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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">Greetings UO Senate, </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">I’m writing to you as an ASUO Senator and as a fellow UO Senator. First, thank you again for your support with ASUO on the past resolution about supporting student I-fee autonomy and student tickets. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">Recently, the Black Lives Matter Committee of the ASUO Senate has written two proposed resolutions. The first discussed increased programming, retention, and funding for the success of Black and
Indigenous students at the UO. This second resolution discusses the relationship with the University of Oregon Police Department and the contracts with prison labor. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">To make our statement as impactful as possible, we’re asking for the support of many organizations, committees, student groups, faculty and staff, and other statewide leadership. We are still in
the preliminary stages of the outreach for sponsors, but we expect to receive the sponsors of our past resolution and more. I’ve attached the first resolution “</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700">ASUO Senate Resolution 006:
Campus and Resource Accessibility for BIPOC Students” </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">as a pdf
</span><a href="https://uoregon-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/senpres_uoregon_edu/ERk8AQ93RVlGmqabZhquawkBzWGIocdJoKaoEcnHvi2mcA?e=NdM2TC" id="OWA952daa6a-ae95-d971-b524-9a65b7a4e97e" class="OWAAutoLink _1qJHlPfY83WgqLBJTIZPj" style="0" data-ogsc="">here</a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">,
and since this second resolution, “</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700">ASUO Senate Resolution 008: Defund the University of Oregon Police Department (UOPD) and Divest from Prison Labor”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400"> is
a draft, it is available as a google document </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-ETQplM4mf5tiG9T4G1WwSQEBcN2iX1xZuP5JME11Xc/edit?usp=sharing"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17, 85, 204);font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none">here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">If you would be interested in sponsoring this resolution (which means name/title on the sponsor line), please let me know by this
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700">Sunday, the 7th at noon</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">. You may sponsor it with your position as a UO Senator, department/program title, or even with
a community group affiliation.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">If you have any thoughts, questions or concerns that you want shared with the committee writing this bill, please let me know by
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700">Friday the 6th at 4pm</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400"> before our next meeting. The other senators, Annika Mayne and Jenna Travers are also a part of
the UO Senate and this committee at ASUO and will also take concerns, questions, or comments about this resolution as well. You can reach Annika at
</span><a href="mailto:asuosenate07@uoregon.edu"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17, 85, 204);font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none">asuosenate07@uoregon.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">,
and Jenna at </span><a href="mailto:asuosenate08@uoregon.edu"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17, 85, 204);font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none">asuosenate08@uoregon.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">.
Lastly, I've also CC'd the ASUO Senate President and Chair of the Senate Black Lives Matter Committee. </span></p>
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