<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);text-align:center">Please do not hit reply. Contact Mary Jacobs at </span><a href="mailto:maryjacobs@berkeley.net" target="_blank" style="text-align:center">maryjacobs@berkeley.net</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Dear 10th and 11th Grade Students,</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span id="gmail-m_-9043902124532378854gmail-m_-6035131893920053143gmail-docs-internal-guid-d136ed81-7fff-5443-c691-aac4bf088ea1"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Raíces Recruitment & Retention Center (formerly known as the RAZA Center), at UC Berkeley invites 10th and 11th grade students to the 10th annual program, <span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:rgb(241,194,50);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Raíces Blossom Program </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">(previously known as the Raíces Overnight Host Program).</span>
The mission is to demystify higher education through programs geared towards low-income students of color in efforts to encourage them to attend institutions of higher education.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:rgb(241,194,50);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Raíces Blossom Program is for </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">10th-11th grade students with a G.P.A of 2.5 and below. </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This program will occur from Tuesday, November 10th up until Saturday, November 14. Students will participate in this 5-day long program, via zoom, made up of various workshops, panels, and themtorship (mentorship) guidance. Students will be paired with a current UC Berkeley student who will share and guide them with their own personal experiences in preparing, applying, and attending a university.</span></p></span><span id="gmail-m_-9043902124532378854gmail-m_-6035131893920053143gmail-docs-internal-guid-d136ed81-7fff-5443-c691-aac4bf088ea1"></span></span><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">The application is due October 24, 2020.</span></b></div><div><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
</span></font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span id="gmail-m_-9043902124532378854gmail-m_-6035131893920053143gmail-docs-internal-guid-d136ed81-7fff-5443-c691-aac4bf088ea1"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span id="gmail-m_-9043902124532378854gmail-m_-6035131893920053143gmail-docs-internal-guid-d136ed81-7fff-5443-c691-aac4bf088ea1"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Questions? Contact our Community Outreach coordinators Esmeralda Sandoval and Guillermo Anaya at <a href="mailto:outreach@raices.berkeley.edu" target="_blank">outreach@raices.berkeley.edu</a>. </span></span></font></span>
</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:rgb(106,168,79);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Blossom 10th-11th Grade Student Application:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/blossomthemtee20" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://tinyurl.com/blossomthemtee20</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U969dVK_mnfAtKs6kpi6coOL4Va_es0g/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Blossom</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UN5EX4X9n0THWUIRDYCg6e2VVfl3Bkdm/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">What is Blossom</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/15g-X-mRQRQVRZFsNe-qjt1re_4XZBFyW/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Themtee</span></a></p></span></span></div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span></div></div></div></div></div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:11px"><span style="color:rgb(87,124,173);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Nicole Chee, Jenny Fosket, Chaghig Walker, and Charlotte Le Liboux are the parent-volunteer facilitators of the Etree; 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