<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"><div><img src="cid:ii_lm9h8hbm0" 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-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;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-size:11.5pt;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">November 6th will be the second year in which </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"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Black Solidarity Day</span></a><span style="font-size:11.5pt;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"> is part of the SUNY Plattsburgh Academic Calendar, held annually on the first Monday of November. In recognition of Black Solidarity Day, our campus will host a Social Justice Teach-In, featuring programming for the Plattsburgh community about racial justice, anti-racism, and social justice.  It will be a series of concurrent events, led by students, staff, faculty, and community groups, held all over campus. The theme for this year is: "You Belong: Let's Erase the Hate."</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"><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-size:11.5pt;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">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." style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">to highlight racial injustices, societal inequities, and to illuminate how Black voices are integral to American life</span></a><span style="font-size:11.5pt;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">" and our college community. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We invite students, faculty, staff, and community members to contribute a teach-in session that speaks directly to the meaning of Black Solidarity Day and/or that engages with social justice, broadly defined. </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-size:11.5pt;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">A session could be a variety of things: a collection of readings, a few lectures, a workshop, an exercise, a performance, a discussion. Here is the </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E-IQT6QLNHOzrxsG_dpKkHcjPkctcn9L/view?usp=share_link" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">program for 2022</span></a><span style="font-size:11.5pt;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"> if you'd like to see what we have done in the past.  If you need more than 50 minutes, that's fine as well.  </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-size:11.5pt;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-size:11.5pt;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-size:11.5pt;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">Please complete this Google form:  </span><a href="https://forms.gle/yN3MdgecfRunZpd99" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://forms.gle/yN3MdgecfRunZpd99</span></a><span style="font-size:11.5pt;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"> or scan the QR code in the flyer.</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-eac4b13a-7fff-7997-90d2-6e177821fa94"></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:docs-Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Do you have any questions or concerns?  Please feel free to reach out directly to Allison Heard at <a href="mailto:ahear003@plattsburgh.edu">ahear003@plattsburgh.edu</a> or call 518-564-5410.</span><br></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>