<div dir="ltr"><div><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:georgia,serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:11pt">Dear Faculty and Staff,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:georgia,serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The Black Graduate Student Association (BLK GSA) invites you to attend our </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">first general meeting of the academic year</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:georgia,serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">🗓 </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Date:</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> October 15, 2025</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">🕐 </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Time:</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> 1:00 – 2:00 PM</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">📍 </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Location:</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> Student Services Building 2201 (located directly across from the Student Success Center on the second floor; use the </span><a href="https://campusmap.ucr.edu/?id=2106#!s/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Interactive Campus Map</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> to find the building)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:georgia,serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">This meeting is an opportunity to hear about BLK GSA’s mission, plans for the year, and ways faculty and staff can support our graduate student community. We greatly value your presence and partnership.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:georgia,serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We hope you’ll join us to help kick off a meaningful year of connection, advocacy, and growth.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:georgia,serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">In Solidarity, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:georgia,serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Black Graduate Student Association</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:georgia,serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Email: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="mailto:officialblackgsaucr@gmail.com" target="_blank">officialblackgsaucr@gmail.com</a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:georgia,serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">“Without community, there is no liberation...but community must not mean a shedding of our differences, nor the pathetic pretense that these differences do not exist.”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:georgia,serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">-Audre Lorde</span></p></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><img width="94" height="96" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zWRJTVtLEX9xBOI_kFZJ5tanQzq2OP8sE6oDX4fVLjAkO7SZi8_9yiWsAwVsrnSJQFoV1JQYlJ_UAd"><img width="96" height="92" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4w-CrQUG3i55ji6WMtDTTu16pStPEfiGJOCpOjjtHlmscI9AMn0BhnZQSUQW4I1UvZtiMxoS6K3oM1X"><img width="96" height="55" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4xKUz9b5LpdYAtNcU3anDCdKwVaMD9YeIT_SnFCSLdoxo_B1sZrSjAm_RfJ9g-rd5HSADQ6wqldKy4-"><br><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9pt">Victor Moreira, MA</span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9pt">Black Student Success Coordinator</span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9pt">Senior Academic Advisor</span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.5pt;color:rgb(47,85,151)">Division of Undergraduate Education & African Student Programs</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.5pt;color:rgb(47,85,151)">University of California, Riverside</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.5pt;col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