<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Dear all,<br><br></div>Thank you to Rebecca for sending this email, and I would like to add my personal thoughts and offer of support to all of you. Please, if any of you need to talk, don't hesitate in walking into my office or the SOARS office. Our doors are always open and we will always make time for you. <br><br>To those of you who are part of the LGBTQIA and Latinx community: this weekend has been incredibly rough and sad for our community. This shooting happened during LGBTQ Pride month, when we celebrate our identities and our community's collective courage, and also support each other in our losses. I am proud, every day, to be a part of such a resilient, vibrant, courageous, colorful, creative, and fiercely loving community, and to offer my unreserved support to all communities of colour. I want to urge you all to find the support you need and reach out if you need to talk. <br><br>To those of you who are part of the Muslim community, I also want to offer my support. The actions of one individual do not define a faith; we have your back at all times, and especially right now. Our offices are safe spaces for you. <br></div><br></div>To all of you: please look out for your friends and colleagues. Talk to each other and be kind to each other, and please let me know if there's anything you need. <br><div><div><br>All the best, <br><br>Carolyn<br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 3:57 PM, Rebecca Haacker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rhaacker@ucar.edu" target="_blank">rhaacker@ucar.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">Dear all,<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">In the light of the terrible tragedy in Orlando this weekend, I want to reach out to all of you and offer my support. This has been an incredibly sad weekend for all of us, especially for those of us in the LGBTQ or Hispanic community. I want to assure you that you are supported by all of us here at NCAR. Equally I am reaching out to our peers of Muslim faith, as it is heart breaking so see an entire faith being blamed for the actions of one sick individual (in some media outlets and commentary). <br><br>If you need to talk, you can come see me or my staff in the SOARS/ASP offices - we are on the second floor of FL2,
opposite the 2006 conference room. If you are up at the Mesa Lab, you
can come and find either me in the ASP offices (ML 185, x8623) or Carolyn Brinkworth, ML186, x1137.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">If you are hosted/ funded by ASP and are directly impacted and need to travel to Florida to be with family and friends, please call Paula or I. We will try to help. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">Kind regards,<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">Rebecca<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><br><br><br></div><div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><pre cols="72"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Rebecca Haacker<br><span><pre cols="72"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Director </span><span></span></pre></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">SOARS Program<br>UCAR Center for Science Education<br><a href="http://soars.ucar.edu" target="_blank">soars.ucar.edu</a><br><br></span></pre><pre cols="72"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Advanced Study Program<br></span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">National Center for Atmospheric Researc</span>h<br><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="http://asp.ucar.edu" target="_blank">asp.ucar.edu</a><br><br></span></pre><pre cols="72"><span><pre cols="72"><span><pre cols="72"><span><pre cols="72"><span><pre cols="72"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Office: <a href="tel:303-497-8623" value="+13034978623" target="_blank">303-497-8623</a><br>Email: <a href="mailto:rhaacker@ucar.edu" target="_blank">rhaacker@ucar.edu</a></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><br></pre></span></pre></span></pre></span><span><pre cols="72"><span><pre cols="72"><span><pre cols="72"><span><pre cols="72"><span></span></pre></span></pre></span></pre></span></pre></span></pre></span> </pre>
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