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<div>FYI.....</div>
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<div dir="ltr">We posted this in the TMN yesterday, 9 June 2020. At that time there was no announcement from the VPRII, the ALVSCE VP, or any other official UA representative. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">This is a movement and consistent with VP Burgess’ comments, I fully support the spirit and intent.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Best regards,</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Jeff Silvertooth </div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Burgess, Shane C - (shaneburgess) <sburgess@cals.arizona.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 10, 2020 11:06:13 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Rutherford, Janis KM - (jmathias) <jmathias@arizona.edu>; Rutledge, Bethany S - (rutledge) <rutledge@cals.arizona.edu>; Yamnitz, Jennifer - (jyamnitz) <jyamnitz@arizona.edu>; Schuch, Ursula K - (uschuch) <uschuch@arizona.edu>; Chorover, Jon - (chorover)
<chorover@arizona.edu>; Farrell-Poe, Kathryn L - (kittfp) <kittfp@arizona.edu>; Going, Scott B - (going) <going@arizona.edu>; Jenks, Matthew - (jenksm) <jenksm@arizona.edu>; Rutledge, Bethany S - (rutledge) <rutledge@cals.arizona.edu>; Scaramella, Laura V
- (scaramella) <scaramella@arizona.edu>; Koprowski, John L - (5quirre1) <5quirre1@ag.arizona.edu>; Stock, S. Patricia - (spstock) <spstock@arizona.edu>; Tabashnik, Bruce E - (tabashnb) <BruceT@cals.arizona.edu>; Thompson, Gary D - (gdthomps) <GaryT@ag.arizona.edu>;
Torres, Robert M - (rtorres1) <rtorres1@arizona.edu>; Walworth, Jim - (jlw1) <Walworth@ag.arizona.edu>; Antin, Parker B - (pba) <pba@arizona.edu>; Silvertooth, Jeffrey C - (silverto) <Silver@ag.arizona.edu>; Ratje, Jeffrey M - (jmratje) <jmratje@arizona.edu>;
Staten, Michael E - (statenm) <statenm@arizona.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Please distribute this message to the people under your responsibility with your own additional message: RE: Take a stand against racism #ShutDownAcademia #ShutDownSTEM</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Everyone, like me you have probably received at least one email message in the last 12 hours asking you to:
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><i>Take a stand against racism #ShutDownAcademia #ShutDownSTEM through direct action to address injustices that Black academics and students are faced with through institutional and systemic racism specifically through:<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><i>No work<br>
No research<br>
No classes<br>
No business as usual<br>
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</i>You likely also received the following link below to<i> educate yourself on how you can eradicate structural and systemic oppression.
<a href="https://www.shutdownstem.com/for-department-leaders" target="_blank">https://www.shutdownstem.com/for-department-leaders</a></i></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I have not yet had the time to go to the link, but I will immediately after sending this email.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Those of you in UA’s research network should also have received an email from VPRII Cantwell about the New Topic for Today's (June 10) RII Research Chat at noon-1pm, at which In support of #ShutDownSTEM and #ShutDownAcademia,
SVPRII Cantwell will focus on racial injustice and inequities in STEM. I strongly encourage you to attend if you can.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">As a partner and as an ally with all people who suffer any form of systemic discrimination, prejudice, inequality, unfairness, inequity and/or racism, or these same things perpetrated by individuals,
<u>my work today</u> will be limited only to that directly fulfilling the purpose and intents of equality access to higher education for all articulated in both Morrill Acts (1862 and 1890), because not doing so would have a negative effect on equality, equity
and access for the very people I stand with in support.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Regards</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Shane </span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt; color:#0C234B">Shane C. Burgess</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#767676"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:#767676">Vice President for Agriculture, Life and Veterinary Sciences, and Cooperative Extension Charles-Sander Dean of the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#767676"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:#767676">THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#767676"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:#767676">Forbes Building, Room 306 | 1140 E. South Campus Drive<br>
P.O. Box 210036 | Tucson, AZ 85721-0036<br>
Office: 520-621-7621<br>
<a href="mailto:sburgess@cals.arizona.edu"><span style="color:#767676; text-decoration:none">sburgess@cals.arizona.edu</span></a><br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:#8B0015"><a href="https://alvsce.arizona.edu"><span style="color:#8B0015; text-decoration:none">alvsce.arizona.edu</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:#767676"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:#8B0015"><a href="https://cals.arizona.edu"><span style="color:#8B0015; text-decoration:none">cals.arizona.edu</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:#767676"><br>
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