<div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Hey everyone,</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I'm on the Workplace Climate Committee and we are co-sponsoring a Tiny Tea focusing on implicit bias. The last event discussed microagressions, and was a big success. </font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">RSVPs are coming in, but only one male has RSVP'ed so far. We think it's important to have all genders represented at these discussions, and the last tea definitely benefited from pretty equal representation. So if you are interested, please sign up. A</font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">t the very least it's an excuse to have some coffee and pastries and talk about something not science for a little bit! </span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">Details are below -- </font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="background:white">The<span> </span></span></span><a href="https://web.whoi.edu/wcc/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="background:white">Workplace Climate Committee</span></a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background:white">,<span> </span></span><a href="http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=36355" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="background:white">Women’s Committee</span></a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background:white">, and<span> </span></span><a href="https://web.whoi.edu/big/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="background:white">Broader Impacts Group</span></a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background:white"><span> </span>are hosting a “Tiny Tea” workplace climate discussion forum at WHOI on <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="gmail-aQJ" style="top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Wednesday, May 16, at 10 a.m.</span></span>, in Carriage House. The topic will be “Implicit Bias.” For background on this topic, we encourage you to read this short<span> </span></span><a href="https://www.chronicle.com/article/Yes-You-Have-Implicit-Biases/241797" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="background:white">article</span></a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background:white"><span> </span>and/or watch this short<span> </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVp9Z5k0dEE" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="background:white">video</span></a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background:white">. If you have specific examples of Implicit Bias that you would like to privately suggest for discussion, please email<span> </span></span><a href="mailto:wcc-chairs@whoi.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="background:white">wcc-chairs@whoi.edu</span></a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background:white"> before <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="gmail-aQJ" style="top: 2px; z-index: -1;">May 14</span></span>. The entire WHOI community is invited and encouraged to attend. Tea, coffee, and pastries will be provided. An RSVP is requested to help with planning (but <em>not </em>required). To RSVP, please reply to: </span><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1AOofhJOfJAEFTnqP-aLSvOHJLF5wSYGfAYvQx30gCbk/edit" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">https://docs.google.com/<wbr>forms/d/1AOofhJOfJAEFTnqP-<wbr>aLSvOHJLF5wSYGfAYvQx30gCbk/<wbr>edit</a></span><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Thanks!</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Adam</font></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Adam V. Subhas</div><div>WHOI/NOSAMS</div><div><a href="http://www.adamsubhas.com/" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">http://www.adamsubhas.com/</a><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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