<div dir="ltr"><span id="m_-4075855172184660046gmail-docs-internal-guid-4986cf01-7fff-303d-9bee-2b45a41d06ff"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hello everyone -</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We invite you to take a short survey on engagement, recruitment, and retention practices at NCAR/UCAR/UCP into STEM careers at our organization. The survey takes approximately 10 minutes to complete and will close on Friday, November 19.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YV323JZ" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Survey link</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This survey is part of the UCAR President’s Strategic Initiative Fund project “Creating a cross-institution strategy to effectively engage with Latinx/Hispanic Communities,” led by Lorena Medina Luna, where a team of scientists, educators, and HR specialists are working to assess:</span></p><br><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Engagement, recruitment, and retention efforts currently taking place at our organization with Latinx/Hispanic communities</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Gaps that exist in these efforts</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Opportunities for cross-institutional collaborations to create new culturally-appropriate engagement and recruitment efforts towards increasing interest in pursuing careers in Earth system sciences at NCAR/UCAR/UCP.</span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As part of this assessment, we developed this </span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YV323JZ" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">short survey</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to collect NCAR/UCAR/UCP staff feedback</span><span style="font-size:11pt;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"> on recruitment and retention of STEM professionals, as well as education and engagement activities, at NCAR/UCAR/UCP. Your feedback will be anonymously compiled into a report by an external evaluator to help our organization create more equitable and effective engagement and recruitment activities with Latino/a/x staff.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;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">Please help us by taking the time to complete this short survey and by encouraging your colleagues to do so, too!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We will also be holding a focus group session related to this topic, currently scheduled for Thursday, November 18 from 1:00-2:30 pm MT</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. If you are interested in participating in this focus group, please directly contact our external evaluator, Susana Morales, at</span><span style="font-size:11pt;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"> </span><a href="mailto:susana@leapsolutions.com" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">susana@leapsolutions.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> by Monday, November 15.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you have any questions about this survey or our project, please contact us at </span><a href="mailto:ncar-education@ucar.edu" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ncar-education@ucar.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Apologies in advance for folks who may receive this email multiple times.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you for your feedback!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Cheers,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dan Zietlow, on behalf of Lorena Medina Luna</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p></span>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Daniel W. Zietlow, Ph.D.<div>(he/him/his)<br>Educational Designer & Filmmaker<br><div>NCAR Education and Outreach<br>303-497-1662<br><br><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">I acknowledge that the land I live and work on is the Traditional Territory of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, </span><span style="color:rgb(33,37,41)">Očeti Šakówiŋ (Sioux) and </span></font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,37,41)">Núu-agha-tʉvʉ-pʉ̱ (Ute)</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">. </span><a href="https://native-land.ca/" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Colorado's Front Range</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> is a contemporary and traditional site of trade and gathering for many Indigenous peoples. </span></div></div></div></div></div></div>