<div dir="ltr"><div><span id="gmail-m_-2339767538280715996gmail-docs-internal-guid-e9e6ec6b-7fff-0b07-9879-b14e82abffad"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear Campus Community,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I write today with several acknowledgments. First, I want to recognize that this has been a semester of turmoil and distraction with our attention pulled in the direction of the COVID-19 pandemic and the social injustices dominating our news feeds. Second, I am committed to ensuring your safety in the midst of a pandemic, while providing opportunities for us to connect with each other, care for each other, and move forward as a community together.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I also write today to express the campus community’s support for members of our marginalized communities, especially from racial and ethnic populations. SUNY Plattsburgh condemns any racist, prejudiced and xenophobic words and actions directed against those members of our Plattsburgh community. Behavior that dehumanizes or demeans anyone based on their racial, ethnic, language, national identity or sexual orientation is uninformed and repulsive, and not welcomed at SUNY Plattsburgh. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Finally, as we enter week nine I want to reaffirm our commitment to your wellbeing. A part of that is providing intentional opportunities that will allow us to engage in transformational work on our campus.  A deep thank you to all students, faculty, staff, and alumni who have helped to identify our next steps in some of these initiatives, and who will take part in the ongoing efforts to put them into action. As part of that work, I want to share some upcoming initiatives that I am asking you to join, plan with me and lead with me. </span></p><br><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Cross racial conversations: We will continue to host community dialogues that bring together all affinity groups to share stories, disrupt unjust narratives and behaviors and speak as a community.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fP5TmD9nMpCUtmQi7TgvNdL5CuFquBxv/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">B.R.A.V.E. Spaces:</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> We are also hosting B.R.A.V.E Spaces to provide all members of the community an opportunity to share, listen, and learn. </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IvgCN2Utzwtpht8LaEy8mYSuz93aYhb2/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Community Healing:</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> On November 2, we will host a community-wide day of conversations with world renowned racial trauma practitioner, Dr. Kenneth Hardy. Release time is approved, so please coordinate with your supervisors to attend when your area of the community is meeting. We will end the day with a community forum and my hope is that this will begin the process of moving us forward together after past racist incidents. It is my hope that this will help to catalyze action.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PXYLjUOXH3D52Q3ISpeXvEoCA3iDHWlA/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Speak Together:</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> We will end the fall with the last part of the</span><a href="https://youtu.be/JuLsb63QZDE" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline"> Speak Series</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, the Speak Together on November 11, at 4:00 p.m., where students, faculty, staff, and administrators will have an opportunity to share what is working, what we should keep and the things we still need to change. Our division of Diversity Equity and Inclusion staff members Sean Rice, Jenny Vernet, and Zyaijah Nadler will host a</span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QfOOkLv3OVpqdFpeI1lLTqaQqJKx5vCG/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline"> Change Week</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> to prepare students for the Speak Together. These sessions will be held on October 26, 28, 30.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Title IX Initiatives: </span></p></li><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:circle;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Title IX Campus Violence Liaison Program: A working group consisting of students, staff and faculty that meets to discuss changes that could be made to the institution's campus violence prevention and response efforts. To join please email Zyaijah Nadler, <a href="mailto:znadl001@plattsburgh.edu" target="_blank">znadl001@plattsburgh.edu</a>. </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:circle;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">PEDAL (Peer Educator Program): PEDAL is the violence prevention peer educator program. PEDALS are student change-makers trained to make a difference on campus through education on violence prevention and discrimination. Apply <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQsE5VK8EOFlz7trkcdTlLwaj9aN_FQ8mqlN-yoClrvA2cvg/viewform" target="_blank" style="">here</a>.</span></p></li></ul></ul><div><font color="#000000"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div></font></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">In Solidarity and with good wishes always,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">MICHELLE CROMWELL, PhD.</span></b><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Vice President, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion/ Chief Diversity Officer</span><u></u><u></u></font></p><div style="background-position:50% 0%;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-repeat:no-repeat"><font color="#000000">610 Kehoe</font></div><div style="background-position:50% 0%;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-repeat:no-repeat"><font color="#000000">101 Broad Street<br style="background-position:50% 0%;margin-bottom:0px;background-repeat:no-repeat">Plattsburgh, NY 12901</font></div><div style="background-position:50% 0%;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-repeat:no-repeat"><span style="background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat">(o) </span><a title="Office Phone Number" href="tel:+1-518-564-5410" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(200,16,46);background-position:50% 0%;line-height:inherit;margin-bottom:0px;background-repeat:no-repeat;display:inline;background-color:transparent">518-564-5410</a></div><div style="background-position:50% 0%;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-repeat:no-repeat">(f) 518- 564-5413</div><p class="MsoNormal"> <a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/plattslife/diversity/index.html" target="_blank">SUNY Plattsburgh DEI</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000">Pronouns: They, them, theirs</font></span></b><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,78,121);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> </span><img width="200" height="82" src="https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/plattsburgh.edu/images/logo.gif?service=google_gsuite" class="gmail-CToWUd"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,78,121);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced”.  James Baldwin</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">My office is a</span><span style="color:rgb(0,176,80);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"> </span><b><span style="color:red;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">BR</span></b><b><span style="color:rgb(247,150,70);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">A</span></b><b><span style="color:rgb(0,176,80);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">V</span></b><b><span style="color:rgb(0,176,240);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">E</span></b><b><span style="color:rgb(112,48,160);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"> Z</span></b><b><span style="color:red;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">O</span></b><b><span style="color:rgb(247,150,70);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">N</span></b><b><span style="color:rgb(0,176,80);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">E </span></b><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">for DREAMers and individuals of all ethnicities, abilities, religions, sexual orientations, and gender identities.</span></p><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><br></p></div></div></div><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px;margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><br></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>