As members of the UCI community, we want to address the ongoing and painful state of racism in our country. Our hearts and minds are with the Asian American community, as recent hate crimes are a disturbing reminder that there is much work yet to be done.
At the Samueli School of Engineering, we stand with the Asian American community today and every day.
A Message from UCI Chancellor Howard Gillman
March 17, 2021
Yesterday a young white man killed eight women in three separate attacks in the Atlanta area. Six of the eight victims were Asian. Read more
Message on Anti-Asian Discrimination from Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Douglas M. Haynes
March 15, 2021
Dear campus community, From coast to coast, Asian and Asian-American communities are experiencing an alarming number of acts of bias, prejudice and bigotry. Read more
Anti-Asian violence is part of an epidemic of racism but here’s why you’re only hearing about it now
Kristie Valerie Hoang
Insider.com
March 18, 2021
Some Asian Americans may not return to in-person classes for fears of bullying and violence
Amy Ta
KCRW.com
March 16, 2021
Stop Asian hate, Stop Black hate, stop all hate: Many Americans call for unity against racism
Marc Ramirez
USA Today
March 20, 2021
Stop AAPI Hate
Our communities stand united against racism. Hate against Asian American Pacific Islander communities has risen during the COVID-19 pandemic. Together, wec an stop it.
Check out the landing page about Stop AAPI Hate, a coalition addressing anti-Asian hate amid the pandemic. Read more
“How to Report a Hate Crime” helps educate the Asian community on how to recognize and report Asian hate crimes by distributing visual booklets in 7 languages. This series of visual booklets is essential to the elderly community as the majority of them do not know how to access the internet or use their phone. There are essential pages in the booklet like writing down detailed descriptions of incidents and pages in the back of useful English phrases to flash to a bystander to seek help during an attack if they are not able to speak English. For more information about this project, please visit the hatecrimebook website.
What You Can Do
- Listen to podcasts on Inclusivity in Difficult Times (Office of Inclusive Excellence) and Seizing Opportunities to Combat Xenophobia (Southeast Asian Student Association at UCI)
- View resources from the Awaken’s webinar on Challenging Anti-Asian Racism and Xenophobia during COVID-19 (Office of Inclusive Excellence)
- Learn about the Community Impact of COVID-19 (UCI Learning from Our Asian American and Pacific Islanders Leaders project)
- Enroll in the OIE Inclusive Excellence Certificate Program
- Report acts of intolerance (Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity)
(Courtesy of Douglas M. Haynes, VC for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, UC Irvine)
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