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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hello BFASA,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ASP’s Sankofa Mentorship Program is having an event that we want to invite you to on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, from 11:30am to 1:00pm in HUB 355. The title of the event is “The Books that
Inspire.” Lunch will be provided.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The goal for this event is to have faculty, staff, graduate students, and alumni bring one book they believe can serve as a source of inspiration for our Black undergraduate scholars. The book
will then be donated to one of our scholars. If you do not currently own the book you wish to donate or you wish to keep your copy of said book, please let us know the title and author of the book and African Student Programs & Black Student Success will
purchase said book on your behalf in order to donate to one of our scholars.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We are asking that you RSVP for the event by <b>Wednesday, Feb. 7 at 5pm</b>, so that we have an accurate head count and list of the books that will be donated. Please still complete the RSVP
form even if you can't attend but still wish to donate a book.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please let me know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Victor Moreira, MA</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Black Student Success Coordinator</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Former Senior Academic Advisor</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-ligatures:none">Division of Undergraduate Education & African Student Programs</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-ligatures:none">University of California, Riverside</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-ligatures:none">Riverside, CA 92521</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-ligatures:none">Email: <a href="mailto:victor.moreira@ucr.edu" title="mailto:victor.moreira@ucr.edu"><span style="color:#2F5597">victor.moreira@ucr.edu</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-ligatures:none">My Community Hours for students: <a href="https://sites.google.com/ucr.edu/victorsavailability/home" title="https://sites.google.com/ucr.edu/victorsavailability/home"><span style="color:#2F5597">https://sites.google.com/ucr.edu/victorsavailability/home</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Chair, Black Faculty and Staff Association</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-ligatures:none">Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://diversity.ucr.edu/black-faculty-and-staff-association" title="https://diversity.ucr.edu/black-faculty-and-staff-association"><span style="color:#2F5597">https://diversity.ucr.edu/black-faculty-and-staff-association</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-ligatures:none">Email: <a href="mailto:bfasa@ucr.edu" title="mailto:bfasa@ucr.edu"><span style="color:#2F5597">bfasa@ucr.edu</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">“Bureaucracy should not impede the road to success for UCR scholars!”</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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