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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.</div>
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<p style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px">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.</p>
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<p style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px">This day of action is organized by <a href="https://www.particlesforjustice.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px">Particles for Justice</a><b> </b>and led
by physicists Dr. Brian Nord Jr and Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein.</p>
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<p style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px">If you are interested to learn more, please read this <a href="https://www.particlesforjustice.org/letter" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px">D</a><a href="https://www.particlesforjustice.org/letter" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px">ear
Colleagues letter</a> from Dr. Nord.</p>
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<p style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px">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.</p>
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<p style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px">Particles for Justice folks started a <a href="https://www.particlesforjustice.org/#sign" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px">petition</a> in order to collect
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<p style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px">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. </p>
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<p style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px">Strike details: <a href="https://www.particlesforjustice.org/strike-details" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px">https://www.particlesforjustice.org/strike-details</a></p>
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<p style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px">Resources: <a href="https://www.particlesforjustice.org/resources" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px">https://www.particlesforjustice.org/resources</a></p>
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<p style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px"><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.particlesforjustice.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cfeldman%40ku.edu%7C048d827088e748d5014b08d8098c2941%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C1%7C637269845057446910&sdata=N5b0YaT88VnI%2F0min4RWW40zPJ7IyXO2FpbW9Q9aEYE%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px">www.particlesforjustice.org</a></p>
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<p style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px"><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shutdownstem.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cfeldman%40ku.edu%7C048d827088e748d5014b08d8098c2941%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C1%7C637269845057456901&sdata=s%2BNacmMHdhwYdrgl%2BFN4WoD0x5liqnRtRm6%2BfHbwI0o%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px">www.shutdownstem.com</a> <br>
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<p style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248)">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: </span><a href="https://slack-redir.net/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.academics4blacklives.com%2F" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif">https://www.academics4blacklives.com/</span></a><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248)"> I
also urge you to donate to support the incredible effort and work that these primarily Black folks are doing to educate white academics.</span></p>
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<p style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px">Be well,<br>
--hume.<br>
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Hume A. Feldman Phone : +1-785-864-4626<br>
Professor and Chair FAX : +1-785-864-5262<br>
(he/him/his) Safe Zone Ally, First Gen</p>
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Department of Physics & Astronomy<br>
Malott Hall, Room 1082<br>
1251 Wescoe Hall Drive<br>
Lawrence, KS 66045-7550</p>
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