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<div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(116,27,71)"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">Good morning everyone,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Oath of the Pharmacist states that we are to “consider the
welfare of humanity and relief of suffering (as our) primary concerns”.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Two weeks ago, on June 2nd,
<a href="https://www.chancellor.pitt.edu/spotlight/statement-racial-injustice-and-death-george-floyd" target="_blank">
Chancellor Gallagher put out a statement </a>regarding the current uprising around the Black Lives Matter movement following the death of Geoge Floyd and the subsequent police riots. He said, “this is also a time to turn the lens inward and consider our institution’s
own role in perpetuating unfair structures and systems...Our university must become a better, more equitable place, and we can do more.” This call to action requires every school on campus to examine the systems put into place so that we may recognize and
remove any bigotry found therein. Racism isn’t just direct hostility, it is far more insidious. Whether intentional or not, we must confront the racism baked into the systems that make up our culture. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Additionally, we have to face this reality in not only the school
setting but the profession at large. On June 5th <a href="https://nationalpharmaceuticalassociation.org/resources/Documents/Pharmacists_RacialInjustice_V2.pdf" target="_blank">
the national organizations for pharmacy put out their own statement</a> calling for pharmacists “as a profession, (to) stand in unity to advocate for the dismantling of systems that have historically marginalized and oppressed Black Americans in this country.”
We have a duty as current and future representatives of the profession to stand against white supremacy and expunge it’s influence in the lives of our patients.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Pittsburgh, specifically, has been touted one of America’s “Most
Livable Cities” and is generally heralded as progressive, but<a href="https://www.publicsource.org/pittsburghs-black-residents-feel-consequences-of-inequality-more-starkly-than-in-other-u-s-cities-new-city-report-finds/" target="_blank"> a study last September
</a>highlighted the stark contrast in the White and Black experience in the city. The conclusion that was reached stated, “if Black residents got up today and left and moved to the majority of any other cities in the U.S., automatically by just moving their
life expectancy would go up, their income would go up, their educational opportunities for their children would go up as well as their employment.” We can no longer stand by and benefit from these systems that so disenfranchise many of our neighbors.</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">This will be difficult work. This will be uncomfortable work. This is work that must be done if we wish to relieve the suffering
of those disenfranchised by the system. This work must be done to uphold the welfare and humanity of all people. As
<a href="http://pharmacy.pitt.edu/">Dean Kroboth recently stated</a>,”We must reflect on our own beliefs, words, actions, and interactions. We MUST do more. We WILL do more.”</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I have been directly involved in the anti-racism efforts at
the School of Computing and Information, and I think it is time to talk about our beliefs, words, actions, and interactions as a school. I would like to start these conversations now. Faculty and Staff, please reply all to this email with your support and
interest in being a part of these efforts. Residents and students, please feel free to reply all or directly with me, depending on your comfort level.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For more resources on this, the Dietrich School has compiled
a document<span class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(116,27,71)"> (ATTACHED)</span> that includes a multitude of options to educate yourself as well as some actionable items you can perform. <span class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(116,27,71)"></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I do not have all the answers for this process, but I know that
together we can work to create a more equitable and just environment at the school, in this city, and anywhere we find ourselves practicing pharmacy.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Victoria Grieve</span></p>
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</b></font><span style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(116,27,71)">Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics</span><br>
<span style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(116,27,71)">-Assistant Professor: Pharmacy and Therapeutics</span><br>
<span style="color:rgb(116,27,71);font-size:12.8px">-Adjunct Professor: Information Sciences</span></div>
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</font><span style="color:rgb(116,27,71);font-size:12.8px">University of Pittsburgh</span><br>
<span style="color:rgb(116,27,71);font-size:12.8px">250 Salk Hall</span><br>
<span style="color:rgb(116,27,71);font-size:12.8px">3501 Terrace St</span><br>
<span style="color:rgb(116,27,71);font-size:12.8px">Pittsburgh, PA 15261</span><br>
<span style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(116,27,71)">Phone: </span><a href="tel:(412)%20334-6058" value="+14123346058" style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">(412)-334-6058</a><br>
<span style="color:rgb(116,27,71);font-size:12.8px">E-mail: <a href="mailto:Victoria.Grieve@pitt.edu" target="_blank">
Victoria.Grieve@pitt.edu</a></span></div>
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<p style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#741b47">Pronouns: </font><span style="color:rgb(116,27,71);font-size:12.8px">She/Her</span></p>
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