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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please see the attached agenda for today’s general meeting. Also see the update from the Black Alumni Chapter below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">February 8: Highlander Day of Service <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">We are offering opportunities in the IE, LA (and possibly the Bay). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Click the following link to learn more and to register:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"><a href="https://alumnivolunteer.ucr.edu/need/?s=1&need_init_id=12393&utm_source=UC+Riverside+Master+List&utm_campaign=561272f336-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_02_21_07_39_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-7be8e3a86d-87979189" target="_blank" title="https://alumnivolunteer.ucr.edu/need/?s=1&need_init_id=12393&utm_source=UC+Riverside+Master+List&utm_campaign=561272f336-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_02_21_07_39_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-7be8e3a86d-87979189"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#0078D7">https://alumnivolunteer.ucr.edu/need/?s=1&need_init_id=12393&utm_source=UC+Riverside+Master+List&utm_campaign=561272f336-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_02_21_07_39_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-7be8e3a86d-87979189</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">February 22: Preserving Black Brilliance Scholarship gala (The early bird deadline ends on 1/31/25)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"> <a href="https://myadv.ucr.edu/forms/bac_gala25" target="_blank" title="https://myadv.ucr.edu/forms/bac_gala25"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#0078D7">https://myadv.ucr.edu/forms/bac_gala25</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Victor Moreira, MA</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Black Student Success Coordinator</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Senior Academic Advisor</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-ligatures:none">Division of Undergraduate Education & African Student Programs</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-ligatures:none">University of California, Riverside</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-ligatures:none">Email: </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:victor.moreira@ucr.edu" title="mailto:victor.moreira@ucr.edu"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2F5597">victor.moreira@ucr.edu</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-ligatures:none"> (preferred)</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-ligatures:none">Phone: (951) 827 - 1822</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-ligatures:none">Community Hour availability can be found by clicking </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.canva.com/design/DAGSLDTsYww/R7lQJ_8c_D0YLVWAuMfQmQ/view?utm_content=DAGSLDTsYww&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue">here</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-ligatures:none">.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-ligatures:none">Scholar Appointment availability can be found by clicking </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://calendly.com/black-student-success/scholar-appointment"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue">here</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-ligatures:none">.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Steward and Immediate Past Chair, Black Faculty and Staff Association</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-ligatures:none">Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="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="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2F5597">https://diversity.ucr.edu/black-faculty-and-staff-association</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-ligatures:none">Email: </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:bfasa@ucr.edu" title="mailto:bfasa@ucr.edu"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2F5597">bfasa@ucr.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">2024 UCR Advising Council’s Outstanding Campus Collaborator Award Recipient</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Association for Black Culture Centers' 2024 Center of the Year</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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