{"id":65477,"date":"2021-03-30T03:30:58","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T07:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=65477"},"modified":"2021-03-31T14:38:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T18:38:36","slug":"utoledo-hosts-dialogue-on-diversity-to-discuss-anti-asian-hate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/03_30_2021\/utoledo-hosts-dialogue-on-diversity-to-discuss-anti-asian-hate","title":{"rendered":"UToledo Hosts Dialogue on Diversity to Discuss Anti-Asian Hate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Toledo continues its Dialogues on Diversity series with the next virtual town hall, \u201cStop Anti-Asian Hate, The Fight to Eliminate Racism in All Forms,\u201d taking place at noon Tuesday, April 6, on <a href=\"https:\/\/utoledo.webex.com\/mw3300\/mywebex\/default.do?nomenu=true&amp;siteurl=utoledo&amp;service=6&amp;rnd=0.15596043240241053&amp;main_url=https%3A%2F%2Futoledo.webex.com%2Fec3300%2Feventcenter%2Fevent%2FeventAction.do%3FtheAction%3Ddetail%26%26%26EMK%3D4832534b00000004a4ca4b3755287f9fcf6f55c445e5fc48969b0f849842f16320db803baa212723%26siteurl%3Dutoledo%26confViewID%3D189676479465942535%26encryptTicket%3DSDJTSwAAAAQvOQ5ls79UlWEAuaruGrzO1vriZMki8CP2cUkNR3RnEg2%26\">Webex<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light the blatant discrimination and violence that Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander folks have experienced,\u201d said Aleiah Jones, manager of the Office of Multicultural Student Success. \u201cThe organization Stop AAPI Hate received 3,795 reports of anti-Asian hate incidents between March 2020 and February 2021. Anti-Asian hate is not a new phenomenon in our country. We mourn the victims of the recent attack in Atlanta and stand in solidarity with our AAPI community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sara Clark, director of the UToledo Center for International Studies and Programs, will moderate the discussion with participants including:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 Dr. An Chung Cheng, professor of Spanish in the UToledo Department of World Languages and Cultures, and director of the Asian Studies Program;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 Dr. Joseph Hara, Distinguished University Lecturer in the UToledo Department of World Languages and Cultures, and director of the Japanese program;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 Hua Liu Sowa, Ph.D. student in UToledo\u2019s Judith Herb College of Education, and former chair of the Chinese Center of Toledo Board of Directors;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 Carolyn Sowa, Toledo native who is a master\u2019s student in international law at Beijing University and a master\u2019s student in international relations at the London School of Economics; and<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 Xinren Yu, assistant director of the UToledo Center for International Studies and Programs.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately following the event, the University Counseling Center with the Office of Multicultural Student Success and the Center for International Studies and Programs will host a support group for students. UToledo students can access the support group meeting on <a href=\"https:\/\/fs.utoledo.edu\/adfs\/ls\/?wa=wsignin1.0&amp;wtrealm=urn:federation:cas\">Invonet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Additional resources are available at UToledo\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utoledo.edu\/studentaffairs\/omss\/heritage\/asian-and-pacific.html\">Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is the 13th town hall in the series of recent virtual Dialogues on Diversity since George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis by a police officer, sparking protests nationwide against systemic racism.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Toledo is a community that celebrates and respects people of all backgrounds and experiences. As an institution, we remain committed to building an inclusive environment free of racism, sexism, bigotry and other negative influences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/03_30_2021\/utoledo-hosts-dialogue-on-diversity-to-discuss-anti-asian-hate\"><img width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Asian-Hate-Town-Hall-graphic-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><p>The virtual town hall \u201cStop Anti-Asian Hate, The Fight to Eliminate Racism in All Forms&#8221; is scheduled for noon April 6 on Webex.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":875,"featured_media":65478,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,73,5,53,1,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65477"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/875"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65477"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65480,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65477\/revisions\/65480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}