Dear members of the Geisel community,<\/p>\n
As some of you may remember, in response to sadly similar situations that arose in 2017, including the events in Charlottesville and the Trump administration\u2019s travel ban, Geisel set up a Rapid Response Team and set aside specific times for the community to come together to talk with senior leaders about concerns, threats, and frustrations arising from events taking place on both the national and local level, as well as how we could best address those concerns to ensure that our environment is a respectful and supportive place for all.<\/p>\n
In 2020, we find ourselves frustrated and saddened by the most recent iterations of systemic oppression and violence against Black Americans - imposed on the backdrop of a pandemic that has magnified racial and socioeconomic disparities that affect our most vulnerable populations. At the same time, the limitations imposed by this pandemic have affected our ability to gather in-person to discuss these issues and how to address them.<\/p>\n
Despite the practical \u00a0restrictions imposed by COVID-19, we write to let you know that we have reconstituted the Rapid Response Team, comprising\u00a0John Dick, Interim Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education;\u00a0Bill Eidtson,\u00a0Director of Academic Skills and Student Accessibility Services; Faith Goodness, Chief of Staff; Leslie Henderson, Dean of Faculty Affairs; Alison Holmes, Associate Dean for Student Affairs; Karissa LeClair, Geisel Student Body President; Roshini Pinto Powell, Associate Dean for Admissions; Craig Westling, Executive Director for Education at TDI; and\u00a0Diana Wu, Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion.<\/p>\n
If there are issues that you feel we should discuss either as individuals or address institutionally [i.e., from the Dean(s)],\u00a0please let any one of us in this group know. \u00a0We will work to bring the concerns to the appropriate people and to set up ways in which we can discuss and address these issues, recognizing that approaches may vary quite dramatically depending on any number of factors, such as how personal versus policy-focused the issue may be. Everyone in our community (i.e., all students, postdocs, research scientists, faculty, and staff) should feel free to reach out to any of us on the Rapid Response Team.<\/p>\n
Second, as in 2017, if you would like to set up times to simply talk out issues with a specific group of people outside of having any single concern or end-point in mind, we can ask our staff in the\u00a0Dean\u2019s Office<\/a>\u00a0to set up a Zoom meeting. In some circumstances, it may be beneficial to have a forum for open and respectful conversations and to brainstorm initiatives that may be useful for the school and the community at large.\u00a0\u00a0If you would like to have Geisel set up a larger scale meeting, please reach out to\u00a0Geisel.Dean\u2019s.Office@dartmouth.edu<\/a>\u00a0to do so.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n John (John.F.Dick.III@dartmouth.edu<\/a>) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear members of the Geisel community, As some of you may remember, in response to sadly similar situations that arose in 2017, including the events in Charlottesville and the Trump administration\u2019s travel ban, Geisel set up a Rapid Response Team and set aside specific times for the community to come [\u2026] <\/p>\n
\nBill (William.Eidtson@dartmouth.edu<\/a>)
\nFaith\u00a0(Faith.R.Goodness@dartmouth.edu<\/a>)
\nLeslie (Leslie.P.Henderson@dartmouth.edu<\/a>)
\nAlison (Alison.V.Holmes@dartmouth.edu<\/a>)
\nKarissa (Karissa.L.LeClair.MED@dartmouth.edu<\/a>)
\nRosh (Roshini.Pinto-Powell@dartmouth.edu<\/a>)
\nCraig (Craig.R.Westling@dartmouth.edu<\/a>)
\nDiana (Diana.Wu@dartmouth.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n