<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><div style=""><div style=""><span id="m_7971333441746604665gmail-docs-internal-guid-51c3b519-7fff-3fef-31df-01b9b7a9562b" style=""><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="4" style="" face="times new roman, serif">Dear CoE Faculty & Staff,</font></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="4" face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="4" style="" face="times new roman, serif">Please read the below announcement from Cali Linfor, SDSU Professor of Equity, regarding the <i>Here and Queer Creative Space</i> Fall Events.</font></span></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:3pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="4"><u>Here & Queer Creative Space</u></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hosted by a queer poet faculty member, we will discuss what it means to be LGBTQIA+ in academia and center expression via poetry and collage for SDSU staff and faculty. </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Each session will have a prompt for our conversation and to guide our collective and individual making. </span></font></p><font size="4" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="4">In a set of 3 meetings in Fall with more possible in Spring 2023, this space hopes to curate a community that both nourishes and restores, celebrates and witnesses through co creation what it means to be queer and here in this moment, in this place, with multiple intersecting identities and with each other.  </font></span></p><font size="4" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="4">Participants must be able to attend a minimum of 2 sessions. </font></span></p><font size="4" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Meeting Dates</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: 10/26/22, 11/9/22, 11/30/22 </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Time and Day:</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> 3 Wednesdays, 4 pm-5:30 pm </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Location</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: Pride Center Multipurpose Room</span></font></p><font size="4" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="4">Please fill out the short application form to express your interest. We will include up to 10 participants. For any questions or concerns related to this creative space,  please contact Cali Linfor via email at <a href="mailto:clinfor@sdsu.edu" target="_blank">clinfor@sdsu.edu</a></font></span></p><font size="4" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br><a href="https://forms.gle/RBREp6Rc3WdczUVu8" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">C</span><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">lick on this link to apply!</span><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></font></span><font size="4" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font></div><font size="4" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">--</font><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">My best,  </div></div><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">--</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px"></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Cali Linfor, Lecturer  <a href="https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/diversity-inclusion/pronouns" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(38,89,134);background-color:transparent">(She, Her, Sometimes They)</a><br>Department of Rhetoric and Writing Studies </p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">San Diego State University </p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px"><a href="https://sacd.sdsu.edu/diversity-initiatives/professors-of-equity" target="_blank">Professor of Equity</a></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px"><a href="https://accessibility.sdsu.edu/instructional-materials/faculty-ambassadors" target="_blank">Universal Design for Learning Ambassador</a></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px"><a href="mailto:Clinfor@sdsu.edu" target="_blank">Clinfor@sdsu.edu</a><br></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">619-594-6515</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Location: Unceded Kumeyaay Land</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px"><img width="96" height="96" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4yfq6kac562E-8razCP_S1ljQGKE3ShulumpB6eQmsbJsChJqTgwvqH01_bghMLu0P7QKNpbvY" class="gmail-CToWUd"></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Proud Member of <a href="https://sacd.sdsu.edu/ergs/pride" target="_blank">Pride ERG</a> & <a href="https://sacd.sdsu.edu/ergs/ability-disability" target="_blank">Disability ERG</a></p></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large">Thank you,</div><div class="gmail_defaul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