<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-035667c1-7fff-0835-762e-33c051dfb843"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">On Wednesday December 7th at 4:30pm in the Alumni Conference Room, the office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in collaboration with the LGBTQ+ Resource Committee is hosting SUNY Plattsburgh’s First Annual Lavender Ceremony.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This event will honor achievements, successes, the barriers that have been overcome, and leadership at SUNY Plattsburgh, for our students who are members of the LGBTQ+ community. We want to celebrate all the effort it has taken for these students to get to where they are today.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please share this with your students and encourage them to attend the event. Students will need to RSVP by November 21st, 2022 with the following link: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://forms.gle/uDsRncfHSEqf3bdB9" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Click Here to RSVP</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We also encourage you to attend in support of our students and celebrate who they are and their accomplishments. Employees are not required to RSVP.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For any questions you or a student may have please email LGBTQ+  Resource Committee Co-Chairs Regan Levitte and Leah Sweeney (</span><a href="mailto:rlevi007@plattsburgh.edu" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">rlevi007@plattsburgh.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and </span><a href="mailto:lswee003@plattsburgh.edu" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">lswee003@plattsburgh.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">) </span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div>