<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">From MBL’s director…<div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Julie Huber &lt;<a href="mailto:jhuber@whoi.edu" class="">jhuber@whoi.edu</a>&gt;<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Fwd: Fw: #ShutDownSTEM</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">June 9, 2020 at 3:23:59 PM EDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">C D I &lt;<a href="mailto:cdi@whoi.edu" class="">cdi@whoi.edu</a>&gt;<br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class="">
  

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            <b class="">Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 9, 2020 3:18 PM<br class="">
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              <span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif" class="">Tomorrow,
                June 10, academics and science professionals around the
                country will be participating in
                <a href="https://www.shutdownstem.com/" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">#ShutDownSTEM</a>, a grassroots
                initiative that aims “to hit pause, to give Black
                academics a break and to give others an opportunity to
                reflect on their own complicity in anti-Black racism in
                academia and their local and global communities.” </span></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;margin:0in 0in
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                MBL acknowledges and supports all faculty and staff who
                wish to participate in these activities. As such, all
                MBL events for that day have been canceled and staff are
                encouraged to cancel meetings. In line with the goals of
                the initiative, faculty and staff may choose to use the
                day to educate themselves about racial disparity&nbsp;and
                systemic oppression&nbsp;that plagues our nation as we work
                toward change, both nationally and locally. Employees
                who are participating in #ShutDownSTEM may use their
                paid time off.&nbsp;Requests for time off should be made
                through UltiPro.
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              <span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif" class="">In
                addition, a peaceful march around Eel Pond in defense of
                Black Lives will be held in Woods Hole tomorrow at 1:00
                PM (see attached information). All are encouraged to
                attend (no use of PTO is needed). Parking is available
                in any MBL on-campus lot. Please remember that the MBL
                is still officially working under a reduced on-campus
                staffing scenario.
                <span style="" class="">If you are not currently
                  cleared to work on campus and choose to participate in
                  the march, you should not go into your office or labs
                  before or after the event.</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class="">
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              <span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif" class="">Visit&nbsp;<a href="http://www.shutdownstem.com/" title="http://www.shutdownstem.com/" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">www.shutdownstem.com</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.particlesforjustice.org/" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">www.particlesforjustice.org</a>
                for more information and resources for ways that you can
                get involved and share it with others.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class="">
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              <span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif" class="">The
                MBL is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse
                community. Tomorrow’s events are just one step in the
                journey toward creating real and lasting change.
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              <span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif" class="">Nipam
                H. Patel<br class="">
                Director</span></div>
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    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Julie A. Huber, PhD
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
266 Woods Hole Rd, MS51
Woods Hole, MA 02543
508-289-2556
@julesdeep
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