<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">PLEASE do not reply to this email, contact </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Irma Parker, <a href="mailto:ofee@berkeley.net">ofee@berkeley.net</a><span></span></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Courageous Conversations: </span><span class="gmail-im"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Digging Deeper to Engage in Conversations About Differences</span></span><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br><br><span class="gmail-im">Saturday, October 27, 2018</span><br><span class="gmail-im">10:00 am - 1:00 pm</span><br><span class="gmail-im">Berkeley High School Library</span><br><br><span class="gmail-im">This event will:</span><br><span class="gmail-im">        • Support participants in feeling more comfortable and willing to engage in conversations about differences</span><br><span class="gmail-im">        • Breakthrough skepticism about the effectiveness and usefulness of diversity and inclusion conversations</span><br><span class="gmail-im">        • Stimulate critical thinking about the definitions and meanings attached to key diversity-related terms, particularly:  social identity, power, privilege, intersectionality and cultural humility</span><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br><span class="gmail-im">Presented by: Berkeley High School Parent Resource Center/Office of Family Engagement and Equity.</span><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-im"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Facilitated by Jason Seals </span></span><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br><br><span class="gmail-im">Jason Seals currently serves as the Department Chair of Ethnic Studies and is a Professor of African American Studies at Merritt College where his work focuses on student preparation and development, innovative instructional practices, curriculum development, concurrent Enrollment and institutional learning outcomes.</span><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br><span class="gmail-im">All are welcome!</span><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span class="gmail-im">*Parents. *Caregivers  *Students *Counselors  *Certificated Staff  *Classified Staff  *Administrators  *Community Members</span><br><br><span class="gmail-im">For more information email</span><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-im"><a href="mailto:ofee@berkeley.net" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)">ofee@berkeley.net</a>or call Irma Parker at 510-644-8524.</span><br><br><span class="gmail-im">See you there!</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><span></span></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(79,129,189)">_____________________________</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(79,129,189)">Marguerite Fa-Kaji, Jenny Fosket, and Dylan Kaufman are the parent-volunteer facilitators of the Etree; please direct any questions about the Etree to them at </span><u><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,176,240)"><a href="mailto:bhs-owner@lmi.net" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="color:rgb(0,176,240)">bhs-owner@lmi.net</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(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