<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Emma and Michelle, </div><div><br></div><div><i><b>Thank you </b></i>for this leadership and service to our community! I am grateful to you for communicating a way to donate. Thank you for bringing us together to take positive action.</div><div><br></div><div>All the best, </div><div>Susan</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><table width="640" height="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Times;height:0px;width:640px;min-width:640px;max-width:640px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"><tbody><tr><td colspan="5" width="640" height="0" border="0" style="height:0px;min-height:0px;max-height:0px;width:640px;min-width:640px;max-width:640px;padding:0px 0px 10px;border:0px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:700;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(0,0,0)!important">Susan Zieger </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(0,0,0)!important">(she/they)</span><br><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-weight:700;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(0,0,0)!important">Professor of English</span><br><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1;color:rgb(0,0,0)!important">University of California, Riverside - Cahuilla, Tongva, Luiseño and Serrano Land<br><br></span></td></tr><tr><td width="130" height="0" border="0" style="height:0px;min-height:0px;max-height:0px;width:130px;min-width:130px;max-width:130px;padding:0px;border:0px"><a href="https://www.ucpress.edu/books/logistics-and-power/hardcover" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px" target="_blank"><img src="https://susanzieger.com/email/cover-logistics.jpg" alt="" width="120" border="0" style="max-width:120px;padding-right:10px"></a></td><td width="130" height="0" border="0" style="height:0px;min-height:0px;max-height:0px;width:130px;min-width:130px;max-width:130px;padding:0px;border:0px"><a href="https://nupress.northwestern.edu/9780810145504/the-aesthetic-life-of-infrastructure/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px" target="_blank"><img src="https://susanzieger.com/email/cover-aesthetic.jpg" alt="" width="120" border="0" style="max-width:120px;padding-right:10px"></a></td><td width="130" height="0" border="0" style="height:0px;min-height:0px;max-height:0px;width:130px;min-width:130px;max-width:130px;padding:0px;border:0px"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Assembly-Codes-Logistics-Matthew-Hockenberry/dp/147800973X" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px" target="_blank"><img src="https://susanzieger.com/email/cover-assembly.jpg" alt="" width="120" border="0" style="max-width:120px;padding-right:10px"></a></td><td width="130" height="0" border="0" style="height:0px;min-height:0px;max-height:0px;width:130px;min-width:130px;max-width:130px;padding:0px;border:0px"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mediated-Mind-Ephemera-Consumerism-Nineteenth/dp/0823279839/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1511195344&sr=1-2" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px" target="_blank"><img src="https://susanzieger.com/email/cover-mediated.jpg" alt="" width="120" border="0" style="max-width:120px;padding-right:10px"></a></td><td width="120" height="0" border="0" style="height:0px;min-height:0px;max-height:0px;width:120px;min-width:120px;max-width:120px;padding:0px;border:0px"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Inventing-Addict-Sexuality-Nineteenth-Century-Literature/dp/1558496807/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&qid=1614606922&refinements=p_27%3ASusan+Zieger&s=books&sr=1-3&text=Susan+Zieger" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px" target="_blank"><img src="https://susanzieger.com/email/cover-addict.jpg" alt="" width="120" border="0" style="max-width:120px"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 10:25 AM Emma Stapely via Englishfaculty <<a href="mailto:englishfaculty@lists.ucr.edu">englishfaculty@lists.ucr.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>Dear All:<div><br></div><div>We are organizing a food drive for R’Pantry in response to the withholding of SNAP/CalFresh benefits during the government shutdown. While the recent federal rulings to restore funding to these programs are encouraging, there’s still a lot of uncertainty, and we want to to help ensure that our wonderful students, faculty, and staff at UCR don’t have to worry about meeting their basic needs this winter. Read on for more information if you’d like to pitch in or learn how to access food, supplies, and other  Basic Needs resources!</div><div><br></div><div>Our best,</div><div>Profs. Raheja and Stapely</div><div><br></div><div>**</div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,34,94)">When is the food drive happening?</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>We will accept donations continuously for the rest of the quarter, with two target delivery dates on November 25 and December 9. On those dates we’ll take what we’ve gathered to that point over to the good people at Basic Needs/R’Pantry.</div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,105,0)">What can I donate?</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>R’Pantry has published <a href="https://studentdocs.ucr.edu/basicneeds/rpantry-wishlist.pdf" target="_blank">this wish list</a> of most-requested items.<font color="#000000"> In our exchange with them, R’Pantry also</font> expressed particular demand for: </div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">- toothbrushes and toothpaste</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">- deodorant</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">- chapstick</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">- microfiber rags and sponges </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">- tide pods and dryer sheets</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div><div><font color="#000000">You can also make monetary donations directly to Basic Needs (see below).</font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(196,156,0)"><b>Where can I drop off physical donations?</b></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14px"><b><br></b></span></div><div><font color="#000000">Please drop off food and supplies in the bookcase opposite the mailboxes in the English Department office.</font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><b style="font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(104,230,42)">Can I make a monetary contribution?</b></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000">Yes! You can make </font><a href="https://myadv.ucr.edu/21keb/200944" target="_blank">a one-time direct donation to Basic Needs here</a>. it’s also possible to<font color="#000000"> opt in to a payroll deduction by filling out </font><a href="https://studentdocs.ucr.edu/basicneeds/Basic%20Needs%20Employee%20Payroll%20Deduction%20Form.pdf" target="_blank">this form</a><font color="#000000"> and sending it to </font><a href="mailto:ucrgifts@ucr.edu" target="_blank">ucrgifts@ucr.edu</a>. (This info is also on the <a href="https://basicneeds.ucr.edu/donate" target="_blank">Basic Needs donation page</a>).</div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(23,88,255)">What Basic Needs benefits are available to me and how can I access them?</b></div><div><br></div><div><u>Anyone who needs them is more than welcome to take food and supplies directly from the departmental drop-off location.</u> You can also access resources through the UCR Basic Needs Department, which encompasses several food security programs (CalFresh, R’Pantry, Meal Support) as well as Housing Assistance, Economic Crisis support, and more. Information about all these programs can be found <a href="https://basicneeds.ucr.edu/" target="_blank">here</a>. </div><div><br></div><div>Information about how you can access food through R’Pantry and Pop-Up Pantry as well as at local food banks can be found <a href="https://basicneeds.ucr.edu/rpantry" target="_blank">here</a>. You can also connect with Basic Needs over email at <a href="mailto:basicneeds@ucr.edu" target="_blank">basicneeds@ucr.edu</a>, by phone at 951-827-FOOD, or on IG @ucrbasicneeds.</div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(211,43,255)">Who can I reach out to with questions?</b></div><div><br></div><div>Prof. Raheja (<a href="mailto:michelle.raheja@ucr.edu" target="_blank">michelle.raheja@ucr.edu</a>) or Prof. Stapely (<a href="mailto:emma.stapely@ucr.edu" target="_blank">emma.stapely@ucr.edu</a>). </div><div><br></div><div><img alt="UCR Department of English.png" src="cid:ii_19a6f07063d160779941"></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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