<div dir="ltr"><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"><br></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>October 20</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>. I understand that </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:17.3333px">this is a little short notice, but I would like to take a quick pulse of the community before the upcoming CSSC meeting at the end of October (that stated, feel free to email me at any time with any concerns).</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><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="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:17.3333px">We look forward to seeing everyone and getting their input. </span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13pt">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><br></div>