<div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Dear SDRC Student,</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><b>Nominations are now being accepted </b></font><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">for Disability Allies of the Year.</b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"> </span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31)"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31)">Each year the UCR Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC) is proud to honor a staff member, faculty member, teaching assistant, and department who have served as outstanding allies to students with disabilities during this academic year.  They have demonstrated exemplary commitment to advocating for students with disabilities.  This includes, but is not limited to: </span></font></div><div><ul><li><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31)">educating themselves and other about ableism, disability discrimination, or disability oppression; and to combating it on a personal level; </span></font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31)">ensuring students with disabilities have equitable access to academic/non-academic courses, research, programs, services, activities, facilities, etc.; and </span></font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31)">treating everyone with the dignity and respect they are entitled to as human beings.</span></font></li></ul></div><p style="color:rgb(31,31,31)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><b>These awards are based on student nominations.</b> Your are welcome to submit nominations, by completing <a href="https://forms.gle/yXvSfXLQiSMW7Qng9">the nomination form</a>, available by link or scan the QR code below. You may submit multiple nominations for the different categories. <b>Submission deadline is Noon on Friday, May 8, 2026. </b>Awards will be publicly announced and presented to the outstanding disability allies during a recognition ceremony held on Wednesday, May 27, 2026.</font></p><img src="cid:ii_moj6kowk2" alt="DS Ally Nomination Form 25-26.jpg" width="126" height="126" style="margin-right: 0px;"><p style="color:rgb(31,31,31)"></p><p style="color:rgb(31,31,31)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Sincerely,</font></p><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><a name="SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">Student Disability Resource Center</span></b></a><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">University of California,
Riverside</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">900 University Ave.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">1228 Student Services Building</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">Riverside, CA 92521</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"></span></p>

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| </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">Email: </span><a href="mailto:sdrc@ucr.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">sdrc@ucr.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"> </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">“SDRC is committed to an
accessible, equitable, and inclusive experience for students with disabilities
through advocacy, empowerment, and collaboration with the UCR Community to
reduce barriers for all students.”</span></p>

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