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<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I’m pleased to announce the formation of the BLAC@UC Book Club, which will assemble in Summer 2024. This limited space opportunity is available UC-wide.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">During the summer, we will be reading
<i><a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.ucpress.edu%2fbook%2f9780520340398%2frespectable&c=E,1,PxGvZuVIHlVZgh8nbH_1GnHGPj9J1qOllXKqDxazkwu0neshsvjw92Vqa5TjwUZiPjhMUi-5hYjSbfH4N0gmKQ3uuHFIKEqiPeto8f9zVJi-ydLKmog,&typo=1">Respectable:
Politics and Paradox in Making the Morehouse Man</a></i>, by Dr. Saida Grundy. A short description from UC Press appears below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">How does it feel to be groomed as the "solution" to a national Black male "problem"? This is the guiding paradox of Respectable, an in-depth examination of graduates of Morehouse College, the nation's
only historically Black college for men. While Black male collegians are often culturally fetishized for "beating the odds," the image of Black male success that Morehouse assiduously promotes and celebrates is belied by many of the realities that challenge
the students on this campus. Saida Grundy offers a unique insider perspective: a graduate of Spelman college and a former "Miss Morehouse," Grundy crafts an incisive feminist and sociological account informed by her personal insights and scholarly expertise.</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">To express interest in participating,
<a href="https://bit.ly/24blacbookclub">please complete this form by April 30<sup>th</sup></a>. I have also attached an advertisement for the Book Club. Please share through your respective faculty and staff organizations as you see fit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dennis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dennis McIver (My Pronouns: He/Him/His)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging (EDIB) Program Manager</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.ucop.edu/equity-diversity-inclusion/index.html">UCOP Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Department</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">President-Elect,
<a href="https://ca.myacpa.org/">California College Personnel Association</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Immediate Past Chair,
<a href="https://cucsa.ucla.edu/">Council of UC Staff Assemblies</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">University of California</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">1111 Franklin Street</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Oakland, CA 94607</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:Dennis.mciver@ucop.edu">Dennis.mciver@ucop.edu</a>
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