[Faculty] Fwd: Following up on the APIDA Pledge

Mon Apr 5 10:51:20 PDT 2021

Dear Colleagues,
Please find below, something for your information and deliberation. Hoping
that you will give it your time and thought!

Best regards
Sweta
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Mahasweta Sarkar, Ph.D
Professor and Graduate Advisor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Education Co-Director, Center for Neuro Technology (CNT)
Diversity Liaison, College of Engineering
San Diego State University
San Diego, California, USA
URL: http://sweta.sdsu.edu <https://sweta.sdsu.edu>

Pronouns: she/her/hers
We are learning on Kumeyaay land
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SDSU's African-American Community

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From: Jennifer Imazeki <jimazeki at sdsu.edu>
Date: Sat, Apr 3, 2021 at 9:57 AM
Subject: Following up on the APIDA Pledge
To: Alana Dillette <adillette at sdsu.edu>, Allison Vaughn <avaughn at sdsu.edu>,
Amy Randel <arandel at sdsu.edu>, Anne Donadey <adonadey at sdsu.edu>, Arion
Mayes <amayes at sdsu.edu>, Cristian Sterling Aquino <caquino at sdsu.edu>,
Elizabeth Cordero <ecordero at sdsu.edu>, Gabriel Gonzalez <ggonzalez at sdsu.edu>,
Gloria Rhodes <grhodes at sdsu.edu>, Harsimran Baweja <hbaweja at sdsu.edu>,
Nathian Rodriguez <nsrodriguez at sdsu.edu>, Roy Whitaker <dwhitaker at sdsu.edu>,
Sweta Sarkar <msarkar2 at sdsu.edu>, Theresa M. Garcia <TGARCIA at sdsu.edu>,
Aurora Velasco <apvelasco at sdsu.edu>, Deb Naylon <dnaylon at sdsu.edu>,
Jennifer Lakin <jennifer.lakin at darth.sdsu.edu>, Jenny Bramer <
jbramer at sdsu.edu>, Jessica Rentto <JRENTTO at sdsu.edu>, John Crockett <
jcrockett at sdsu.edu>, Kristine Catano <kcatano at sdsu.edu>, Mary Taylor <
mftaylor at sdsu.edu>, Melanie Patton <melanie.patton at sdsu.edu>, Patricia Rea <
prea at sdsu.edu>, Raquel Herriott <rherriott at sdsu.edu>, Rick Schultz <
rschultz2 at sdsu.edu>, Thom Harpole <tharpole at sdsu.edu>, Vadim Ponomarenko <
VPONOMARENKO at sdsu.edu>, Claire Norberg <cnorberg at sdsu.edu>, Aura Martin <
amartin7 at sdsu.edu>
Cc: Jessica Nare <JLNARE at sdsu.edu>, Virginia Hagan <vloh-hagan at sdsu.edu>

Dear Liaisons,

Can you please help in getting the following message out to the leadership
(chairs, directors, managers, etc.) in your college or division? Thank you,
and happy Friday!!!

Thanks to all who have supported our APIDA Pledge. If you haven’t
officially signed the Pledge, please do so here:  #SDSUAPIDAPledge
<https://sacd.sdsu.edu/diversity-initiatives/apida-pledge>. In addition,
please encourage your staff, friends, and family members to sign as well.
It is our goal to create a safe and welcoming campus climate for all of our
APIDA students, staff, and faculty.

In addition to signing the Pledge, there are other ways you can help the
SDSU APIDA Center in efforts to fight against anti-Asian hate:

   -

   Encourage departments/units to amplify our upcoming events which include
   an APIDA Conference
   <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DUoSPC2kw_zt7A9vnnjVp3qxTI60iKxE/view?usp=sharing>,
   APIDA in the Arts Festiva
   <https://drive.google.com/file/d/12_LDYFJhFwa17eT-lixxrdZPdiXGT7EI/view?usp=sharing>l,
   AFE 101: “How to be an Anti-Racist Teacher” Conference
   <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CcutCn9Myn3_Wzo7XOAl6qP5OuQo3TAT/view?usp=sharing>,
   APIDA Hometown Heroes
   <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wFj00k1YP1zWV5t6MWCnThr_qxfcwoVN/view?usp=sharing>,
   "Let's Talk
   <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Eq45U1PtBzKp1M1HMp8l-oUxoBmZOLG0/view?usp=sharing>"
   processing spaces, and "Let's Be Better Together
   <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YE8angTcf8yKk1oVGTMniFjWFJvAZ-7Z/view?usp=sharing>"
   trainings. Flyers, etc. can be found on our social media
   <https://www.instagram.com/sdsuapidacenter>and in our Spring 2021
   Solidarity Programs google drive
   <https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/138AQuDVf7mc2dhdrmqKeb-ZkDdfwY7QX?usp=sharing>
   . (Stay tuned for May APIDA History Month programming)
   -

   Encourage colleges/divisions/units/departments to write solidarity
   statements to support APIDA communities. The SDSU APIDA Center is
   willing to help by reviewing these solidarity statements. We would also
   like to collect these statements in order to amplify them on our website
   and social media. Please send directly to vloh-hagan at sdsu.edu
   <vlog-hagan at sdsu.edu>.
   -

   Encourage colleges/divisions/units/departments to include the Pledge and
   address issues of anti-Asian hate in their meeting agendas. The SDSU APIDA
   Center is also willing to attend meetings to talk about ways to support
   APIDA folks, to collaborate on programs that serve APIDA folks, etc. Please
   reach out directly to vloh-hagan at sdsu.edu <vlog-hagan at sdsu.edu>.

Thanks for all your support. Together, we can be better.

P.S. Several APIDA faculty wrote an opinion piece that was published in the San
Diego Union-Tribune
<https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/commentary/story/2021-03-25/opinion-asian-american-women-victims-harassment-violence-death?fbclid=IwAR0BOmCoVcoOyY2cgWMwrSJFD2rrfMYDaItVOtVJ94JwfVI5AqoimtjLFww>.
The authors include Dr. Virginia Loh-Hagan (APIDA Center), Dr. Congcong
Zheng (COB - Management), Dr. Nellie Tran (COE - Counseling and School
Psychology), Dr. Yawen Li (CHHS - Social Work), and Dr. Hongmei Shen (PSFA
- Journalism and Media Studies). In addition, the "Daily Aztec"
<https://thedailyaztec.com/104954/news/atlanta-shootings-are-breaking-point-for-asian-american-women-at-san-diego-state/?fbclid=IwAR3eBsNJhe9LLjqR0kvNAB7P0ayLhfaP6-TABq_ILmOCG-TUArbFhNws4gM>
also
wrote an article about the shootings.
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Division of Student Affairs and Campus Diversity
San Diego State University
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