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<Title>This week the GSA celebrates Emily Faber as GSotW!</Title>
<Tagline>Learn More about Emily and applaud all her hard work</Tagline>
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<Summary>Fill out this form to be considered for Graduate Student of the Week</Summary>
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<Title>UPDATE!!! Zareen's Hazara family members fleeing Afghanistan</Title>
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    <div>Zareen and Ali are dear friends and colleagues of many of us and we know that they work tirelessly to advocate for the rights of people from their country of origin, Afghanistan. Both Zareen and Ali come from an ethnic minority group in Afghanistan, the Hazara, who have been brutally targeted by extremists; <a href="https://muckrack.com/zareen-taj" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Zareen has </a><a rel="nofollow external" class="bo">written extensively on the issue</a> for Ms. Magazine and other outlets.</div>
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    <div>At the present, Zareen and Ali are working to help bring 8 family members from Pakistan here to Baltimore. These family members have already survived harrowing ordeals to leave Afghanistan. They left Afghanistan with nothing. Zareen and Ali are the main financial supporters of them right now. While Zareen and Ali have been able to get pro-bono legal counsel for these family members, they want to file <a href="https://www.uscis.gov/archive/information-for-afghan-nationals-on-parole-into-the-united-states" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Humanitarian Parole</a> forms to bring them here to the United states. The fee for each applicant is $575.00. Right now, They need help to cover the fees to file the Humanitarian Parole applications and for them to get visas. Eventually, each of the 8 family members will need a plane ticket to come to Baltimore and some support locally while they get settled and find work. All 8 of the family members are in danger because of their ethnic minority status and several were also being targeted because of aid work they engaged in while in Afghanistan.</div>
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    <div><span>Let's show Zareen and Ali our care and support by helping them to raise the funds they need to safely bring their family members here.</span></div>
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<Summary>UPDATE!!!! THANK YOU to everyone who donated and shared! You all are amazing. We've raised enough to cover ALL 8 of the humanitarian parole applications. I'm going to raise the fundraising limit...</Summary>
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<Title>Food Drive Erickson Field - Non Perishable Items Only Please</Title>
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<Title>Postdoctoral research position in cancer biology at JHU</Title>
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    <p>The Maynard Lab is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral candidate to collaborate on current funded projects. Our research involves the investigation of immunobiological factors that contribute to cancer health disparities in racial/ethnic minorities and underserved populations. We also investigate the role of inflammation-associated P2 purinergic receptors in cancer initiation and aggressiveness . Specifically, projects are aimed at therapeutically targeting P2 purinergic receptors for the treatment of aggressive prostate cancer and characterizing P2 purinergic receptors in pancreatic cancer.</p>
    <p>To apply: please send a statement of research interests and career goals, CV, and three references to <a href="mailto:Maynard@jhmi.edu">Maynard@jhmi.edu</a>. </p>
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<Title>Leadershop Series</Title>
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    <div>The Leadershops series consists of workshops that focus on various student centered leadership-related topics facilitated by Campus Life staff and student leaders. This program aims to contribute to the leadership development and ongoing learning of UMBC undergraduate students.</div>
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    <div>The following are the fall 2021 Leadershops sessions that are being offered for students to register through myUMBC:</div>
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    <a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/osl/events/95142" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">The LeadHERship Problem</a> - Tuesday, September 21st at 12:00pm</div>
    <div>This session is about taking a deeper look into the relationship between womxn and leadership. Attendees will learn about how our socialization affects our views regarding our own identity and our capacity to lead. This session will be done online.</div>
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    <a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/osl/events/95143" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">The Author of Your Leadership Story</a> - Wednesday, October 20th at 12:00pm</div>
    <div>The Author of Your Leadership Story is a leadership workshop that focuses on self-authorship; defining and creating you own individual sense of self, and making yourself as you go on your college journey. This session will be done in-person at The Commons.</div>
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    <a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/osl/events/95144" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Going Farther Together</a> - Thursday, November 18th at 12:00pm</div>
    <div>Attendees will learn about the leadership process through team-building and capitalizing on difference. This session will be done in-person at The Commons.</div>
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<Title>How have you experienced accessibility at UMBC?</Title>
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    <p><em>Have you had any good, bad, interesting experiences with access at UMBC?</em></p>
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    <p>Fill out an anonymous survey to guide our upcoming discussion about disability justice on an institutional and interpersonal level, the current state of the movement, and what it means to be an ally!</p>
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    <strong>Please note:</strong> UMBC is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive environment for all students, staff, faculty, and visitors. If you have difficulties accessing any of the materials on our site or any of our events or discussions, please contact us so that we can provide an alternative format and/or remedy any accessibility challenges.</div>
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    <div>Math/Psychology Building, Room 212</div>
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    <div>Phone: 410-455-2459</div>
    <div>Email: <a href="mailto:disAbility@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">disAbility@umbc.edu</a>
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    <div>More information at <a href="http://sds.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">sds.umbc.edu</a>
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    <div><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/accessibility" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">myUMBC page</a></div>
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    <div><em>Office of Equity and Inclusion</em></div>
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    <li>Promoting and coordinating inclusive excellence, equity, and diversity practices</li>
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    <div>Administration Building, 9th Floor</div>
    <div>Phone: 410-455-1717</div>
    <div>Email: <a href="mailto:oei@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">oei@umbc.edu</a>
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    <div>Confidential online reporting/referral form available at <a href="http://oei.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">oei.umbc.edu</a>
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    <div><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/equityandinclusion" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">myUMBC page</a></div>
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    <div><span><a href="http://maps.google.com/?t=k&amp;z=18&amp;q=The%20Commons@39.2548571,-76.7110675" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">The Commons : COMM 331</a>vent will be hosted <strong>in person at the UMBC Commons.</strong></span></div>
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    <span>As undergraduate and graduate student populations have become more and more diverse, institutions of higher education are getting much more proactive in their goals to hire faculty that are prepared to be mentors, researchers, and teachers who are inclusive and culturally competent (about time, right?). As such, many academic jobs require a Diversity Statement or a Commitment to Diversity Statement. </span><span>This is a way for applicants to demonstrate they have the commitments and capacities to contribute to the institution’s goals of diversity, inclusion, and equity via their work (personally and professionally) and their lived experiences. </span><div><br></div>
    <div>Come learn more about how to craft these statements, how they are often scored, and <span>ways you can do additional work NOW before the job market to demonstrate the values you have. </span><div><span><br></span></div>
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    <span> </span>Looking forward to seeing you in person! <span>If you have any questions, please contact Yarazeth Medina at <a href="mailto:yarazeth@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">yarazeth@umbc.edu</a>.</span>
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