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AAA, </span></b></i></span></div>
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<div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><i><b><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia, serif;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">We
invite you to take some time today to sign the institute petition that AAI has put together. </span></b></i></span></div>
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the MIT Asian American Initiative (AAI) has created a list of five institute recommendations to make MIT a safer and more inclusive space for Asian/American students — you can read our statement and sign to signify your support here: </span><span style="margin:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><a href="http://asianamerican.mit.edu/recs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia, serif">asianamerican.mit.edu/recs</span></a></span></b></i></span>
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<div style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;font-family:Georgia, serif">WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU BELONG AT MIT?</span></div>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia, serif">After witnessing the rise in anti-Asian hate amidst the Covid-19 pandemic beginning in 2020, the MIT Asian American Initiative (AAI) has spent a long time grappling with this question. We wondered
what it meant for Asian American students, one of the largest marginalized groups on campus, to still feel invisible. For a little over a year, we’ve worked on creating a series of five recommendations for administration to make MIT a more inclusive and safe
space for Asians and Asian Americans:</span><br>
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<li style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="margin:0px">Hire culturally competent health professionals</span></li><li style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="margin:0px">Create a permanent, physical space for Asian American students and increase cultural representation</span></li><li style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="margin:0px">Offer courses in Asian American studies and install ethnic studies programs</span></li><li style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="margin:0px">Hire more Asian American faculty, staff, and senior-level admin</span></li><li style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="margin:0px">Disaggregate data of Asian American enrollment, graduation, and admissions by ethnicity</span></li></ol>
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set up a display in Lobby 7 for the week and will also be at the stud and Lobby 10 booths to talk about our recommendations! You can sign and support our petition using this link: <a href="http://asianamerican.mit.edu/recs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="asianamerican.mit.edu/recs" data-linkindex="1" style="margin:0px">asianamerican.mit.edu/recs</a> and
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amplify our message. Thank you for your time, and feel free to reach out to <a href="mailto:aai-recs@mit.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="aai-recs@mit.edu" data-linkindex="3" style="margin:0px">aai-recs@mit.edu</a> with
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<div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">With love, </div>
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