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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">As many of you know, the percentage of students that identify fully or partially as Black/African American has remained extremely low over the past decade. As of the
Fall 2022 term, Black undergraduates comprise around 3 percent of the entire undergraduate population. There has been recent leadership changes in Undergraduate Admissions over the past few months. These changes, however, appear to not have sparked any dialogue
on the University’s plan to increase the percentage of Black undergraduate student on our campus.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Based on the recommendation of key BFASA members, the BFASA Critical Response Committee needs to develop of plan of action to engage with Undergraduate Admissions in
order to learn, discuss, and influence their plan to address the unacceptably low enrollment for Black undergraduate students. If you would like to participate and join this committee, please email me as soon as possible at
<a href="mailto:bfasa@ucr.edu">bfasa@ucr.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Black Faculty and Staff Association<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black;mso-ligatures:none">22-23 Chair – Victor Moreira<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black;mso-ligatures:none">22-23 Vice Chair – Desmond Harvey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black;mso-ligatures:none">22-23 Secretary – Paige Mejia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black;mso-ligatures:none">22-23 Treasurer – DuBron Rabb<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#2F5597;mso-ligatures:none">Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#2F5597;mso-ligatures:none">Email:
<a href="mailto:bfasa@ucr.edu"><span style="color:#2F5597">bfasa@ucr.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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