<div dir="ltr"><font size="2">To our College of Engineering family,<br></font><div><font size="2">In
the midst of the myriad unfortunate events plaguing our lives right
now, this email is simply to reach out to you to extend our empathy and
our solidarity. Hope you are all doing as well as you can amidst the
turmoil!</font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">
If you experience or
witness acts of bias or racism, OR acts that contribute in POSITIVE ways
to our community, you can report those using the I<a href="https://diversity.sdsu.edu/initiatives/inclusive">nclusive SDSU system</a><a href="https://diversity.sdsu.edu/initiatives/inclusive" target="_blank"></a>. </font> <div><font size="2">Chief Diversity Officer at SDSU - Dr. Luke Wood - shared his views in an article published in the <a href="https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/story/2020-06-06/10-black-san-diegans-write-about-their-lives-racial-justice-and-police-brutality" target="_blank">Union Tribune recently</a>. Many faculty have <a href="https://diversity.sdsu.edu/initiatives/pledge-submission" target="_blank">pledged</a>
their support to the Black Community on campus. If this is of interest
to you, please feel free to explore the opportunity. As you may already
know from Dr. Nola Butler's email, the Senate has recently passed a
historic resolution <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">to
improve training of future law enforcement officers. Last but not the
least, there is a movement on social media to reserve <a href="https://www.shutdownstem.com/">June 10th</a> as a day for members in academia to show
solidarity towards the African American community. Academics may use the day to reflect, discuss, and take
action to support our Black colleagues. If you need ideas for actions
you can take, please check out the <a href="https://diversity.sdsu.edu/resources/resources_response_racial_violence">resources made available</a> to you by the University's DDI Council. </span></span></font><br><font size="2"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span></font></div></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">May
all these positive efforts contribute to the healing and the
restoration of humanitarianism. Wishing you peace and positivity.</span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Sincerely and warmly,<br></span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">The College of Engineering DEI Team</span></span></font></div><font size="2">
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“I have pledged to take action to create a welcoming climate for
SDSU's African-American community, and I invite you to join me. To learn
how, visit <a href="https://sdsu.edu/pledge" title="SDSU Pledge" style="color:rgb(204,0,0)" target="_blank">sdsu.edu/pledge</a>"
</font></div><div>Mahasweta Sarkar, Ph.D<br>Professor and Graduate Advisor<br>Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering<br>San Diego State University</div><div>Education Co-Director<div>Center for Neuro Technology (CNT)<br></div>San Diego, California, USA<br>Email: <a href="mailto:msarkar2@sdsu.edu" target="_blank">msarkar2@sdsu.edu</a><br>Phone: 619-594-7797<br>URL: <a href="https://sweta.sdsu.edu" target="_blank">http://sweta.sdsu.edu</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>