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<strong>Sent:</strong> Sunday, February 5, 2023, 10:04 AM<br>
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<strong>Cc:</strong> Sophia Agtarap <sagtarap@sbctc.edu><br>
<strong>Subject:</strong> [DEOC] Inside Higher Ed article: Realities of DEI work in higher ed<br>
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<div>Good morning! Y'all have been on my heart this week.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">A friend and DEI colleague in my doctoral program shared this article with me last night. You may have already come across it, but if not, I hope it's both a reminder that our struggles in this work are shared <span style="font-size:inherit">across
many institutions and that this work, as important as it is, simultaneously does not require martyrs of us and our people. </span></div>
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<div dir="ltr">I know for some, it names very clearly what you have obseeved and experienced in your institutions and in this field. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">Please know that however I/we at the state board can advocate, advance, come alongside you, we are ready.</div>
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:inherit"><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2023/02/03/frustrated-dei-staff-are-leaving-their-jobs">https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2023/02/03/frustrated-dei-staff-are-leaving-their-jobs</a><br>
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:inherit">Love to you all this day.</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:inherit">Onward,</span></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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