APALSA Statement Regarding Anti-Asian Hate Crimes and Discrimination

March 17, 2021

As Dean of the University of Connecticut School of Law, I join the statement below issued by the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association condemning Anti-Asian Hate Crimes and Discrimination. Our community stands against racism of every kind. No one should be subject to violence and incidents of hate. Yet, Asian Americans across the country are experiencing such violence and hate more frequently than at any time in recent memory. I call on all of us to join together as a UConn Law community to stand with our Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander students, staff, faculty, and alumni and stand up against anti-Asian hate.

APALSA Statement Regarding Anti-Asian Hate Crimes and Discrimination

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and even more so recently, we are seeing an abhorrent and heartbreaking surge in violence against Asians, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders in the United States. Many of these hate crimes are maliciously targeted at our elderly, a vulnerable population. These crimes are constantly ignored and underreported, and like crimes against other people of color, anti-Asian violence has been under-scrutinized, under-prosecuted, and far too often condoned.

We are tired of seeing our community be violated and disrespected, we are scared for our families and loved ones, we are upset by the silencing of our voices, and we are saddened by the lack of support and solidarity around us. Anti-Asian sentiment is not new; from being labeled as the “yellow peril,” to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, to the internment of Japanese citizens during World War II, we are constantly reminded that we are foreigners on “American land.” And yet, Asians are stereotyped as the “model minority,” a term that erases our struggles and is used as a racial wedge between Asians and other marginalized groups. Not only does it silence our experience, but it is weaponized in furtherance of white supremacy, to create an insidious divide among racial minorities and perpetuate anti-blackness.

It is our responsibility to condemn these violent acts, to raise awareness in our community, and make social changes. We must amplify Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander voices and find ways to protect our community. The rising violence against our community is an urgent reminder that racism and xenophobia are very real, and we must reinforce our commitment and strengthen our actions to dismantle all forms of racial discrimination. We stand with other communities of color and aim to be genuine allies to all. We especially recognize and honor our Black sisters and brothers for their leadership in fighting for justice and we echo their calls for solidarity, equality, and empathy. We are stronger when we act together and come together, and we can facilitate material change to the deeply ingrained issues of systemic racism and white supremacy.

If you are struggling with implicit biases, are experiencing, or have experienced any form of this violence, we are here for you. We are a community that protects and supports each other. UConn Law offers a number of resources for students seeking support, including free appointments with our two confidential mental health counselors, Yvonne Tafuto, LCSW and Melissa Stewart, LPC. Additionally, students are encouraged to reach out to the Office of Student Affairs if they are in need of mental health-related accommodations, or the student-run Mental Health Committee for those interested in discussing recent events with their peers. Finally, free off-campus confidential counseling services are offered to our students by the Connecticut chapter of Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers. Faculty and staff can seek support from the Employee Assistance Program. Support and resources for faculty and staff can also be found through campus affinity groups.

We send our highest respects and sincere gratitude to those students, affinity groups, faculty, staff, and alumni who provide us with help and care. We believe and we know that together we can create a safe and supportive environment for our UConn community through our collective words and actions.

To that end, we invite you to attend APALSA’s General Body Meeting on Tuesday, March 23 at 12:30pm. Also, plans are underway for a roundtable event on Thursday, April 8 at 5:00pm at which students, faculty, staff, and others can come together for dialogue, education, and personal reflections. We hope many members of our UConn Law community will be in attendance.

In hope and solidarity,

UConn Law APALSA

Statement on Anti-Asian Violence

March 13, 2021

UCONN ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN AMERICAN FACULTY AND STAFF (AAAFS)

STATEMENT ON ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCE

The first cases of Covid-19 in the United States were reported in January 2020, and since that time there has been a massive increase in anti-Asian violence across the United States. STOP AAPI HATE notes that hundreds and sometimes thousands of reported incidents occur every month. They report that incidents of verbal attacks, avoidance, physical assault, online harassment, and being spit upon are the most common forms. A recent New York Times article article also details many of the abhorrent and deplorable crimes and actions that have targeted Asians over the last year. It is a sad compendium of history and facts that delves into the nuances and complications related to anti-Asian racism. Nationally, attacks are most common in businesses, public streets and sidewalks, parks, online and in public transit, but they also happen here at UConn.

