[Pols-announce] things we can do and a June 10 event

[Haider-Markel, Donald Patrick]

For those of you looking for ways to contribute to calls for action this week please see the message below from the chair of the Physics Department.
DHM


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Some in our department are joining a global day of action on June 10, affirming that Black Lives Matter in academia as well as in our communities.

This day of action is organized by Particles for Justice<https://www.particlesforjustice.org/> and led by physicists Dr. Brian Nord Jr and Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein.



If you are interested to learn more, please read this D<https://www.particlesforjustice.org/letter>ear Colleagues letter<https://www.particlesforjustice.org/letter> from Dr. Nord.

The call is asking for academics to not work on anything academic/research related on June 10 in order to give Black academics a break and a chance to breathe.

Particles for Justice folks started a petition<https://www.particlesforjustice.org/#sign> in order to collect signatures.



I will be joining these friends, collaborators and colleagues in their call to action. I encourage all of us to consider the actions we, as non-Black folks, can take in solidarity with our Black colleagues and to make our profession, departments, university more welcoming, affirming, and just.



Strike details: https://www.particlesforjustice.org/strike-details

Resources: https://www.particlesforjustice.org/resources



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There is also a Black-women led effort specifically targeting us folks in academia. There is a week of training and accountability to grow our consciousness of anti-Black racism,  to support Black Survival and Wellness in academia. The week starts June 19 (Juneteenth), and you can register as well as sign the call to action here: https://www.academics4blacklives.com/<https://slack-redir.net/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.academics4blacklives.com%2F> I also urge you to  donate to support the incredible effort and work that these primarily Black folks are doing to educate white academics.



Be well,
--hume.

Hume A. Feldman                                  Phone : +1-785-864-4626
Professor and Chair                                 FAX   : +1-785-864-5262
(he/him/his) Safe Zone Ally, First Gen

University of Kansas
Department of Physics & Astronomy
Malott Hall, Room 1082
1251 Wescoe Hall Drive
Lawrence, KS 66045-7550

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