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BU sociology department sponsors Anti-Racist Town Hall Gabby Banaag/Contributing Photographer The Asian Student Union (ASU) and the Binghamton Pan Asian Leaders Council (BPALC) were among the co-sponsors for the sociology department’s Anti-Racist Town Hall that was held on April 18. Co-sponsors include BSU, LASU, ASU, BPALC and GSEU, where racism at BU was discussed April 22, 2021 In an effort to address the recent racist incidents that have occurred on campus, Binghamton University’s sociology department sponsored an antiracist town hall on April 18. The event, which saw over 300 attendees over Zoom, was held in light of an incident that occurred during the first discussion class in Sociology 100: Social Change: Intro to Sociology. When a student in the course expressed racist and sexist remarks to the TA, an African American woman, the instructor of the course, Joshua Price, professor and chair of the sociology department, and Gladys Jiménez-Muñoz, associate professor and undergraduate director in the sociology department, both consulted with the TA for support and spent the following class periods discussing racism and racial discrimination.
BPALC, ASU hold “Binghamton Stop Asian Hate Crimes” rally Gabby Banaag/Contributing Photographer he Chinese American Student Union was one of over 40 student organizations that expressed solidarity with Binghamton Pan Asian Leaders Council (BPALC) and the Asian Student Union (ASU) during Saturday’s rally. Participants voiced support for Asian American community, called for effective response from administration April 7, 2021 Over the past few weeks, individuals across the country have been mobilizing in solidarity after a year of heightened anti-Asian violence exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic — and the Binghamton University community is no different. At noon on Saturday, over 500 people gathered at the Peace Quad, the center of the BU campus, to attend a rally and march organized by the Binghamton Pan Asian Leaders Council (BPALC) and the Asian Student Union (ASU). The rally, titled “Binghamton Stop Asian Hate Crimes Rally,” began with a number of scheduled speakers that reflected on the Asian American experience. Speakers included a mix of students, faculty and notable alumni, such as John Liu, ‘89, New York state senator and founder of ASU, and Aviva Friedman, ‘14, councilwoman of Binghamton’s fourth district. Organizers honored the lives lost in the recent Atlanta mass shooting, which claimed the lives of eight people, including six Asian women, with a moment of silence.