[Geo4All] GeoForAll Digest, Vol 81, Issue 21

Mon Dec 19 20:36:05 PST 2022

Excelente pauta.
Eu aqui no Brasil, posso ajudá-los de alguma forma? se sim, como seria
(talvez compartilhando com amigos, fazendo uma carta aberta ou outra ideia)?

Em seg., 19 de dez. de 2022 às 10:08, <geoforall-request at lists.osgeo.org>
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>    1. Open Letter requesting Equality Scholarships at all Russell
>       Group Universities (Suchith Anand)
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> Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 13:08:30 +0000
> From: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
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> Subject: [Geo4All] Open Letter requesting Equality Scholarships at all
>         Russell Group Universities
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> Dear colleagues
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> There is a need to expand the university education opportunities available
> to Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) students, not only in geospatial
> science, but in science generally. There is so much talent out there that
> just isn?t getting an opportunity [1] [2] . So now, I am hoping to bring
> together university leaders and to advocate for each Russell Group
> university (the most prestigious and richest universities in the UK) to
> provide 100 full scholarships per year for BAME students, students from
> economically poor families and first-generation students . The question is
> not ?why do this??, the question is ?why not do this??. This would create a
> huge ripple effect for representation in science.
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> The main reason that I decided to share my racism experiences is to make
> sure that other colleagues and students don?t face racism in the
> future.[3], [4] [5]. I have forgiven all of them for their racial
> discrimination and other injustices that I had faced.
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> I think it is everyone?s responsibility to ensure equal access and to
> fight against racism in science. We must all try to make sure that there is
> no racial discrimination in our department or in our team, and to speak out
> against racism, and to support colleagues who report these problems.
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> The pain that I had gone through because of the racial injustices cannot
> be quantified, but if that could pave way for reducing racism for other
> colleagues in the future and help in GeoForAll mission for providing more
> higher education opportunities for the first generation students, BAME
> students and for students from economically poor families then, I can say
> that the injustices I had faced was worth it.
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> https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/please-share-ideas-providing-higher-education-more-first-anand/
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> I request the University vice-chancellors and senior management in all
> Russell Group Universities to please consider my humble request for
> providing 100 full scholarships per year at each Russell Group university
> for BAME students, students from economically poor families and
> first-generation students.
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> Please feel free to share my email with your colleagues.
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> Please take pledge for eliminating racism from all UK Universities.  Let
> us all work for making science and education more accessible, inclusive and
> equitable for the benefit of all.
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> As Mahatma Gandhi said ?Be the change that you wish to see in the world.?
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> Best wishes
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>
> Suchith
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> Dr Suchith Anand
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> Senior Adviser to Governments and International Organisations | Scientist
> | Board member | Governance | Policy | Consultant in Data Science and Data
> Ethics | Global Citizen | SDG Volunteer and Advocate
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> https://council.science/profile/suchith-anand/
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> https://www.rd-alliance.org/users/suchith-anand
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> https://ethicaldatainitiative.org
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> [1] https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-022-04386-w/index.html
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> [2] https://www.nature.com/immersive/d42859-022-00031-8/index.html
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> [3]
> https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/race-equality-charter-uk-universities-suchith-anand
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> [4] https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/say-racism-science-suchith-anand
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> [5]
> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=OER-DISCUSS;bc0e222f.2212
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Tatiana Pará M. de Freitas

*Agrônoma, especialista em GeotecnologiasMestre em Desenvolvimento e Gestão
de empreendimentos*
*Profª E.B.T.T. do campus Castanhal do IFPA.*

*Fundadora e Coordenadora do projeto Meninas da GeoConselheira do Enactus
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