<div dir="ltr"><div><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 <span class="gmail-il">Allies</span> 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 <span class="gmail-il">allies</span> 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 style="margin-left:15px"><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 style="margin-left:15px"><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 style="margin-left:15px"><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" target="_blank">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 Wednesday, May 13, 2026. </b>Awards will be publicly announced and presented to the outstanding disability <span class="gmail-il">allies</span> 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" class="gmail-CToWUd" 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><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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