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We all have plenty of room to improve, and that's of course not limited to the US. -- Dr. Tim Schäfer Postdoc Computational Neuroimaging Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany > On June 6, 2020 at 4:36 PM "Fischl, Bruce R," <bfis...@mgh.harvard.edu> wrote: > > > Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until > it is faced" > > -- James Baldwin. > > In these troubling times, it is increasingly obvious that silence is > tantamount to complicity. If we do not object to objectionable events, we are > tacitly condoning them, and as such we have an obligation to use platforms > that are available to us. It is the responsibility of those in privilege to > speak up. In that light we would like to express our horror and dismay at the > recent, and not-so-recent, brutal attacks on George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, > Ahmaud Arbery, Sandra Bland, Trayvon Martin, Freddie Gray, Eric Garner, > Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Philando Castile, Amadou Diallo, and so many > others, many of whom we will never hear about. While some of us in the ivory > tower like to think of ourselves as far-removed from this type of racism, we > are of course not, as we all have biases both large and small. As such, it > behooves us to consider these events and our own actions, and how we can work > to create a more just, equitable and safe society. The global outrage > generated by these horrific events is an opportunity to effect change. Racism > remains after media coverage ceases, and it is our responsibility to ensure > equality and respect are provided to those around us. We are committed to > building an equitable and diverse workplace and progressing towards a fairer > world. > > A non-exhaustive set of resources for advancing diversity can be found at: > http://wis.martinos.org/black-lives-matter<http://wis.martinos.org/black-lives-matter/> > > > Bruce Fischl > > Allison Stevens > > Lilla Zollei > > Caroline Magnain > > Chiara Maffei > > Anastasia Yendiki > > Brian Edlow > > Aina Frau-Pascual > > Matthew Vera > > Kimberly Nestor > > Holly Freeman > > Robert Jones > > Viviana Siless > > Andrew Hoopes > > Eugenio Iglesias > > Douglas Greve > > Ruopeng Wang > > André van der Kouwe > > Natalya Slepneva > > David Salat > > Divya Varadarajan > > Iman Aganj > > Hui Wang > > Robert Frost > > Matt Larrabee > > Jean Augustinack > > Leah Morgan > > Adrian Dalca > > Malte Hoffmann > > Martin Reuter > > Emily Williams > > Devani Cordero > > Paul Wighton > > Hamid Behjat > > Danielle Pace > > _______________________________________________ > Freesurfer mailing list > Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu > https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer _______________________________________________ Freesurfer mailing list Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer
