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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear members of the Senate Exec,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I attach a first draft of the Senate Resolution for which we gave notice at the last Senate meeting. This draft is based on the template offered by the
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">higher education committee of the African American Policy Forum (AAPF), with modifications that specify our ongoing efforts at the University of Oregon both to affirm academic freedom and to specifically study
and teach about the history and ongoing relevance of structural racism in in the US.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Please have a look and be prepared to discuss at Wednesday’s meeting.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Spike<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#767171">Spike Gildea <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#767171">Professor of Linguistics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#767171">President of the University Senate, 2021-2022</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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