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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir",sans-serif">Good afternoon Everyone! I appreciate your attention to the entirety of this message.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir",sans-serif">As mentioned in last week’s Staff Newsletter, we’re taking a renewed approach to Coffee & Conversation this year. As a department, we hope to equip ourselves with tools to engage
one another and those in our lives with care and civility, and this year in particular around politically sensitive topics. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir",sans-serif">To that end, we will have engagement opportunities this Fall intended for staff members to walk alongside each another and communicate with care as one people. <b>The expectation
is that our entire department engages in at least one of the two civil discourse opportunities this Fall,</b> in addition to other engagement opportunities<b>. </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir",sans-serif">FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 @ 8:30 AM</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir",sans-serif">: CIVIL DISCOURSE SESSION I with Dr. Kevin Villegas</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir",sans-serif">The Public Deliberation Initiative (PDI) seeks to engage participants in constructive dialogue and deliberation that addresses important global and local issues and offers new
perspectives for participants. Deliberation involves the best parts of dialogue (conversational) and debate (argument) to offer an experience where participants can learn from one another by talking through different perspectives and approaches to local and
global issues and working together to come up with community action steps.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir",sans-serif">THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24 @ 8:30 AM</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir",sans-serif">: CIVIL DISCOURSE SESSION II with Dr. Kevin Villegas</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir",sans-serif">“Stories contain universal themes and emotions that help people — even those who seem to have nothing in common — connect more closely. Stories can shift perspectives. Like
any good novel or film, you might find that your preconceived notions about someone fade away as you listen to them tell an honest story. You find you're more alike than different.” In this session, participants share stories around a particular topic and
listen to the stories of others on that same topic with an aim of fostering an environment of openness and empathy among colleagues. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir",sans-serif"><a href="https://forms.office.com/r/4eKuu3gvia" title="https://forms.office.com/r/4eKuu3gvia">REGISTER HERE</a> for your preferred Civil Discourse session </span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir",sans-serif">to
ensure we have the appropriate facilitator coverages for each session<b>. </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir",sans-serif">*****</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir",sans-serif">BONUS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir",sans-serif">SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 @ 7:30 AM</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir",sans-serif">: <a href="https://missionwaco.org/events/2024-walk-for-the-homeless/" title="https://missionwaco.org/events/2024-walk-for-the-homeless/">A
WALK FOR THE HOMELESS</a></span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir",sans-serif">During the walk through downtown, participants will stop at different organizations that serve our neighbors experiencing homelessness and get to pray for them. Individuals,
units/staffs, or teams are encouraged to participate. Student-athletes who register through Helper Helper will receive community service credit. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir",sans-serif">Stay tuned for our Fall 2024 <u>department-wide community service day in November</u> as well as <u>Angel Tree collaboration with Mission Waco</u> in December!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir",sans-serif">Please reach out to me if you have any questions or concerns. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir",sans-serif">With deepest appreciation,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir",sans-serif">Juliana<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";color:#006132;mso-ligatures:none">Juliana Smith</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";color:#006132;mso-ligatures:none">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";mso-ligatures:none">| Executive Senior Associate AD, Mission Impact & Enrichment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";mso-ligatures:none">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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