<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear colleagues,</div><div><div>UCR Give Day is coming up on April 7-8.</div><div><br></div><div><font color="#000000">I invite you to participate in the campaign and support <span style="font-size:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-family:Inter-Regular">UCR LIFTED, a program with which I am closely affiliated. </span></font></div><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;margin:10px 0px 15px;font-size:16px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1.5rem;font-family:Inter-Regular"><font color="#000000"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1.5">UC Riverside provides students living in prison in Inland Southern California the opportunity to earn a UCR Bachelor of Arts degree in Education, Society, and Human Development through UCR LIFTED.</span> This program amplifies incarcerated voices and prepares students to become future advocates for justice and education. Only 7% of U.S. colleges offer higher education in prisons, and just 53 allow students to complete a bachelor’s degree while incarcerated. UCR LIFTED brings UCR faculty into a local prison to teach the same courses offered on campus by faculty who are leaders in their respective fields. In June 2026, UCR LIFTED will celebrate its <span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1.5">inaugural graduating cohort</span>, a historic milestone.<br style="box-sizing:border-box;border-width:0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(229,231,235)"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;border-width:0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(229,231,235)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1.5">Please save the date to make your donation to UCR LIFTED. Your gift will make this graduation celebration possible</span>!</font></p></div></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div>Tanya</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">******************************************************************</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Tanya Nieri, PhD (she, her, hers), Professor of Sociology</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">University of California at Riverside, Watkins 1216, Riverside, CA 92521 USA</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:tanyan@ucr.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">tanyan@ucr.edu</span></a>, (951) 827-5854</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Associate Director, UCR LIFTED: <a href="https://education.ucr.edu/lifted" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://education.ucr.edu/lifted</a> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:normal"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Editorial Board Member, <i>BMC Public Health</i>, </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:9pt;color:rgb(32,33,36)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:9pt;color:rgb(32,33,36)">Nieri, T., & Huft, J. (2025). Perceived e</span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:9pt;color:black">thnic-racial socialization and
white American young adults’ racial attitudes. <i>Journal of Child and Family Studies</i>. </span><a href="https://rdcu.be/eNKEG" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:14px" target="_blank"><font face="times new roman, serif">https://rdcu.be/eNKEG</font></a></p></div></div></div></div>