<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13pt">Greetings CEDAR Community and DEI Enthusiasts,</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">As summer ends, and we get back to school, it is a great time to come together and talk DEI! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Please come and join us to have a friendly chat and discussion about DEI related topics in the CEDAR Community and the world at large on <u><b>September 29</b></u></span>^{<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><u><b>th</b></u></span>}<span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><u><b>, 2022 from 8:30-9:30 pm Eastern Time</b></u>.</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://njit.webex.com/meet/lvg4" target="_blank">Here is the webex link to join</a>. We will also be posting the webex information on the CEDAR DEI Slack Channel</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">(<a href="https://app.slack.com/client/T0155SNDV46/C0162969NJE/details/top" title="https://app.slack.com/client/T0155SNDV46/C0162969NJE/details/top" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(149,79,114)">https://app.slack.com/client/T0155SNDV46/C0162969NJE/details/top</span></a>). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">At this meeting, please come prepared to debrief from CEDAR 2022 and to discuss returning to campus. </span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13pt">We look forward to seeing everyone and getting their input. Hope to see you there!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Best wishes,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The DEI Task force (Katrina Bossert, </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:17.3333px">Phil Erickson, Lindsay Goodwin,</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:17.3333px"> </span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">McArthur Jones</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:17.3333px">, </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:17.3333px">Komal Kumari,</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:17.3333px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:17.3333px">Meghan Lemay,</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:17.3333px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:17.3333px">Huixin Liu,</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:17.3333px"> </span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Susan Nossal, Andrew Pepper, Zishun Qiao, </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:17.3333px">Julio Urbina,</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:17.3333px"> </span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Jia Yue, and </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:17.3333px">Matthew Zettergren</span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13pt">)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">--PS: If you would like to express support for the CEDAR DEI Task Force and support the Actionable Items listed in the google doc above, please sign the CEDAR DEI Statement and Call to Action (<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kimmOV-95pJud2smbYrx0UrPdcOpvEKrfeQjw0UPXQQ/edit?usp=sharing" title="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kimmOV-95pJud2smbYrx0UrPdcOpvEKrfeQjw0UPXQQ/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(149,79,114)">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kimmOV-95pJud2smbYrx0UrPdcOpvEKrfeQjw0UPXQQ/edit?usp=sharing</span></a>), if you haven’t already.</span></p></div>