[Uosenate] #ShutDownSTEM and #ShutDownAcademia this Wednesday - I will be absent from the Senate

[Edward Davis]

Senate colleagues,

If you haven't seen it yet, there has been a call to take Wednesday, June 10, as a day for White and non-Black People of Color in the academy to educate themselves on institutional racism in the USA, reflect on their position in this system, and define a detailed plan of action for them to carry forward. I will not attend the UO Senate meeting on Wednesday out of respect for this call and the national moment we are in. I will be working with the Department of Earth Sciences to hold a departmental forum for discussing these issues and coming up with a departmental plan of action for improving representation and inclusion in our field. I suggest that the rest of you should think about holding similar meetings with your units to define a path of action.

More information about #ShutDownAcademia is available here:

https://www.shutdownstem.com/

Be well,

Edward
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