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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hi all, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Please see the email below from the Diversity Office.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Jordi <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">----------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Dear colleague,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">The Diversity Office is conducting a short university-wide
</span><span lang="NL" style="color:black"><a href="https://vuamsterdam.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6yC3Hx3yQ4IIHZQ"><span lang="EN-US">survey</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> to gain better insight into the various initiatives and
projects related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at VU. We would greatly appreciate it if you could share a DEI-related project or activity through the survey, either one you are personally involved in or one taking place within your team.
</span><span lang="NL" style="color:black">With your input, we can: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="NL" style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">create a comprehensive overview of all ongoing initiatives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">better understand what works well and where challenges lie,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">provide targeted recommendations for future diversity policy and support.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Completing the survey will take about
<b>10–15 minutes</b>. Your responses will be treated confidentially and analyzed only in aggregated form. Please see the link below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span lang="NL" style="color:black;background:yellow"><a href="https://vuamsterdam.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6yC3Hx3yQ4IIHZQ"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">👉</span>
</a><a href="https://vuamsterdam.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6yC3Hx3yQ4IIHZQ"><span lang="EN-US">DEI activities survey</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">We kindly ask you to complete the survey by
<b>29 September</b>. <b>And importantly</b>: do you know colleagues who are also involved in diversity activities or projects? Please feel free to share the link with them. For any questions, please contact us at
</span><span lang="NL" style="color:black"><a href="mailto:divers@vu.nl"><span lang="EN-US">divers@vu.nl</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">. Thank you very much in advance for your contribution.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="NL" style="color:black">Amu Shrestha en Pieter Sutorius<br>
VU Diversity Office <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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