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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red;background:white">PLEASE do not reply to this email, contact
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red;background:white">Office of Family Engagement and Equity at
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:ofee@berkeley.net" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">ofee@berkeley.net</span></a><span style="color:red;background:white">.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red;background:white">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Dear BUSD families,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">We wanted to let you know about two upcoming events of special interest:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#990000">May 17: “Learning Exchange” workshops to build supportive schools</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">District families, students and staff are invited to a special “Learning Exchange” on
</span><span class="m2362906245734819993gmail-m-6993186205689608160gmail-aqj"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">May 20</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> at Longfellow
Middle School.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><img border="0" width="331" height="205" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.png@01D2CA60.398849F0" alt="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/wVOQDCWD8BwQvlUz9eCD5rBs2GSjukN_FrS2gw2Flio2sOVagChe9x4Vzye_x7DYFGfQVqyf-Nsu9k5UD_QxXMv9Tx6J-0vOq0wixFDLAki5Qf40l-XH7sVCW6cNl4YyStHTBT_t"></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The event -- from
</span><span class="m2362906245734819993gmail-m-6993186205689608160gmail-aqj"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">--
will include community dialogue and interactive workshops to build resiliency and community to counter fear and xenophobia.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Topics, designed for youth and adults, include:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">• Know your Rights for youth, & Youth Empowerment and Leadership</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">• Dynamic mindfulness with Niroga Institute</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">• Support strategies with Berkeley Mental Health
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">• Developing a Family Preparedness Plan</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">• Art with Muralist Edith Boone</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">• Music with organizer Francisco Herrera</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">• Community Gardening/Environmental Justice</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">A light breakfast and full lunch will be served. Translation and free childcare also will be available.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">You can view the event flyer in
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><a href="http://www.berkeleyschools.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Longfellow-Learning-Exchange-Flyer-May-20th-updated-5.4.17.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">English</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
and </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><a href="http://www.berkeleyschools.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/May-20-learning-exchange-flyer-spanish-2.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">Spanish</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Please RSVP by
</span><span class="m2362906245734819993gmail-m-6993186205689608160gmail-aqj"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">May 17</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> to
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><a href="mailto:ofee@berkeley.net" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">ofee@berkeley.net</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The event is sponsored by the BUSD Office of Family Engagement and Equity (OFEE), District English Learner Advisory Committee
(DELAC), the PTA and Parents of the Children of African Descent (PCAD).</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">__________________________________________________</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#990000">May 25: Free showing of “Screenagers" film on family struggles over screen time</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">BUSD families are invited to a free screening of the award-winning film "<a href="https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/03/15/in-screenagers-what-to-do-about-too-much-screen-time/?_r=0" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#1155CC">Screenagers</span></b></a>,"
which explores family struggles over screen time, including social media, cell phones and internet addiction.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">When:
<span class="m2362906245734819993gmail-m-6993186205689608160gmail-aqj">Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 6:30pm (</span>doors open at
<span class="m2362906245734819993gmail-m-6993186205689608160gmail-aqj">6pm)</span></span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Where: Berkeley High School Library, 1980 Alston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">"Screenagers"</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"> looks at the impact of screen time on kids and offers solutions on how
we can help kids find balance. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The
<a href="https://www.screenagersmovie.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">film's website</span></a> includes a trailer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The director, Dr. Delaney Ruston, decided to make "<span class="m2362906245734819993gmail-m-6993186205689608160gmail-il">Screenagers"</span><i>
</i>when she found herself constantly struggling with her own two kids about screen time. This is depicted along with many other stories in the film. Dr. Ruston has won several awards for her work using films to create movements for social change and has been
invited to give talks to all types of audiences around the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span class="m2362906245734819993gmail-m-6993186205689608160gmail-il"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Screenagers</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">'
producer Lisa Tabb will attend the screening and moderate the discussion following the film. Both she and Ruston graduated from Berkeley High in the mid-1980s.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Parents can bring their kids of all ages to see the film and participate in the post-screening discussions.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The event is being hosted by the BUSD Office of Family Engagement and Equity and Berkeley High School. F</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">lyers</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
in English and Spanish can be </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><a href="http://www.berkeleyschools.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Screenagers-Poster-EnglishSpanish.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">viewed on
the District website</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">.
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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