Hello Board members please see the email below. Mona ________________________________ From: Angelica Castro <Angelica@castrocollaborative.com> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2024 5:56 PM To: Stasia Morton <anastasia.morton@gmail.com>; Angelica Castro <Angelica@castrocollaborative.com> Subject: External: NEOA Board JEDI Session: Friday, May 17, 9am-12pm CAUTION: This email originated from outside of Salem State University. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Hello NEOA Board, We hope you all have been well as your Spring semester and academic year come to a close! Please excuse me, the email I sent last week with the Zoom link bounced back with no notice, and I just realized that now. UMass Amherst had some systems issues last week during the student protests, so perhaps it had something to do with that, not certain! Below is the Zoom link for tomorrow's session with me and Stasia. We know this is a busy time for a lot of us, so we appreciate you all making time to come together to continue the JEDI work we began together in Vermont. Topic: NEOA Board JEDI Session Time: May 17, 2024 09:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/j/92889413418 Meeting ID: 928 8941 3418 --- One tap mobile +13017158592,,92889413418# US (Washington DC) Looking forward, Stasia (she, her) and Angélica (she, they) -- Angélica Canlas Castro, M.A., PCC (R)EVOLutionary LOVE Coach -------------------------------------------------- Castro Collaborative Founder "Engineering Inclusive Excellence with Heart-Centered Leadership" -------------------------------------------------- Assistant Director for DEI Education Student Affairs and Campus Life University of Massachusetts Amherst -------------------------------------------------- “It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences. When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak." -Audre Lorde