<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:11pt">Happy Friday, and congrats on making it to the end of Week 3.</span></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span id="m_-8699057767577611944m_-6852732896035602198gmail-docs-internal-guid-c07d7d0c-7fff-65b8-2433-d27b9a9bd6ed"><p dir="ltr" style="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">Thank you so much to everyone who attended our first general meeting! We truly appreciate your presence, energy, and the thoughtful feedback you shared. We’re excited to build with you.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="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">As promised, here are a few follow-up materials and links for you to stay connected and informed:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="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">General Meeting Slides (Attached to this email)</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"><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">These include key takeaways, upcoming events, and opportunities to get involved.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="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">Event Flyers & Sign-Up Info</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"><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">Check out what we’ve got planned for Fall Quarter — including mentorship opportunities and community events!</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">👉 View <a href="https://www.canva.com/design/DAGz0TWuHZs/Uoom811-W4wPw9Y6_-rW5Q/edit" target="_blank">Fall Event Flyer</a> and <a href="https://www.canva.com/design/DAGz0SRgjwM/GIK6Rvqf3ucXzhBmgOhP_Q/edit" target="_blank">BLK GSA Mentorship Flyer</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="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">Join Our Official GroupMe</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transpar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rmal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">-Audre Lorde</span></p></span><br></div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Re’Nyqua Farrington (she/her), </span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">M.Ed. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Ph.D. Candidate | </span><span style="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">Education, Society, & Culture </span></p><p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="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">University of California, Riverside</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Email: </span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="mailto:rfarr011@ucr.edu" target="_blank">rfarr011@ucr.edu</a></span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"> | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/re-nyqua-farrington/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></span><a href="https://linktr.ee/renyqua" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="georgia, serif"><b>Most recent publication: </b></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Farrington, R. (2025). Thinking </span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">b</span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">eyond the </span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">u</span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">niversity: Toward a Black </span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">a</span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">bolitionist </span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">p</span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">edagogy. </span><i style="font-family:georgia,serif">Black Educology Mixtape "Journal", 3</i><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">(1). </span><a href="https://repository.usfca.edu/be/vol3/iss1/5" style="font-family:georgia,serif" target="_blank">https://repository.usfca.edu/be/vol3/iss1/5</a></p></div></div></div></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;color:rgb(47,85,151)">Riverside, CA 92521</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)">Email: </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.5pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><a href="mailto:victor.moreira@ucr.edu" title="mailto:victor.moreira@ucr.edu" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(47,85,151)">victor.moreira@ucr.edu</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.5pt;color:rgb(47,85,151)"> (preferred)</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)"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.5pt;color:rgb(47,85,151)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Phone: (951) 827 - 1822</font></span><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:7.5pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.5pt;color:rgb(47,85,151)"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.5pt;color:rgb(47,85,151)"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><img width="200" height="87" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4yBePvmqLuSVftiWJhl4y3l2nVz_Pv0MWMSdz5OL_nJicEoWssPsYOawBX2GT0gtQM3h-O3UMjxOVot"><br></font></span></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">Steward and Immediate Past Chair, Black Faculty and Staff Association</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)">Email: </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.5pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><a href="mailto:bfasa@ucr.edu" title="mailto:bfasa@ucr.edu" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(47,85,151)">bfasa@ucr.edu</span></a></span></font><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:7.5pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(47,85,151)"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:center"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8pt">“You can find me where the rubber hits the road!”</span></i></b><span style="font-size:8pt"> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:center"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8pt">2024 UCR Advising Council’s Outstanding Campus Collaborator Award Recipient</span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Association for Black Culture Centers' 2024 Center of the Year</font></span><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><img width="96" height="92" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zE9WK2MhZIcIk7JU5EwcnrHtGbFnUlLujB679pyzasU7mbTOvBmE0rcO1FdCIbdWv5QSNxfZ4SqPOv"><br></font></span></p></div></div></div></div>
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