Stop AAPI Hate
Led by a group of graduate and undergraduate students, 3,795 candles will light up Kresge Oval this Saturday night (4/3) to recognize the 3,795 (and counting) reported anti-AAPI hate incidents in the last year alone from 7-9PM ET!
With 3,795 candles to set up, we are particularly in need of Undergraduate volunteers on COVID Pass so if you are free and nearby Kresge, please consider signing up to help with set-up and take-down on Saturday night!
Members of the MIT community (students, faculty, affiliates) with COVIDPass eligibility are invited to come between 7-9 PM to reflect and show their solidarity. Join us and register here for your time slot between 7-9 PM to ensure social distancing and COVID-safe capacity limits. Masks must be worn and social distancing will be enforced. Please note that COVIDPass eligibility and campus access will be checked.
*For those that cannot come in person, RSVP to our FB event for our livestream info and virtual interaction with other participants.*
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Contact: chinatowncitizenship@pbha.org
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AAI
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Sign up at: here