<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-d3050479-7fff-a44b-c9f3-38502a316929"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;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 SUNY Plattsburgh,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(64,64,64);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The jury’s decision to convict Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd is a critical and long needed step in securing </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(81,81,81);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">#JusticeforGeorgeFloyd. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(64,64,64);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Although I find hope in the verdict, I still feel that a guilty verdict cannot change the fact that George Floyd — and Breonna Taylor, Daunte Wright, Adam Toledo and too many others — should be alive today.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> However it is a tiny step to address centuries of racial injustice and institutionally sanctioned violence against Black and Brown bodies. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In collaboration with a number of campus community members, starting t</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">oday, and until next Tuesday April 27, </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">we are providing various opportunities </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">for students, staff, and faculty to process thoughts and emotions that the trial has brought up.  </span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">These are the opportunities:</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hybrid Solidarity Spaces</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Wednesday 4/21 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Black students/staff/faculty caucus held in the H.U.B./CSI (capacity-15 persons)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Non-Black POC students/staff/faculty caucus in the Kyla Relaford room (capacity-20 persons)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">People of Whiteness students/staff/faculty caucus in the Cardinal Lounge (capacity-40 persons)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A generalized space in the Admissions Lobby (10th floor of Kehoe) (capacity-12 persons)</span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Releasing Spaces & Counseling</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Journaling offered in the H.U.B. with an in-person journal drop-box and virtually, by sharing your perspectives </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfJgVQ28iXSxSlmingErFqJEtygZcjFhPz8rEv6uGapZbCUjA/viewform" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Listening sessions offered by the Student Health & Counseling Center for students. The times are listed below:</span></p></li><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Wednesday, April 21 @ 2:00 p.m.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thursday, April 22 @ 3:00 p.m.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Friday, April 23 @ 11:00 a.m.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Monday, April 26 @ 9:00 a.m.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tuesday, April 27 @ 11:00 a.m.</span></p></li></ul><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Artistic Spaces (2 day event)</span></p></li><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Journaling/letter writing/ coloring, Kyla Relaford room, Thursday April 22. Details to come in digest.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Creating signs for protest and walk, HUB/CSI, Thursday April 22 @ 4:00 p.m.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Yoga & meditation held on Memorial Field,@ 12:00 p.m. </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Chalk your thoughts” on Amitie Plaza, all day Friday April 23. Chalk will be available outside HUB. </span></p></li></ul></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Direct Action (Walking, Protest, Vigil)</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Walk and protest  on Friday April 23, starting at 5:00 p.m. outside Amitie Plaza and ending with a vigil around Hawkins Pond. We will adhere to 6’ social distancing. </span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We will send daily announcements in the digest and on our Social Media channels.  </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In solidarity and with good wishes always,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p></span><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"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><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" style="background-position:50% 0%;color:rgb(200,16,46);line-height:inherit;margin-bottom:0px;background-repeat:no-repeat;display:inline;background-color:transparent" href="tel:+1-518-564-5410" target="_blank">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"></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><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333px"><b> </b></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333px"><b><br></b></span></font></p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:medium">The information contained in this email may be privileged and confidential and is intended only for named recipients.</span><b style="font-size:13.3333px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> If received in error please delete immediately and<a href="https://gph.is/st/E1r9QkN" target="_blank"> contact the sender. </a></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>