<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-9ae69a6f-7fff-6ba3-b1ce-91b4ff8bc14f"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Colleagues,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I'd like to share a bit more information about the session the deans and I have planned for this afternoon in support of classroom teaching in relation to the Chauvin trial and verdicts.  We have planned 5 areas of questions that will be discussed in breakout rooms during our 90 minutes together.  You may join the session by using this </span><a href="https://plattsburgh.zoom.us/j/93846510018" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Zoom link</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.  We are sharing the questions now for your consideration and reflection.  We hope to see many of you later, though please know that this is an invitation for faculty who are interested in attending; there is no mandate that faculty need to attend.  We know there are teaching conflicts and other responsibilities that may not make participating possible.  The questions that will guide our discussion:</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Breakout Room #1: I teach in a discipline that does not lend itself to discussion of social issues or social justice.  How can I respond to student feedback that they would like the Chauvin trial to be addressed in their classrooms?  Is there a way to connect the impact of the trial on students to my course focus? </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Breakout Room #2: I am a BIPOC faculty member who is teaching in majority white classrooms.  I have concerns and feelings specific to my identity that are not separate from my role as a teaching faculty member.  How do I honor my own knowledge and feelings while I am trying to also support students?</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Breakout Room #3: I am aware that I may (or do) have students who have a variety of perspectives on how this trial plays out.  They may want to see Chauvin convicted, they may view Chauvin as unfairly judged, and/or they may share a mix of feelings.  How can I create space for a variety of perspectives in my classrooms?  Do I believe that different perspectives on the trial are even acceptable?  How do I honor varied perspectives while not having my own clear perspective dominate the conversation?</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Breakout Room #4: I am uncomfortable with some of the charged feelings that are coming up around this trial.  I’d like to bring this into my classroom, but I am not trained to negotiate the feelings that come up around an event like this.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Breakout Room #5: I am struggling with my own self care right now.  Are there ways to indicate support for our students without digging into this topic and further draining myself? </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-b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