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Faculty, staff, and students are invited to join the first in a webcast series on Sunday, June 7, to inspire critical dialogue and meaningful action, hosted by the Aptly Outspoken! Collective, which includes members of the Faculty of Arts.</p>
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<b>WHAT: </b>Racial Grief and the Need for Black Body Acknowledgements<b></b></p>
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<b>WHEN: </b>Sunday, June 7<sup>th</sup>, 6pm EST<b></b></p>
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<b>HOW: </b><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/aptlyoutspoken/home?authuser=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">Please register to join</a>, and a link for the livestream event will be sent to you, followed by
a link to the recorded event</p>
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<b>Moderator:</b></p>
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<a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/communication-arts/people-profiles/vershawn-young" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">Vershawn Ashanti Young, JD, PhD</a></p>
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<b>Panelists:</b></p>
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<a href="https://sites.google.com/view/aptlyoutspoken/who-we-be?authuser=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">The Aptly Outspoken Collective</a> with special guest panelist, <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fuwaterloo.ca%2Fhistory%2Fpeople-profiles%2Fchristopher-taylor&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFPQ4wQJ4Ag6m2Z7FIv0KT8KRw83A" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">Christopher
Taylor, PhD</a></p>
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APTLY OUTSPOKEN! is a collective of anti-racist, cross-racial allies/accomplices who are disgusted and saddened by the senseless killing of <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FDeath_of_George_Floyd&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEUl9FHgzsM2QcAJJrW7qoLzoY3AQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">Mr.
George Floyd (1973-2020)</a>, another Black man, by police.<a href="https://sites.google.com/view/aptlyoutspoken/who-we-be?authuser=0#h.wwcwhgc22p75" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"></a></p>
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APTLY OUTSPOKEN! is committed to using speech communication and writing to intervene into the daily and oppressive treatment of living black bodies in the USA and Canada. </p>
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APTLY OUTSPOKEN! is mostly --but not only--a group of academics, PhD type folk, who teach and research in the areas of American studies, Canadian history, education, language, law, performance, theatre, and more. </p>
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<a href="https://sites.google.com/view/aptlyoutspoken/what-it-do?authuser=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">Visit Aptly Outspoken! for upcoming webcasts in this series</a>.</p>
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Sent on behalf of Vershawn Young.</p>
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