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
Editorial: Stop AAPI Hate Sarah Teper/Pipe Dream Photographer
Following a year of escalated anti-AAPI hate crimes, BU is simply not doing enough for students
April 15, 2021
On April 4th, Binghamton Pan Asian Leaders Council (BPALC) and the Asian Student Union (ASU) held a “Binghamton Stop Asian Hate Crimes Rally” on campus. It has been a year marked by viscous hate crimes against Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) citizens, and it has been just shy of one month since the violent shooting that claimed the lives of eight Americans, six of whom were of Asian descent, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Despite this, Binghamton University only put out a statement on March 18 addressing the attack and the larger issue of targeted violence against AAPI communities. The statement, jointly released on behalf of BU President Harvey Stenger and Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Karen Jones, condemned the shooting and the sharp rise hate crimes, stating that “these ac
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 sche