<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-10509baf-7fff-74f7-d2b4-89569d91f972"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Dear Campus Community,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Today, as we commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I encourage you to read the message from SUNY Chancellor King and the SUNY Board of Trustees, included below. Their words highlight the profound importance of Dr. King’s legacy and its continued relevance to the work we do in higher education and here at SUNY Plattsburgh.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">As we reflect on Dr. King’s vision, I also encourage you to participate in the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Sunday, February 2, 2025, at 1:30 PM in the ACC Warren Ballrooms on our main campus. This meaningful event, hosted by the Clinton County MLK Commission and the SUNY Plattsburgh Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, will honor Dr. King’s impact. Please see the attached flyer for additional details and information.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Together, let us take this opportunity to reflect on Dr. King’s enduring vision and reaffirm our dedication to building a community of justice and inclusion.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Sincerely,</span></p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Dr. Alexander Enyedi</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">President</span></span><br><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">SUNY Communications</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:communications@suny.edu">communications@suny.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM<br>Subject: Chancellor King and SUNY Board of Trustees Statement on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day<br>To: <<a href="mailto:SUNYPIO-L@ls.sysadm.suny.edu">SUNYPIO-L@ls.sysadm.suny.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div class="msg7553916239213843900">
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Contact: Holly Liapis,
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(518) 477-0757; or Conall Smith, </span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:Conall.Smith@suny.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Conall.Smith@suny.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“This year as we commemorate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and honor his unfinished work and legacy, SUNY reflects on The
King Center’s theme for 2025: <i>protecting freedom, justice, and democracy</i>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“We recall Dr. King’s writing in the
<i>Letter from Birmingham</i> in 1964 that, ‘We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.’<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“No institution in our society is more important to the future of freedom, justice, and democracy – to building a more equitable,
just, and inclusive society for all – than public higher education. At SUNY, we have the privilege of furthering Dr. King’s vision for our nation as we carry out the mission enshrined in our founding legislation to ‘provide to the people of New York educational
services of the highest quality, with the broadest possible access, fully representative of all segments of the population.’<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“SUNY’s reputation for providing an excellent, affordable higher education is inseparable from our steadfast commitment to diversity,
equity, and inclusion as one of our institution’s four driving pillars. Every day, our extraordinary faculty recognize the importance of confronting hard truths in our history as a precondition for building a better, more inclusive future. A central pillar
of democracy continues to be an informed and active citizenry, and SUNY has undertaken an ambitious agenda of civics and service: from emphasizing the importance of civil discourse across our campuses<span class="m_7553916239213843900apple-converted-space">
</span>to making civic discourse a part of every student’s general education curriculum to empowering hundreds of students to engage in paid public service in our communities through the Empire State Service Corps.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“As we reflect on Dr. King’s legacy, we must remember the fight is not over. There is still so much work to be done to ensure that
our society is equitable, just, and inclusive. We are committed to ensuring there is a place at SUNY for every New Yorker – and that place is welcoming, inclusive, and embodying of excellence – because that is what living out the legacy of Dr. King truly means.”
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