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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">PLEASE do not reply to this email, contact Leaje Otila-Jordaun Morris
<a href="mailto:lomorris2019@berkeley.edu" target="_blank">lomorris2019@berkeley.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Black Recruitment and Retention Center, also know as BRRC or RCC</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">, is a black student run organization at the University of Berkeley.
 BRRC was founded in 1983 and serves as one of three pillar organizations, along with the African American Student Development Office and the Black Student Union, to advocate for black students on and off the campus of UC Berkeley. The mission of this multicultural
 resource center is the active recruitment of high school and community college students of color and to provide resources to them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sign up by October 14, 2017:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1st Workshop:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Title: Initial Personal Insight Questions Workshop<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Date: Saturday, October 28th, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Location: TBD, University of California, Berkeley<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Time: 10 AM- 1:30 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">2nd Workshop:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Title: Facilitating Onwards Conscious and Upward Success): Professional Development Training and Final Personal Insight Questions Workshop<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Date: Saturday, November 11th, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Location: TBD, University of California, Berkeley.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Time: 10 AM – 3 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">What should my students expect?:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We will have special guest speakers and UC Berkeley Alumni, inspiring panelists, and workshops geared towards professional development, personal insight questions, financial literacy and more!
 This workshop will serve as an informational session for students who need assistance with their personal insight questions, finding the ‘right fit’ for college, finding eligible scholarships and completing college applications.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">What skills will my students gain?:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Students who attend both workshops will gain the procedural knowledge necessary to successfully gain admission to Colleges and Universities as well as a specific insight into ‘Life as an African
 American student’ at the University of California, Berkeley.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Here is the link for students to register:</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">Marguerite Fa-Kaji and Dylan Kaufman are the parent-volunteer facilitators of the Etree; please direct any questions about the Etree to them at
</span><a href="mailto:bhs-owner@lmi.net"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">bhs-owner@lmi.net</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">BHS etree archives:
</span><a href="http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/" target="_blank" title="http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">BHS website:
</span><a href="http://bhs.berkeleyschools.net/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">http://bhs.berkeleyschools.net/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><a href="http://bit.ly/BUSDCalendar"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0;background:white">http://bit.ly/BUSDCalendar</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD;background:white"> 
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#17365D;background:white">BUSD Non-Discrimination Statement / la Política de No Discriminación:</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD;background:white"> </span><a href="http://bit.ly/BUSDNDPolicy" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue;background:white">http://bit.ly/BUSDNDPolicy</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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