UConn’s commitment to combatting anti-Asian racism began in 1987 with an episode of students’ verbal attacks and spitting on other Asian American peers. What can we say has changed in 33 years? Certainly, our resolve and commitment to the community has only strengthened in these decades, while the number of Asians and Asian Americans at the University has grown significantly. At UConn, there are thousands who identify as Asian and Asian American: 12.7% of the University’s workforce (faculty, staff, administrators, and graduate assistants; Fall 2019), and 10.5% of our students (Fall 2020). In addition, a significant percentage of our international students come from Asian countries.

Mike Keo, Activist-in-Residence of UConn’s Asian and Asian American Studies Institute, started the social media campaign #IAMNOTAVIRUS to humanize Asians and Asian Americans targeted by hateful rhetoric, and to counter this virulent and unwarranted malice. We release this statement in the same spirit, to:

draw appropriate attention to the intensifying violence against Asians in America;
formally state our position in this ongoing conflict of systems, cultures, histories, and sensibilities;
and call upon faculty, staff, administrators, and all UConn students and stakeholders to rise to the challenge of actively opposing racism and hate against Asians, all marginalized groups, and all peoples of color.
We state as clearly and as boldly as we can: all of this has impacted us, the Asians and Asian Americans at UConn. What is happening is wrong and we must stand together to not only identify and call-out this kind of behavior and its bad actors; but we must work systemically and synergistically to change culpable aspects of our university and society, to ultimately eradicate this malignancy.

Though today’s political climate often attempts to polarize such issues and concerns, we hope that you will see that this is not a political comment. Rather, it is a call for solidarity and commitment, 2

awareness and understanding, attention and action. We stand with our fellow peer groups and associations, institutes and centers, and student organizations at UConn that are committed to combating the prejudiced, racist, harmful, and violent actions and words that attempt to marginalize and divide us even further. We hope that all of UConn will not only stand behind us, your Asian and Asian American colleagues, but stand with us, as we form even greater bonds and grow in numbers and strength across the university.

For we refuse to wear the moniker of the ‘model minority.’ Because of this racial stereotype, Asian Americans are too often left out of discussions of racial justice, thus ignoring our pain, minimizing our feelings, and assuming a passive response. We call on the University’s Administration to formally recognize that anti-racist work must account for the historical legacy and impact of racism on all peoples of color, including Asians. Further, we call on the University’s Administration to not only condemn recent acts of violence against Asians, but also consciously recognize the impact that these acts have on our UConn family. Even during the unprecedented times we are living through now—battling the Covid-19 pandemic; addressing the scourge of systemic racism; and navigating economic insecurity and inequity for millions of people—we ask the UConn Administration to see that this is exactly the right time to ensure, specifically and concretely, that the lens of justice sees all shades of Yellow, Black, and Brown.

As part of our work as a cultural organization at the University, we will host a virtual panel on March 18, from 5-6:30pm. “Asians in America: Anti-Asian Violence and the Fight Against Invisibility” will feature UConn students, faculty, and staff; provide perspectives on today’s climate and its impact on UConn’s Asian and Asian American community; shed light on our experience; and galvanize anti-racist efforts that will benefit us all. To register for the event, please click here.

We also encourage you to access resources and organizations such as STOP AAPI HATE, HateIsAVirus.org, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, and Chinese for Affirmative Action, to name a few. At UConn, please communicate with your peers and colleagues, with your supervisors, and with the administration, to let them know where you stand, and your need for allyship and support.

The Association for Asian American Faculty and Staff hopes that we can work more closely with you and yours each and every day to combat racism, stifle prejudice, and ultimately deconstruct the systems and structures at our university and within society that uphold the American caste system where all shades darker than white are consciously and subconsciously considered less-than.

This struggle began centuries ago; it takes on new forms today; and will continue tomorrow, and the next. If our work helps us to achieve greater unity, then we will have found success.

