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<div style="margin: 0in;" class="">In case you have not seen it, I’m forwarding the message from President Reif that was sent earlier today. It is also available online at <a href="http://bit.ly/2OEA68y" style="color: blue;" class="">http://bit.ly/2OEA68y</a>. </div>
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<div style="margin: 0in;" class="">I share President Reif's sense of outrage and the solidarity of our community against these most recent acts of anti-Asian violence. If you need support, please don’t hesitate to reach out. In addition to the many resources
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;" class="">To the members of the MIT community,</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;" class="">This message is for everyone. But let me begin with a word for the thousands of members of our MIT family – undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, staff,
faculty, alumni, parents and Corporation members – who are Asian or of Asian descent:</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class="">We would not be MIT without you. </span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;" class="">You are our colleagues, our students, our classmates, our lab mates, our teachers, our mentors, our leaders – and our friends. </span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;" class="">Across the country, a cruel signature of this pandemic year has been a terrible surge in anti-Asian violence, discrimination and public rhetoric. I know some
of you have experienced such harm directly. The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a class="link-build-content" target="_blank" href="http://inj9.mjt.lu/lnk/AVMAACdksNMAAcro5DQAAAA86r0AAAAAGqoAJRlfAAiQzwBgU1_D9SS0WiVXSpexUJ5Qi6rE6gAIIWc/1/lVdqtv6bPktw7u72PjHKzQ/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmJjbmV3cy5jb20vbmV3cy9hc2lhbi1hbWVyaWNhL3RoZXJlLXdlcmUtMy04MDAtYW50aS1hc2lhbi1yYWNpc3QtaW5jaWRlbnRzLW1vc3RseS1hZ2FpbnN0LW4xMjYxMjU3" style="color: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 86, 238); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;" class=""><u class="">targets
are very often women and the elderly</u></span></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;" class="">.</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;" class="">These acts are especially disturbing in the context of several years of mounting hostility and suspicion in the United States focused on people of Chinese
origin. The murders in Georgia Tuesday, including among the victims so many Asian women, come as one more awful shock.</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;" class="">I write today to express the outrage and solidarity of our community against these terrible acts, to recognize the fear, pain and sadness you may naturally
be feeling – and to let you know that you are not alone.</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;" class="">Below my signature, you will find a listing of the many people and offices at MIT who stand ready to help. Even if you have never considered doing so before,
I encourage you to reach out. Sometimes a listening ear can make an enormous difference. </span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;" class="">And if you have experienced harassment or discrimination at MIT, please do not hesitate to contact the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a class="link-build-content" target="_blank" href="http://inj9.mjt.lu/lnk/AVMAACdksNMAAcro5DQAAAA86r0AAAAAGqoAJRlfAAiQzwBgU1_D9SS0WiVXSpexUJ5Qi6rE6gAIIWc/2/BzKQyBH4qG6rRNqmjfkq5A/aHR0cHM6Ly9pZGhyLm1pdC5lZHUv" style="color: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 86, 238); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;" class=""><u class="">Institute
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;" class="">With leadership from Institute Community and Equity Officer (ICEO) John Dozier,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a class="link-build-content" target="_blank" href="http://inj9.mjt.lu/lnk/AVMAACdksNMAAcro5DQAAAA86r0AAAAAGqoAJRlfAAiQzwBgU1_D9SS0WiVXSpexUJ5Qi6rE6gAIIWc/3/1F4J8eYljwHokNx0Nn9m8A/aHR0cDovL2RpdmVyc2l0eS5taXQuZWR1Lw" style="color: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 86, 238); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;" class=""><u class="">his
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we are planning an online community event focused on our students. With help from a range of MIT cultural organizations, we are determining what kind of program would be most welcome and helpful, and what other steps we can take to further support our Asian
community. We will share the details as soon as we know them.</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;" class="">Earlier this month, we lost an extraordinary citizen of MIT, ChoKyun Rha ’62, SM ’64, SM ’66, SCD ’67, a professor post-tenure of biomaterials science and
engineering, at the age of 87. Raised in Seoul in a family that expected her to become a doctor, she came to MIT because she wanted to be an engineer. In 1974, she joined our faculty; in 1980, she became the first Asian female faculty member to earn tenure
at MIT. Dr. Rha went on to build a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a class="link-build-content" target="_blank" href="http://inj9.mjt.lu/lnk/AVMAACdksNMAAcro5DQAAAA86r0AAAAAGqoAJRlfAAiQzwBgU1_D9SS0WiVXSpexUJ5Qi6rE6gAIIWc/5/XrWA65eW6MYF5spHYZzO0g/aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLm1pdC5lZHUvMjAyMS9jaG9reXVuLXJoYS1wcm9mZXNzb3ItMDMxNw" style="color: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 86, 238); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;" class=""><u class="">remarkable
career</u></span></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>as a teacher, a mentor and a scholar.</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;" class="">It is difficult to imagine how alone she must have felt in her early years at MIT, when women students and Asian students numbered in just dozens. But the
trail she and so many others blazed helped lead to the rich diversity of MIT we treasure today.</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;" class="">As we struggle against the persistence of racism and discrimination within our society, let us honor her memory by standing together and standing up for one
another.</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;" class="">With sympathy, respect and appreciation,</span></p>
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can talk with students over Zoom or on the phone during regular weekday business hours. On nights and weekends, Mental Health and Counseling's on-call clinician can be reached at 617-253-4481.</span></li><li class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;" class="">Students may also reach out to these offices for support:</span>
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