<div dir="ltr"><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"><img src="cid:ii_lm9ilxyg0" alt="BSD23_save the date_post.jpg" width="452" height="452"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;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;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Monday, November 6th 2023</span><span style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> will be the second annual </span><a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/news/news-archive/black-solidarity-day-officially-added-to-suny-plattsburghs-academic-calendar.html" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Black Solidarity Day: Social Justice Teach-In</span></a><span style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> at SUNY Plattsburgh. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The theme for this year is: "You Belong: Let's Erase the Hate." </span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">This is a day to meditate on the meaning of social justice and civic engagement in what could be a multi-racial democracy. Black Solidarity Day is meant "</span><a href="https://nyu-dss.github.io/black-solidarity-day/#:~:text=On%20Black%20Solidarity%20Day,%20Black,are%20integral%20to%20American%20life." target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">to highlight racial injustices, societal inequities, and to illuminate how Black voices are integral to American life</span></a><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">" and our college community. </span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline">We encourage you to plan to incorporate that day into your syllabus or work schedule and consider re-assigning your classes or employees to participate in the event.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please talk with your friends, mentors, and colleagues, and then propose a session. Student-led sessions are welcome! </span><span style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The deadline for proposals is September 30th.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-fam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