Yours in solidarity,

The Executive Board of the Association for Asian American Faculty and Staff

The Asian American Cultural Center

The Asian and Asian American Studies Institute

CONTACT: asacc@uconn.edu

Statement from HESA’s Faculty in Solidarity with our Asian American Community

March 12, 2021

Dear HESA Community,

It is, again, with heavy hearts that we reach out to you to name, acknowledge and reckon with racial violence impacting our communities. In particular, our Asian and Asian American communities are under attack. Everywhere we turn, we are surrounded by racial injustices and increasing onslaught of anti-Asian violence across our nation. These acts of racial violence are reprehensible and ones that we condemn.

While we have witnessed an increase in racial violence in Asian and Asian American communities ignited by the COVID-19 pandemic, sadly, racist attacks on these communities are not new. There is a long their/her/history in our nation of racial violence inflicted on Asians and Asian Americans through discriminatory public policies, exclusionary social institutions, and racist actions by individuals.

We are sickened by the increase in racial violence toward our Asian and Asian American communities, and are weary of the continued reminders of racism that mar our society.

We also take this opportunity to uplift and share our utmost support for the powerful Statement on Anti-Asian Violence.pdf issued by the Executive Board of the Association for Asian American Faculty and Staff, Asian American Cultural Center, and Asian and Asian American Studies Institute.

We also strongly encourage our HESA community to attend a virtual panel that will take place on March 18 at 5pm ET “Asians in America: Anti-Asian Violence and the Fight Against Invisibility” which will feature UConn students, faculty, and staff; provide perspectives on today’s climate and its impact on UConn’s Asian and Asian American community. To register for the event, please click here.

Lastly, while we (HESA), pride ourselves in working hard to advance diversity, equity and inclusion, we recognize that we too can and must do better to support, include, and grow our Asian and Asian American community members. We take this charge seriously and commit to continuing to make progress within HESA to be more equitable in the work that we do. Some of the work that we will continue and improve upon are the following:

Enhance our curriculum and course syllabi to be more critically-inclusive of Asian and Asian American experiences in higher education;
Host a set of teach-ins on April 7th at 3:30PM for our first-year students and April 8th at 10:00AM for our second-year students to better demonstrate our commitment to a more critically-inclusive curriculum; and
Continue to work with our campus partners to share and receive best practices on cultural competencies and solidarity initiatives.
We look forward to sharing this progress as we move ahead with this important work.

In community,

Your HESA Faculty

SSS Statement to Our Asian Community

Dear SSS students,

We are devastated to see the increase in hate crimes directed at the Asian community. Over the last year, an increasing number of Asian American families have felt the impact of racism through bullying, violence, and acts of discrimination.

Our SSS family is rich with diversity, and is made up of many ethnic groups who have faced inhumane social injustice. So many in our community have been discriminated against in some form, and we must come together in support of all. We want to share our voice in support of our Asian community and their families. It is our hope that we can spread awareness of the injustice and violence taking place, and to help bring about change and solutions.

There will be a virtual panel, “Asians in America: Anti-Asian Violence & the Fight against Invisibility,” held on Thursday, March 18th from 5pm-6:30pm. We encourage you to attend. Please see the attached flyer for information and how to register or click here.

We stand in solidarity with our students. If you wish to talk, we are here for you unconditionally.

Sincerely,

Bidya, Carl, Chelsea, Kim, Sterling, Summer, and Yes-C

ODI’s Statement on Anti-Asian Racism

Since January 2020, instances of Anti-Asian aggression, bias, and violence have increased drastically across the United States. According to Stop AAPI Hate.pdf, the country’s leading coalition documenting and addressing Anti-Asian hate and discrimination during the COVID-19 Pandemic, people of Asian descent have been caught in cycles of harassment and violence as they have been scapegoated for the COVID-19 pandemic. They have been the targets of online harassment, called a “virus,” spit on, either berated in public or conspicuously avoided, have been refused service, have had their businesses vandalized, have been assaulted, and have even been killed. While the vast majority of these incidents of race-based aggression, bias, and violence are not criminally prosecutable, every single one of them is dehumanizing. Every single one of them is wrong. Every single one of these incidents carries long-term negative impacts for both those individuals and communities targeted by these acts and those individuals and communities who allow these attitudes and behaviors to proliferate.

