<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-4cfc1817-7fff-9992-3225-e5da1b2a36c4"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap">An Ethics Institute colloquy with</span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dr. Michelle Cromwell, Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";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, April 14, 2021, noon - 1 p.m.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">By Zoom: <a href="https://bit.ly/3a59Tr1">https://bit.ly/3a59Tr1</a></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">On Wednesday, March 31, members of the SUNY Plattsburgh campus community gathered over Zoom for a frank exchange about a racist comment posted on Facebook in May 2020. The lengthy discussion, led by Dr, Michelle Cromwell, opened the door to further dialogue about racism on campus and the efforts we need to undertake as a community to become an antiracist institution. In order to continue that dialogue, Dr. Cromwell will join Institute director Dr. Jonathan Slater in conversation at the Ethics Institute on Wednesday, April 14, The May 2020 incident raises serious moral concerns for our collective consideration. For example, what ought we do within our campus environment to promote a climate of reflection that might prompt members of our community to pause, think, and stop before uttering, sending or posting offending speech? Further, what are some ways we can go about instilling a conscious sense of personal accountability in which we all see the offensiveness of such speech and are able to talk publicly and candidly about it?</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Institute for Ethics in Public Life is generously supported by gifts to the Plattsburgh College Foundation. For further information about the Ethics Institute, contact Dr. Jonathan Slater, director, at </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:slaterjr@plattsburgh.edu">slaterjr@plattsburgh.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Ethics Institute colloquies are open to the entire SUNY Plattsburgh community.</span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"></div></div>