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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMYUS ARMY INSTALLATION MANAGEMENT COMMAND

HEADQUARTERS, UNITED STATES ARMY GARRISON, FORT GORDONFORT GORDON, GEORGIA 30905-5730

REPLY TOATTENTION OF:

Administrative Services Division

Judicial WatchAttn: William Marshall425 Third Street, WSuite 800Washington, DC 20024

Dear Mr. Marshall,

February 10, 2016

This letter is in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request,

Directorate of Human Resources, Administrative Services Branch's control number#15-0176.

The Fort Gordon 35th Signal Brigade reviewed your request for any and allmaterials used in an Equal Opportunity briefing provided on April 2 , 2015, to the 57thSignal Battalion at Fort Gordon, Georgia, which included a discussion of whiteprivilege, including but not limited to, handouts, PowerPoint presentations, audio/videotapes, course syllabi, and any recordings of the presentation itself. In response to yourrequest, the 35th Signal Brigade provide the enclosed PowerPoint slides that arereleasable.

Inasmuch as this completes our work, we are closing your FOIA case number#15-0176 in this office. If you have any questions, the POC for this action is Ms.Deborah A Woods, Installation FOIA Officer at 706-791-2004, fax: 706-791-6915 oremail: debor a h .a. wo od s .civ@m a il.mil.

Enclosure Deborah A Woods

Chief, Administrative ServicesFreedom of Information Act Officer


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2. FROM 3. ACTION OFFICER S NAME & TELEPHONE 4. D TEDA FOIAIPA Office NO.7701 Telegrapb Road, Suite 144 18 May 2015Alexandria, VA 22315-3.905 Uarbaru Garris (703) 428-riate or subordinate agency you mnydctcrmiuu to have rnl nizirncc on•r the Information.

8. ACTION E. Request tlli i office is furnished a copy of actiou takm1 (Responsive leUe1· only).

x F. Reques ter bas been ad\•ised of thls referral.

x G. Provide a proper "no records" rcspmise, with appeal right i, i f after conducting a reasonable search, yofoil to lucaf,c u11y docum ents responsive lo 1hi I request.

REMARKS:* Please respond back to the requester.

Signed/////BARBARA GARRISProgrnnt AnalystU.S. Army n ~ e d o mof

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Pursuant to the freedom oflnformation Act (FOlA), 5 tJ.S.C. s 52, Judicial\Vatch, Inc. hereby requests that the Department of the Army produce the followingrecords within twenty (20) business days:

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In addition, i f records arc not produced within twenty (20) business dnys, JudicialWatch is entitled to a complete waiver o f search and duplication fees under Section 6(b)of the OP N Government Act of 2007, which amended FOIA at 5 U.S.C.(a)(4 )(A)( viii).

Judicial Watch is a 501(c)(3), not-f'or·proiit, educational organization, and, bydefinition, it hus no commercial purpose. Judicial Watch exists to educate the publicabout the operations and activities o f government, as well as to increase publicunderstanding about the importance of ethics and the rule of Jaw in government. Theparticular records requested herein are sought as part of Judicial Watch's ongoing eJ1C.ntsto document the operations and activities of the federal government and to educate thepublic about these operations and activities. Once Judicial Watch obtains the requestedrecords, it intends to analyze them and disseminnte the results o f its analysis, as well asthe records themselves, as a special written report. Judicial Watch will also educate the

public via radio programs, Judicial Watch's website, und/or newsletter, among otheroutlets. It also will make the records available to other members of the media orresearchers upon request. Judicial Watch has a proven ability to disseminate informationobtained through FOIA to the public, as demonstrated by its long-standing andcontinuing public outreach efforts.

Given these circumstances. Judicial Watch is entitled to a public interest foewaiver o f both search costs and duplication cos ls. Nonethdess, in the event our requestfor a waiver of search and/or duplication costs is denied, Judicial Watch is vvilling to payup to $350.00 in search and/or duplication costs. Judicial Watch requests that it becontacted before any such costs are incurred, in order to prioritize search and duplicationefforts.

In an effort to facilitate record production within the statutory time limit, JudicialWatch is willing to accept documents in electronic format (e.g. e ~ m a i l.pdfs). Whennecessary, Judicial Watch will also accept the rolling production of documents.

1f you do not understand this request or any portion thereof, or if you feel yourequire chu-iflcation of this request or any portion t h e r e o f ~please contact us immediatelyat 2 0 2 6 4 6 ~ 5 1 7 0or [email protected]. We look forward to receiving therequested documents and a waiver of both search and duplication costs within twenty(20) business days. Thank you fbr your cooperation. ·

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Power Supporting Facts

• Superiors u b o r d i n a t e

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• Those in power defi 'ne the n·orms

• It is part of society a n~d ~ u t u r e s

• Power enables privi .leges


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What is Privilege?

• Privilege exists \Atb,en qne g fOUP ' tl'asI. .something of val ·ue that ··i:s denied to otherssimply b e c ~ u s e.of the gro ·ups they belong to,rather than because of ' a·nyth 'ing h e y v edoneor failed to do.

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Two Types of Privilege

• U nea rneq rn t i t l ~ m e n t s7 · t h i n g s

that apeople should h ~ ~ like feeling safe in public,being accepted, val ued for what they cancontribute.

• When unearne .d entitlement is restricted tocertain groups, h o w e v e r it beco =mes a form ofprivilege Mcintosh calls ''unearnedadvantage .

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The Diversity heel

• The t r o u l~ aroun d d i v e r ~ it Y then, isn t justthat people diffe 'r from One another. Thetrouble is Produced by a world organized inways that encourage people to use differenceto include or eXclude, reward or punish, credit

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• It promotes :fear, s u s p i c r a n discrimination,I .harassment, and ·violence.


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• Racist isn t :anott.ler word for''baa

whitepeople

• Patriarchy [sn't another nasty code of menI

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being oppressive :or doriliMating people• Feminism i ~ n tr i i d ~ o l o yorganized around

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• Does o w ~ ra n d ~~ r i v i l ~ g e_e X i s r m b r etodaythan it did 150 years a.g,o .... -

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