PI GAMMA MU STATEMENT AGAINST HATE CRIMES AND RACISM AFFECTING ASIAN, ASIAN AMERICAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDER (AAPI) COMMUNITIES.

Pi Gamma Mu condemns the ongoing and intensifying racism and subsequent hate crimes we have witnessed against the Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities. The AAPI community has long been scapegoated and marginalized in the wake of toxic fearmongering. Racism and hate crimes have no place in a progressive, civilized society.

Social justice and the respect for diversity are cornerstones of Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society in Social Sciences. It is vital that we speak out against the dramatic rise in racist and xenophobic violence directed against the AAPI...