<div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i>This message is being sent on behalf of David Fryson, Interim Vice President for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion</i></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Dear Campus Community, </span></div><div><div id="m_-7053352185518347663m_4111047000699744776gmail-:nn" style="direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:0.875rem;overflow-x:hidden;font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div id="m_-7053352185518347663m_4111047000699744776gmail-:nm" style="direction:ltr;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:auto hidden"><div id="m_-7053352185518347663m_4111047000699744776gmail-avWBGd-181"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_-7053352185518347663m_4111047000699744776m_5150186595738022875m_-9188190347870604923m_-5109365471082779646m_2389720711183302130m_227056538468160005gmail-docs-internal-guid-93f0876c-7fff-548b-35ed-814564730f22"><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">The Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion invites all members of our campus community to participate in the <a href="http://dayofracialhealing.org/" target="_blank">2026 National Day of Racial Healing</a>, which takes place on Tuesday, January 20, 2026 from 9 am to 4:00 pm. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">As we embrace this new year of 2026 and approach the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, let us remember all that Dr. King represented. Admittedly, we are in difficult, disappointing and perilous times in the area of racial justice. However, Dr. King once said, “ </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-weight:bolder;color:rgb(10,10,10);font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif">We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">  It is important that we never lose infinite hope.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">SUNY Plattsburgh will be hosting a variety of conference-style programs for <b>The National Day of Racial Healing </b>to inspire infinite hope, including healing circles and other events from 10 am to 3 pm in the Angell College Center (ACC). Some events will also be available via Zoom.  Between 9 and 10am you will have the opportunity to show your support for the day and enjoy some light refreshments.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Infinite hope is the vehicle that we must utilize to achieve the ultimate goal of racial healing. The National Day of Racial Healing is designed to inspire the participants to develop and sustain hope in the midst of the challenges that we face as a society.</span></p><p dir="ltr" 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:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Please find a link to the schedule below. In addition, you will find a graphic enclosed for anyone that would like to add visual support for the National Day of Racial Healing, temporarily, to your email signature line. If participating (which is by choice and not mandatory), we ask that you add <a href="https://drive.google.com/f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