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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Hello Senators,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">I should have given you an update earlier, but I was exhausted after the intense negotiations between the student protestors and administrators over the UO-Gaza encampment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">The Senate played a key facilitation role in the negotiations. This OPB article nicely summarizes our Senate’s role in the matter:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><a href="https://www.opb.org/article/2024/05/23/students-end-encampment-university-of-oregon-deal-reached/">https://www.opb.org/article/2024/05/23/students-end-encampment-university-of-oregon-deal-reached/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">My goal was to resolve the conflict peacefully, which kept me motivated - especially when negotiations almost broke down a few times. As the Senate helped to resolve the conflict
peacefully, we demonstrated the power of shared governance. The Senate's facilitation role in future campus conflicts could be an excellent model for development.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Here is the UO-Gaza Encampment Agreement facilitated by the UO Senate:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><a href="https://freespeech.uoregon.edu/sites/default/files/2024-05/Encampment%20Resolution%20Agreement%205%2022%2024.pdf">https://freespeech.uoregon.edu/sites/default/files/2024-05/Encampment%20Resolution%20Agreement%205%2022%2024.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to everyone who participated in this process. Your dedication and hard work made this peaceful resolution possible.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">I’ll see everyone in person at our last Senate meeting next week.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Gerard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Gerard Francisco Sandoval,</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"> PhD</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Senate</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none">Professor, </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://pppm.uoregon.edu/" target="_blank" title="https://pppm.uoregon.edu/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:blue;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none">School
of Planning, Public Policy and Management</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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