<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">As ICE backs down and retreats from the courts, I thank everyone who has shown their support for international students. I’m very proud of those who have stood by the ethical principles of this organization.<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 14, 2020, at 2:40 PM, Barbara L'eplattenier <bleplatt@ualr.edu> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I've been teaching tech writing adjacent courses for some time now, but I still consider myself part of the field.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I wanted to express my gratitude for those who have done emotional work on the list and on twitter: calling out racist statements, leading the discussion, setting clear boundaries, providing history and background, and supporting those who have done all of that. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I've been lucky enough to teach BIPOC and international students, as well as students who, while American, have spent significant time overseas (Clinton School for Public Service students must work outside of the US for a semester: this is a wide range of work, like women's health policy, infrastructure work, and/or direct advocacy.) They have enriched--and changed--my worldview and my teaching.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I'm listening and re-examining my own practices and syllabi for the fall. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Barb L</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 11:12 AM Searsmith, Kelly Lin <<a href="mailto:kellydm@illinois.edu" target="_blank">kellydm@illinois.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<h2><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">Dear All,
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<h2><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">In service to creating systemic change to ensure greater inclusion for international students and BIPOC (I agree with my fellow UI alum, Tom Long, that action
is key), I’m sharing a link to the American Physics Society (APS) TEAM-UP report (January 2020), produced by the
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:normal">AIP National Task Force to Elevate African American Representation in Undergraduate Physics & Astronomy (TEAM-UP). The report is focused on Physics & Astronomy and on
UG ed, but it offers original research into persistent systemic barriers and provides a series of specific recommendations to enact systematic change, including at the level of professional societies. I hope that this report’s insights can contribute to the
tech comm community’s imagining ways to make a difference together here (especially with such active and able leadership) and wherever we are located separately.<u></u><u></u></span></h2>
<h2><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:normal">The detailed listing of the report’s findings and recommendations begins on p. 64. See Item 6; Change Management.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.aip.org/diversity-initiatives/team-up-task-force" target="_blank">https://www.aip.org/diversity-initiatives/team-up-task-force</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Best,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Kelly<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">_____________<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,114,196)">Kelly Searsmith, PhD</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,114,196)"> (English), Illini Certified Research Administrator
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,114,196)">(she, her, hers)<u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,114,196)">Technical Research Writer, Department of Physics, The Grainger College of Engineering</span></b><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,114,196)">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> (research administration, faculty writing services, writing and literacy curriculum and instruction)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(47,84,150)">Member, National Council of University Research Administrators
<i>(NCURA)</i><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(47,84,150)">Instructional Staff (Advanced Composition), Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control<b>
</b><i>(</i></span><a href="https://courses.physics.illinois.edu/phys280/sp2020/course-description.html" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(47,84,150)">PHYS/GLBL 280</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(47,84,150)">)<u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(47,84,150)">Ed.M. Candidate, Dept. of Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership--Higher Education
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(47,84,150)"> Concentration, College of Education<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">290Y Loomis Laboratory of Physics, 1110 W Green St., MC 704<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Urbana, IL 61801-3003<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">(217) 300-5336<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://physics.illinois.edu/people/directory/profile/kellydm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Physics Illinois</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">
/ </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-searsmith-15112b14/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">LinkedIn</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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