Unfortunately, such cycles of harassment and violence often do not receive widespread attention in conversations about racial justice. Rather, according to the Southern Poverty Center Law Center’s Learning for Justice Program, since Asian Americans are often perceived as the “model minority,” bias incidents against Asians and Asian Americans are treated as isolated incidents, rather than as systemic racism. As a result, Asian and Asian American feelings are minimized. Their pain is ignored. Institutional racism goes unchallenged. Unfortunately, UConn’s communities are not free from this.

The University of Connecticut Office for Diversity and Inclusion is firmly committed to undoing systemic racism on our campuses and in our community. We are incredibly proud of the work the Asian American Cultural Center (AsACC), Association of Asian American Faculty (AAAF), and the Asian and Asian American Studies Institute (AAASI), have been doing for over thirty years in raising awareness of how systematic racism has impacted the Asian and Asian American communities, as well as in celebrating the valuable contributions these communities have made to UConn. We stand with our Asian and Asian American community members who have been the undeserving recipients of racist aggression, bias, and hatred. We are committed to recognizing their experiences as part of our united project for undoing systematic and institutional racism; we are committed to celebrating their contributions to our community. We are also committed to helping other members of our community recognize how scapegoating Asians and Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond perpetuates the systematic and institutional racism we are together working to undo.

To that end, we offer the following resources for Asians and Asian Americans as well as to all members of our community, whom we call to be effective allies:

Support those who have been the targets of harassment or violence or who could use support:
SHaW Mental Health Services: https://studenthealth.uconn.edu/mental-health/
Asian American Cultural Center: https://asacc.uconn.edu/organizations/faculty-staff-organizations/
UConn’s Faculty and Staff Associations: https://diversity.uconn.edu/faculty-staff/
BIPOC Resources to Ensure Safety and Support for College Campuses: https://docs.google.com/document/u/6/d/e/2PACX-1vQhZbrdvMIKINN6ZvTIbee1yC9Tkc_YdAE2nhgC1WvB7Nvv1WmvM2W_mK00T3XhOeFA063amdkoqBYu/pub
Mental Wellness Activity Book for Asian Americans: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e685e276868922e5ad39f9c/t/5f8e259590e61209aa9d4dbb/1603151258100/IAMNOTAVIRUS+X+UCONN+AAASI+Mental+Health+Work+Book.pdf.pdf
Asian Americans Advancing Justice: https://www.standagainsthatred.org/resources
Hate is a Virus: https://hateisavirus.org/
Stop AAPI Hate: https://stopaapihate.org/
Report a Bias Incident:
InForm
Dean of Students Office
We also invite students and faculty to engage with the Asian American Studies Institute, whether by taking a course or exploring programs and initiatives. A few other AASI resources:

A virtual panel for Thursday, March 18 at 5:00 PM, “Asians in America-Anti-Asian Violence and the Fight against Invisibility.” This event is hosted by the Asian American Cultural Center (AsACC), UConn’s Association for Asian American Faculty and Staff (AAAFI), and the Asian American Studies Institute (AAASI)
UConn History / Asian American Studies Professor Jason Chang’s open-source resources on addressing Coronavirus racism: https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1-DLnAY5r-f4DRLZgndR_Bu47nqHVtAOKem5QRmbz7bg/mobilebasic
Pandemic Anti-Racism Reader: https://asianamerican.uconn.edu/2020/04/15/pandemic-anti-racism-reader/
We stand with our Asian and Asian American community members and we celebrate their contributions to the UConn community. We encourage all members of the UConn community to act as allies and support the Asian and Asian American community. Reach out to your friends and colleagues to see how they are doing. Share the resources referenced above. Help amplify their voices. And if you – or anyone you know – could use some general support during this time, please do not hesitate to seek help.

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Statement on Anti-Asian Violence

March 8, 2021

UCONN ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN AMERICAN FACULTY AND STAFF (AAAFS)

STATEMENT ON ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCE

The first cases of Covid-19 in the United States were reported in January 2020, and since that time there has been a massive increase in anti-Asian violence across the United States. STOP AAPI HATE notes that hundreds and sometimes thousands of reported incidents occur every month. They report that incidents of verbal attacks, avoidance, physical assault, online harassment, and being spit upon are the most common forms. A recent New York Times article article also details many of the abhorrent and deplorable crimes and actions that have targeted Asians over the last year. It is a sad compendium of history and facts that delves into the nuances and complications related to anti-Asian racism. Nationally, attacks are most common in businesses, public streets and sidewalks, parks, online and in public transit, but they also happen here at UConn.

