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<div dir="ltr">Sharing the message we shared to our SBCTC staff this afternoon. If anyone finds it helpful to share, forward, or borrow any parts of, feel free to. <span></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr">Be gentle with yourselves, and I hope you find moments of rest and respite in the coming days.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Onward,</div>
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<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium", sans-serif;color:rgb(31, 56, 100)"><b>Sophia Kristina R. Agtarap (she/siya)</b></span></p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>From:</b> SBCTC EDI Team <edi@sbctc.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 27, 2023 2:59 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> SBCTC All Staff <SBCTCAllStaff@sbctc.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> An invitation to gather and process after recent violence in our communities
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colleagues–</span></span></p>
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<span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0" style="margin:0px; font-variant-ligatures:none!important; color:rgb(36,36,36); font-size:12pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Lato,Lato_EmbeddedFont,Lato_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">We
have much to mourn and process. Today, video footage of the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols–a
</span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW47160422 BCX0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px; background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:left bottom; border-bottom:1px solid transparent">29-year-old</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"> Black
man who died days after a traffic stop by police, is set to be released today by the city of Memphis, sometime after 7pm Eastern.</span></span></p>
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<span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0" style="margin:0px; font-variant-ligatures:none!important; color:rgb(36,36,36); font-size:12pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Lato,Lato_EmbeddedFont,Lato_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">Last
weekend, members of our communities in Monterey Park, California and Half Moon Bay, California were targets of gun violence. Monterey Park victims were celebrating Lunar new year at Star Ballroom Dance Studio, and victims of Half Moon Bay were working in the
greenhouses of </span></span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0" style="margin:0px; font-variant-ligatures:none!important; color:rgb(65,65,65); font-size:12pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Lato,Lato_EmbeddedFont,Lato_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">California
Terra Garden and </span></span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0" style="margin:0px; font-variant-ligatures:none!important; color:rgb(36,36,36); font-size:12pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Lato,Lato_EmbeddedFont,Lato_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">Concord
Farms. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW47160422 BCX0 ContentPasted0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Lato,Lato_EmbeddedFont,Lato_MSFontService,sans-serif; color:rgb(36,36,36)"> </span></p>
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<span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0" style="margin:0px; color:rgb(36,36,36); font-size:12pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Lato,Lato_EmbeddedFont,Lato_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0 ContentPasted0" style="font-variant-ligatures:none!important; margin:0px">These
conversations and critical analysis of systems of brutality that we </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW47160422 BCX0 ContentPasted0" style="font-variant-ligatures:none!important; margin:0px; background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:left bottom; border-bottom:1px solid transparent">see</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0 ContentPasted0" style="font-variant-ligatures:none!important; margin:0px"> and
experience cannot be devoid of actions that address s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0 ContentPasted0" style="font-variant-ligatures:none!important; margin:0px">tructures
</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:none!important">and ideologies that have fostered isolation and othering.</span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0 ContentPasted0" style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:Lato,Lato_EmbeddedFont,Lato_MSFontService,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:none">The
impacts of violence are far reaching, and we carry these impacts with </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW47160422 BCX0 ContentPasted0" style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:Lato,Lato_EmbeddedFont,Lato_MSFontService,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:none; background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:left bottom; border-bottom:1px solid transparent">us
as</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0 ContentPasted0" style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:Lato,Lato_EmbeddedFont,Lato_MSFontService,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:none"> they become compounded with other traumas we experience
individually and collectively.</span></p>
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<span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0" style="margin:0px; font-variant-ligatures:none!important; color:rgb(34,34,34); font-size:12pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Lato,Lato_EmbeddedFont,Lato_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">The
word that comes to mind to express this deep, recurring sorrow is lament. </span>
<span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">There is an inclination to feel helplessness or hopelessness, and sometimes that is what’s necessary.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"> But
lament, when experienced in community, allows us to gather what is possible and what is necessary to do that work that brings about a more just and equitable world. </span></span></p>
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<span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0" style="margin:0px; font-variant-ligatures:none!important; color:rgb(36,36,36); font-size:12pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Lato,Lato_EmbeddedFont,Lato_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">With
the support of our executive director, Paul Francis, we </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">extend our full support to you, our SBCTC colleagues.
</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">In the coming days</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">,
</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">please watch for a zoom invitation to
</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">collectively process the events of the last few weeks.
</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">It is an optional gathering, knowing some in the organization may find it helpful</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"> and
even necessary</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">.</span></span></p>
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<span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0" style="margin:0px; font-variant-ligatures:none!important; color:rgb(36,36,36); font-size:12pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Lato,Lato_EmbeddedFont,Lato_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">The
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) has shared guidance and resources in the attached PDF, as suggestions to care for yourself and others in the aftermath of community violence. </span></span></p>
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<span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0" style="margin:0px; font-variant-ligatures:none!important; color:rgb(36,36,36); font-size:12pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Lato,Lato_EmbeddedFont,Lato_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">The
services of EAP are confidential and free, and they can be reached at 877-313-4455.
</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">Please keep the attached information readily available, as one of many ways to support yourself or one another.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47160422 BCX0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW47160422 BCX0 ContentPasted0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Lato,Lato_EmbeddedFont,Lato_MSFontService,sans-serif; color:rgb(36,36,36)"> </span></p>
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gentle with yourself and with one another.</span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
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