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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Please consider attending this event tomorrow at 12 noon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">As an Asian woman faculty in the department and a facilitator of the event, I cordially invite you to the following keynote event
<b>tomorrow (Fri) 12pm</b> to combat discrimination against Asian/Pacific Islander populations in the U.S. Here is the registration link:
<a href="https://ohio.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_afawgtAJnTHRy4u">https://ohio.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_afawgtAJnTHRy4u</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">On March 16, a 21-year-old white man went into three spas in Atlanta and killed eight people—six of whom were Asian-American women. In addition to this tragedy,
<a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstopaapihate.org%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1H6r7zwSGFCkXbVZ-diB6MQIFXzN9xBoNVwz9rbmveGjd5wBBmYuXEv7M&data=04%7C01%7Ccounselor_educ%40listserv.ohio.edu%7C917cc3e0ec364753624d08d905e0fe97%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637547286166969862%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=tHM6LMU%2Bc%2BVI3KotC4TfofqWkvMGE50bCGxw1nLrG%2F0%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://stopaapihate.org/?fbclid=IwAR1H6r7zwSGFCkXbVZ-diB6MQIFXzN9xBoNVwz9rbmveGjd5wBBmYuXEv7M" shash="Agpki4ROgG8sNroWdcPfYOawsUTYoUocpq3kg4lDWOT2vPYFfr1p9TyD794JQr2n+W3n16p0beOqIari2IIp6PIxquY0eGy9TRHt1NPHmFrBThRpSt+lBRWr93iZ1ZGhSG5k5MXGXdJObGKzSNAfv/uNIBrO9ncZRp0atCxsBhw=" target="_blank">
https://stopaapihate.org/</a> has reported 3,800 discrimination incidents against AAPIs nationwide, ranging from verbal harassment, shunning, civil rights violations, and physical assaults. This is still far enough to cover all the incidents, the pain, the
fears, and life-threatening situations that many of our AAPIs have experienced.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The keynote speaker, Helen Zia, is a key figure in the Asian American movement and a journalist and activist for Asian American and LGBTQ rights. I'm so proud of our university for stepping ahead of peer institutions
and organizing such a critical conversation to foster reflection and strategies to combat discrimination against AAPIs. I hope you join us and learn about the history and current situations of AAPIs and help build an inclusive and safe campus.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Lijing</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">Lijing Yang, PhD, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">Associate Professor, Higher Education and Student Affairs</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">Ohio University</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">The Patton College of Education</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">Department of Counseling and Higher Education</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">McCracken Hall 432N</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">Athens, Ohio 45701</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">Office: (740) 597-1930</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">Email: <a href="mailto:yangl@ohio.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">yangl@ohio.edu</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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