UConn’s commitment to combatting anti-Asian racism began in 1987 with an episode of students’ verbal attacks and spitting on other Asian American peers. What can we say has changed in 33 years? Certainly, our resolve and commitment to the community has only strengthened in these decades, while the number of Asians and Asian Americans at the University has grown significantly. At UConn, there are thousands who identify as Asian and Asian American: 12.7% of the University’s workforce (faculty, staff, administrators, and graduate assistants; Fall 2019), and 10.5% of our students (Fall 2020). In addition, a significant percentage of our international students come from Asian countries.

Mike Keo, Activist-in-Residence of UConn’s Asian and Asian American Studies Institute, started the social media campaign #IAMNOTAVIRUS to humanize Asians and Asian Americans targeted by hateful rhetoric, and to counter this virulent and unwarranted malice. We release this statement in the same spirit, to:

draw appropriate attention to the intensifying violence against Asians in America;
formally state our position in this ongoing conflict of systems, cultures, histories, and sensibilities;
and call upon faculty, staff, administrators, and all UConn students and stakeholders to rise to the challenge of actively opposing racism and hate against Asians, all marginalized groups, and all peoples of color.
We state as clearly and as boldly as we can: all of this has impacted us, the Asians and Asian Americans at UConn. What is happening is wrong and we must stand together to not only identify and call-out this kind of behavior and its bad actors; but we must work systemically and synergistically to change culpable aspects of our university and society, to ultimately eradicate this malignancy.

Though today’s political climate often attempts to polarize such issues and concerns, we hope that you will see that this is not a political comment. Rather, it is a call for solidarity and commitment, 2

awareness and understanding, attention and action. We stand with our fellow peer groups and associations, institutes and centers, and student organizations at UConn that are committed to combating the prejudiced, racist, harmful, and violent actions and words that attempt to marginalize and divide us even further. We hope that all of UConn will not only stand behind us, your Asian and Asian American colleagues, but stand with us, as we form even greater bonds and grow in numbers and strength across the university.

For we refuse to wear the moniker of the ‘model minority.’ Because of this racial stereotype, Asian Americans are too often left out of discussions of racial justice, thus ignoring our pain, minimizing our feelings, and assuming a passive response. We call on the University’s Administration to formally recognize that anti-racist work must account for the historical legacy and impact of racism on all peoples of color, including Asians. Further, we call on the University’s Administration to not only condemn recent acts of violence against Asians, but also consciously recognize the impact that these acts have on our UConn family. Even during the unprecedented times we are living through now—battling the Covid-19 pandemic; addressing the scourge of systemic racism; and navigating economic insecurity and inequity for millions of people—we ask the UConn Administration to see that this is exactly the right time to ensure, specifically and concretely, that the lens of justice sees all shades of Yellow, Black, and Brown.

As part of our work as a cultural organization at the University, we will host a virtual panel on March 18, from 5-6:30pm. “Asians in America: Anti-Asian Violence and the Fight Against Invisibility” will feature UConn students, faculty, and staff; provide perspectives on today’s climate and its impact on UConn’s Asian and Asian American community; shed light on our experience; and galvanize anti-racist efforts that will benefit us all. To register for the event, please click here.

We also encourage you to access resources and organizations such as STOP AAPI HATE, HateIsAVirus.org, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, and Chinese for Affirmative Action, to name a few. At UConn, please communicate with your peers and colleagues, with your supervisors, and with the administration, to let them know where you stand, and your need for allyship and support.

The Association for Asian American Faculty and Staff hopes that we can work more closely with you and yours each and every day to combat racism, stifle prejudice, and ultimately deconstruct the systems and structures at our university and within society that uphold the American caste system where all shades darker than white are consciously and subconsciously considered less-than.

This struggle began centuries ago; it takes on new forms today; and will continue tomorrow, and the next. If our work helps us to achieve greater unity, then we will have found success.

