<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><span id="gmail-m_2515133659087674988gmail-docs-internal-guid-a40e1804-7fff-1568-9074-4ec981197172"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear Campus,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Today's confirmation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the United States Supreme Court is truly a momentous event in the nearly 250-year history of this country - an event that requires us all to pause and reflect on the significance of this historic moment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As the first Black woman and first former public defender to be appointed to the United States Supreme Court, Justice Jackson is also one of only three Supreme Court Justices to graduate from a public high school. And although her high school guidance counselor told her not to set her "sights so high"  when she shared her plans to attend Harvard, Jackson graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University and cum laude from Harvard Law School, where she served as editor of Harvard Law Review.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">At a time when “</span><a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/young_lawyers/projects/men-of-color/lawyer-demographics/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">only 5% of lawyers in this country are African American</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">," Justice Jackson’s perseverance and her lifelong dedication to public service are evident and remarkable reminders of the power of resilience and determination. And while we will all benefit from Justice Jackson's knowledge, experience, and record of thoughtful contemplation in past cases, this confirmation is particularly significant for all BIPOC individuals whose valuable humanity has been denied and whose essential contributions have been dismissed for far too long.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As we strive to nurture a campus culture of equity and inclusivity that supports, honors and celebrates all students, faculty and staff, we must look to Justice Jackson as a reminder and an example of what is possible - and necessary - when every mind has an opportunity to be educated and every voice has an opportunity to be heard.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Alexander Enyedi</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">President</font></span></p></span></div></div></div>