{"id":8959,"date":"2021-03-19T20:00:54","date_gmt":"2021-03-20T03:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about-hmc\/?p=8959"},"modified":"2024-03-27T09:47:45","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T16:47:45","slug":"condemning-asian-and-asian-american-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/2021\/03\/19\/condemning-asian-and-asian-american-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Condemning Asian and Asian American Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear Students, Faculty and Staff,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s brutal and deadly attack by a white gunman in metropolitan Atlanta, which ended the lives of eight people\u2014including six Asian women\u2014is the latest in a series of extremely violent incidents against Asians and Asian Americans across this country. Begun largely by the xenophobic language used against members of this community at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, hate crimes against Asians and Asian Americans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/nation\/what-you-can-do-to-fight-violence-and-racism-against-asian-americans\">have grown nearly 150%<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harvey Mudd College condemns racism and xenophobia in all forms, and as scientists, engineers and mathematicians, we are deeply troubled by the ignorant and xenophobic language that has been used against members of the Asian and Asian American community since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We know that the ongoing violence, brought into sharp focus by Tuesday\u2019s events, have left many of you feeling afraid and anxious. We are deeply sorry for the pain and anguish these events have caused you. We remain committed to our ongoing effort to build a safe and inclusive community for all who choose to study, work and live here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting Help<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a number of resources available to members of our community who need assistance:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Faculty and staff who may be struggling during this time can use our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/human-resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2013\/12\/ClaremonthCollegesEAPWLflyer1.pdf\">Optum Employee Assistance Program<\/a> or contact the Office of Human Resources.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Students can reach out to:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/services.claremont.edu\/mcaps\/\">Monsour Counseling and Psychological Services Center<\/a>,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our telehealth counseling resources, which are available 24 hours a day, seven days per week, through <a href=\"https:\/\/timely.md\/faq\/7c-health-the-claremont-colleges\/\">7C Health<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/diversity\/\">Office of Institutional Diversity<\/a> or any member of the staff in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/student-life\/meet-the-dsa-staff\/\">Division of Student Affairs<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learn More\/Take Action<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For allies and others in our community interested in learning more about this issue, there are a number of recent articles that may be of interest:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/nation\/what-you-can-do-to-fight-violence-and-racism-against-asian-americans\">\u201cWhat you can do to fight violence and racism against Asian Americans&#8221;<\/a> (PBS NewsHour)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/the-long-history-of-us-racism-against-asian-americans-from-yellow-peril-to-model-minority-to-the-chinese-virus-135793\">\u201cThe long history of US racism against Asian Americans, from \u2018yellow peril\u2019 to \u2018model minority\u2019 to the \u2018Chinese virus\u2019\u201d<\/a> (The Conversation)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWhat You Can Do About Anti-Asian Violence: \u2018We Are Part of This Country,\u2019 Activists Say\u201d (<em>Rolling Stone<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standagainsthatred.org\/about\">Asian Americans Advancing Justice<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/stopaapihate.org\/\">Stop AAPI Hate<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/communitiesagainsthate.org\/\">Communities Against Hate<\/a> \u2013 Report hate crimes or get access to additional resources and information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maria Klawe, President<br>Karen Angemi, Director of the President\u2019s Office and Secretary to the Board of Trustees<br>Thyra Briggs, Vice President for Admission and Financial Aid<br>Andrew Dorantes, Vice President for Administration and Finance\/Treasurer<br>Anna Gonzalez, Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students<br>Timothy Hussey, Chief Communications Officer and Assistant Secretary to the Board<br>Hieu Nguyen, Vice President for Advancement<br>Lisa Sullivan, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty<br>Joseph Vaughan, Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Computing and Information Services<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Students, Faculty and Staff, Tuesday\u2019s brutal and deadly attack by a white gunman in metropolitan Atlanta, which ended the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[714,217],"class_list":["post-8959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-announcements","category-unlisted"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8959"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12994,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8959\/revisions\/12994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}