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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#212121">Hi BFASA Family!</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">It’s that time of year! We’re preparing for our<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="outlook-search-highlight">Black</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Grad ceremony happening on June 1st starting
at 5p and I’m reaching out<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="outlook-search-highlight">to</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>see if you’d be willing<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="outlook-search-highlight">to</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>write
a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="outlook-search-highlight">letter</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>for our graduating<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="outlook-search-highlight">scholars</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="outlook-search-highlight">to</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>be
included in our booklet this year. If interested, please send your<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="outlook-search-highlight">letter</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="outlook-search-highlight">to
</span>myself and cc our Assistant Direc<span class="outlook-search-highlight">to</span>r, Aurea Thomas. We would like<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="outlook-search-highlight">to</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>have
this completed before April 19 by 5p (new deadline). </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">Here’s some<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="outlook-search-highlight">letter</span>s in the past that were created for reference:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121"><a href="https://asp.ucr.edu/blackgrad2021" title="https://asp.ucr.edu/blackgrad2021"><span style="color:#0078D4">https://asp.ucr.edu/<span class="outlook-search-highlight">black</span>grad2021</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">-Dr. J</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="74" height="75" style="width:.7708in;height:.7812in" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image001.png@01DA84F1.C2B9EB40" alt="image001.png"><img border="0" width="83" height="79" style="width:.8645in;height:.8229in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01DA84F1.C2B9EB40" alt="image002.png"></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Dreaming Outloud Pro";color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Victor Moreira, MA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Dreaming Outloud Pro";color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Black Student Success Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Dreaming Outloud Pro";color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Former Senior Academic Advisor<o:p></o:p></span></b></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;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;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;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;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;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;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;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;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;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Dreaming Outloud Pro";color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Chair, Black Faculty and Staff Association<o:p></o:p></span></b></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;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;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;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;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;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;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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