Yours in solidarity,

The Executive Board of the Association for Asian American Faculty and Staff

The Asian American Cultural Center

The Asian and Asian American Studies Institute

CONTACT: asacc@uconn.edu

President’s Statement on Anti-Asian Violence and Bias

 

Dear UConn Community,

One of the most alarming and upsetting developments of the past year stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic has been a surge of hate crimes, bias incidents, and racist bullying directed against the Asian community throughout our country. Since the pandemic began last year, many Asians and Asian Americans around the United States have been the target of acts of hate and violence, with a disturbing number of crimes directed against the elderly.

Make no mistake: The hatred that lies behind these crimes is not new. Violence against Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander communities has deep roots in the history of the United States. It is the duty of each one of us to face up to that history, and to the contemporary manifestations of it that happen on our streets, businesses, and schools every day.

As a scholarly community devoted to the highest principles of human achievement, UConn must stand resolutely against hatred, discrimination, and violence when directed at Asians, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, or anyone else targeted by these malignant forces.

We can start by doing something as simple as reaching out to our friends, fellow students, and colleagues to offer our support, friendship, and care. The pressure that the Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander members of our community are facing is intense, and by refusing to be bystanders to hate, by offering to stand in solidarity with our fellow Huskies, we can help ease that pressure.

Additionally, I am encouraging all of us to attend the virtual seminar Asians in America: Anti-Asian Violence & the Fight against Invisibility, scheduled for Thursday, March 18 at 5 p.m. We should all also become familiar with the resources and perspectives of the Asian American Cultural Center, which provides a welcoming and sustaining environment for students, faculty, and staff. Another important resource is the Asian and Asian American Studies Institute, which is at the center of intellectual efforts to advance knowledge related to the experiences of people of Asian descent. This institute has been a vital partner in the mobilization of responses to anti-Asian violence and a longtime advocate for racial justice.

The national surge in hate crimes and bias incidents can be severely damaging to mental health, even for those who have not directly been victims. We are a community that cares for each other. As such, remember to seek help if you need it. UConn offers a number of resources to provide support during this time, including Student Health and Wellness, the Dean of Students Office, and our Cultural Centers. Faculty and staff can seek support from the Employee Assistance Program. Support and resources for faculty and staff can also be found through campus affinity groups. All of these resources are available whether you are located on campus or remotely.

Most importantly, I want to offer my personal commitment to the Asian and Asian American members of the UConn community: You are seen and heard. Your history, your struggle, and your contributions are not invisible, but an essential and indispensable part of the University of Connecticut. This is a painful time, but I know that together we will overcome this challenge.

Sincerely,
Tom

Thomas Katsouleas
President, University of Connecticut

Message from the Office of the Provost

February 22, 2021

This message was sent to Deans, Associate Deans, and Department Heads

Dear Colleagues,

I am writing to share an update on two recent bias incidents on the Storrs campus.

On Friday, a swastika was found drawn on the wall of the men’s bathroom in the Biology/Physics Building. Later that day, the University was also informed of graffiti of an anti-Black racial slur discovered in the same facility. These actions are abhorrent and harmful to the diverse students, faculty, and staff who call UConn home.

We are appreciative of the individuals who reported the graffiti to the University through inform.uconn.edu. The UConn Police are investigating the incident and University administration is following bias response protocol. The graffiti has been removed, after the police were able to document it. At this time, the individual or individuals responsible have not been identified. Although it is likely that additional investigative leads will be limited, should the individuals responsible be identified, we will share that information.

Our bias response protocol has several objectives, including raising awareness when these incidents occur, providing information about the University’s response, and offering resources to support affected communities and educate our community. Given the public location of this incident, we cannot determine all of the populations who may have encountered this graffiti, so we are reaching this broader group to ask for your help in sharing this information and resources with your faculty, staff, and students.

A list of resources to consult:

InForm
Office for Diversity and Inclusion
African American Cultural Center
Africana Studies Institute
Dean of Students
Faith at UConn
Hillel
Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Life
These incidents are troubling and show we still have work to do in building a community and culture that is inclusive of all our diverse members. We appreciate your partnership as leaders in identifying bias incidents and connecting your communities to resources to recognize and respond to acts that threaten the safety and well-being of members of our community.

If you have further questions, you are welcome to reach out to any member of the Provost’s Office leadership team, the Office for Diversity and Inclusion, and the Dean of Students.

Sincerely,
Carl

Carl Lejuez
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs