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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Hello BFASA Family,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">My name is Aurea [Ar-ee] Thomas, Assistant Director of African Student Programs! ASP is looking for Black Faculty and Staff members who are interested and available to be a resource
for the Black and African American scholars across the campus. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">We have created our very own Green Book! The Green Book was a guide to freedom published in 1936 for safe navigation for our ancestors to identify services related to lodging, business,
and service stations. We want to establish a similar asset for the Black scholars on campus who need to identify resources and mentors available to them. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">If you would like to be a resource and mentor and be added to The ASP Green Book, please complete the following
<a href="https://forms.gle/qXGKK7kuRpb2VNDA6" title="https://forms.gle/qXGKK7kuRpb2VNDA6">
Form Here</a> by </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#C82613">Wednesday, September 25<sup>th</sup> at 5 PM</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">. The ASP Green Book will be accessible in our weekly newsletter to scholars.
Let us know if you have any questions!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;background:white">Mrs. Aurea V. L. Thomas, MBA</span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;background:white">Assistant Director </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;background:white">African Student Programs</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;background:white">Pronouns: She/Her(s)</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;background:white">900 University Ave.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;background:white">133 Costo Hall</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;background:white">Riverside, CA, 92521</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;background:white">Phone: 951.827.0794</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#0C882A"><a href="https://aureal.youcanbook.me/" title="https://aureal.youcanbook.me/"><span style="color:#0C882A">Meet with Me</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#0C882A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#0C882A"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/aurea-lawson/" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/aurea-lawson/"><span style="color:#0C882A">Connect on LinkedIn</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#0C882A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Website: asp.ucr.edu | Instagram: @aspucr <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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