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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear BFASA members,<o:p></o:p></p>
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I write to share information regarding two pending events you are invited to join.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Friday, the Black Leadership Alliance Council (BLAC@UC) will be holding its first ever event, a roundtable discussion featuring leaders across the UC. The event will take place at 5pm. A description appears below:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Join the Black Leadership Alliance Council (BLAC@UC) for our first event: Black Communities - The Impact of 2020 and
The Hope of 2021</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><br>
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<span style="color:black;background:white">A roundtable discussion focused on the year in review and things our community should be focused on heading into 2021 at 5pm on Friday February 26th.</span><br>
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<span style="color:black;background:white">Register Here: </span></span><a href="https://lnkd.in/g3PBNDa"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white;text-decoration:none">https://lnkd.in/g3PBNDa</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On March 4<sup>th</sup> at 2pm, BFASA will host UC System Provost Michael Brown for a discussion on his experience of being Black in higher education. The event will be moderated by Jennifer Brown, Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate
Education. To register, please visit: https://ucr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_06SIQh2bSq6fRAzmiG2CWQ.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope you will be able to participate in each of these events. Feel free to distribute them through your own channels as well.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please let me know if you have any questions regarding either.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dennis<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dennis McIver (pronouns: he/him/his)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">University Honors Counselor <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">University Honors<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">President, <a href="https://staffassembly.ucr.edu/">
<span style="color:blue">UCR Staff Assembly</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Immediate Past Chair, <a href="https://diversity.ucr.edu/black-faculty-and-staff-association" target="_blank">
<span style="color:blue">UCR Black Faculty And Staff Association (BFASA)</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">381 Skye Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">951-827-5781<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.honors.ucr.edu/"><span style="color:blue">www.honors.ucr.edu</span></a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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