Hate against some of us harms all of us. We encourage our community to acknowledge, amplify, and denounce the ongoing anti-Asian hate crimes. In the past few weeks, our team has been horrified to read about racially motivated hate crimes involving physical violence and harassment, targeting Asian Americans. These are not isolated events, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, inflammatory and xenophobic rhetoric, harassment, and violence against Asian American and Pacific Islander persons, families, and communities have increased. These acts damage our society and counter to our core values.

Advancing racial equity and inclusion for people of all races and ethnicities is critical to the mission of InnovateEDU. We commit to and will work to activate every member of our community and our partners to take a stand against the structures that perpetuate and fuel discrimination and assaults on Asian American and Pacific Islander persons.

This statement was originally released by InnovateEDU on March 17, 2021.