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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Student Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please see below. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ellen<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">*********************************************<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ellen Hawley McWhirter, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> National Letter Team <national.letterteam@gmail.com>
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<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, October 4, 2020 7:20 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ellen McWhirter <ellenmcw@uoregon.edu>; Benedict McWhirter <benmcw@uoregon.edu>; Angie Whalen <awhalen@uoregon.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Clinical and Counseling Students for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - Call for Action<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Hi there,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:yellow">Would you be willing to forward this email to all psychology graduate students under your program?</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Thank you,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Members of CCS-DEI</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Dear psychology graduate students, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The Clinical and Counseling Graduate Students for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (CCS-DEI) is a newly formed student-led national committee focused on addressing and promoting
diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice within clinical and counseling psychology graduate training programs. School psychology graduate students are also encouraged to join! We aim to amplify the voices of students from historically underrepresented backgrounds
within the field of psychology both within and beyond our group. CCS-DEI provides a space for students to ask questions, discuss topics, and learn from others through Zoom and Slack.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">How to join</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">
<b>CCS-DEI </b>(graduate students only at this time) - Fill out this </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/forms.gle/W4MRQhv1u4LAcyM19__;!!JmPEgBY0HMszNaDT!8vXyPfjwHH8h14oM9RPpGE63EItU3PbxbUpPFrI-1y0W5_YaEZKSpD3hrHosBIT81PUJ$" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0563C1">form</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">There are several current initiatives under CCS-DEI (more details on the attached flyer). The main initiatives we need assistance with are:
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#6AA84F">URGENT - Commission on Accreditation Feedback DUE OCT. 9,
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#6AA84F">2020 at 2pm PST/5pm EST</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">APA Commission on Accreditation is requesting
<i>public</i> commentary for the Standards of Accreditation for clinical, counseling and school psychology (Health Service Psychology).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<![if !supportLists]><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></i><![endif]><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We are calling for the improvement of diversity training requirements for clinical, counseling, and school psychology doctoral programs!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">c.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We have organized an effort to submit public comments to the APA Commission on Accreditation. We are asking for as many people as possible to submit comments. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#6AA84F">It takes only 5 minutes!</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#6AA84F"> See attached flyer
<i>or <b>go to </b></i><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/tinyurl.com/apacomment__;!!C5qS4YX3!UTZBJI7wRqsv6-RVSjS2M2jzvit6RtqTZtLEkwYmTytYTCxJCRSpwqPR97Tj4yFRx9Y$" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="color:#6AA84F">tinyurl.com/apacomment</span></i></b></a><b>.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">National Call to Action Letter</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">- to demand the dismantling of current diversity training requirements and create more effective
antiracist policies that aim to address Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) equity and social justice within our training programs/models. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">How to join</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> - fill out this <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/forms.gle/2Kc7Br3THHSQe5PW9__;!!JmPEgBY0HMszNaDT!8vXyPfjwHH8h14oM9RPpGE63EItU3PbxbUpPFrI-1y0W5_YaEZKSpD3hrHosBKZFVaOZ$" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">form</span></a>
| <b>Contact</b>: <a href="mailto:national.letterteam@gmail.com" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#0563C1">national.letterteam@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1D1C1D">In solidarity,<br>
Members of CCS-DEI</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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