Eastern Time
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Student Project</b> (a matching program where anyone from anywhere can send money to Black graduate students via an e-payment app). </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Head to <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blackintheivory.net%2F&data=04%7C01%7Csharde.davis%40uconn.edu%7C96db2c7a048942bbd9f008d8c7a2dd8e%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C637478849610116292%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=7mfjZZQfO5OLQ11snPFMx%2BJJcIdXv6nW4ISW3p3NYu8%3D&reserved=0">www.blackintheivory.net</a> to
submit your stories and learn more details about the other exciting opportunities that support Blackademics! </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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