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FA Statement in Solidarity with the AAPI Community

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From the FA Leadership Team – Thursday, March 18, 2021

We would like to close today’s meeting with an acknowledgement of the victims of this week’s Atlanta Shootings. The FA affirms solidarity with today’s emailed statement by the PCC Council of Asian Pacific Employees and other employee groups, and in doing so, we condemn the hate and violence being committed against AAPI people. The FA pledges that we will stand up as allies “against all forms of racism and white supremacy in all the spaces they inhabit.”

Repasted here – Email From the Council of Asian Pacific Employees and other employee groups sent out today by Alex B.:

Dear Colleagues,

As we move into spring, the decline in COVID infections and a vaccine’s arrival bring new hope and joy to a long and painful year.

With hope on the horizon, the dark clouds of racism and hate loom.  Since the pandemic’s beginning, hurtful words and deadly physical attacks have targeted the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. From Pasadena, Rosemead, Oakland, New York and now the deadly shootings in Atlanta, these attacks serve as a painful reminder of the unresolved conversations around racism in America.

Our elders have been targeted, and businesses and places of worship have been desecrated.  Our students have shared stories of bullying, racial slurs, and physical violence.  In its statement against AAPI hate, University of Massachusetts, Boston, reminds us, “Unfortunately, there is no vaccine against the pandemic of hate and violence directed toward Asian Americans—nor the ignorance, opportunism, and vitriolic racism that has fueled it.”

We call on our campus to acknowledge our pain, denounce AAPI hate, and dispel the model minority myth.  We need to disaggregate our AAPI students’ data in order to dedicate more support to our AAPI community (faculty, staff, AND students).  We need our allied communities to stand up against all forms of racism and white supremacy in all the spaces they inhabit. We acknowledge that the roots of AAPI hate lie in the roots of anti-Blackness. The same disease of racism kills without regard to skin color.  ACT to CHANGE, a national organization against bullying focused on the AAPI community, asserts, “We remember that our strength lies in our solidarity. It’s not me vs. you. It’s us vs. racism.” Join us in standing against hate. Please use and share the resources listed below.

Sincerely,

Coalition of Asian Pacific Employees (CAPE)

Association of Latino Employees

The Association of Black Employees

PCC JAN (Joint Armenian Network)

#StopAAPIHate #IAmNotAVirus

PCC API Student Guide/Resource

Community Resources:

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