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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">I began drafting this very belated resolution response while sitting at JFK on January 21<sup>st</sup>
feeling frustrated and sad that I was missing the Women's March due to work travel. Waiting at the airport I took comfort in witnessing incredible moments from the marches in D.C., NYC, Ithaca, and so many other cities and towns through my Instagram feed.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:
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week later, I finished this response while flying back to JFK, overwhelmed with feelings of heartbreak and anger, but also great admiration for everyone who had taken action since last Friday to resist Trump's inhumane and horrid actions to ban Muslims and
refugees. It was a very hard week to be out of the country while there was such an urgent need for action. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">In my job as a university curator, I occupy a position of privilege that provides me access to a physical public space and
to the opportunity to create exhibitions and programming. Since the election, I have been acutely aware of this privilege and the responsibility and necessity to hold myself and the institution I work for up for critique. We need to invite conversations by
a multiplicity of voices in order to enact our mission statement and put words into actions—providing an inclusive space for dialogue for the diverse community of Hunter College, the City of New York, and beyond.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">To help me stay mindful and present and to channel my anxiety and fear into action, I have created a list of resolutions
for myself. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">I will...</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">speak up and resist.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">speak out against injustice. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">acknowledge my privilege.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">open myself to difficult conversations.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">welcome critique. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">demand we do better for artists, for our students, for our neighbors, for the city to create exhibitions
and programs that are inclusive. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">foster a safe space and work to make the gallery a sanctuary. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">pay artists, writers, critics, and all cultural workers for their labor.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">listen.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""></span></p>
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">learn to know when to be quiet.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">practice compassion.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">be loving. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">And I will remember to breathe. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>
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<div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"><font size="2" face="Helvetica">Sarah Watson<br>
Director of Exhibitions & Chief Curator</font><font size="2"><br>
</font><font face="Helvetica"><font size="2" face="Helvetica">Hunter College Art Galleries<br>
695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065</font><font size="2"><br>
swat@hunter.cuny.edu<br>
212-772-4991<br>
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