Friday, March 26, 2021
Instead of our daily WRC Women’s History month announcement for the day:
As a group of Asian American young women, along with BIPOC and white allies, we feel the urgent need to address a recent spike in anti-Asian sentiment and hate crimes across the country. In the last year the non-profit Stop A.A.P.I. Hate has collected reports of over 3,700 anti-Asian hate crimes across the country. Last Tuesday, March 16, 6 Asian women and 2 other victims were killed in the Atlanta area in a series of mass shootings. Violence against Asian Americans, especially Asian women, is nothing new in America, and yet we must state that it is unacceptable and heartbreaking to us. Even in our progressive town of Amherst, we have experienced racist violence and hatred as Asian women, and seen such incidents increase in the last year. We are not your model minority. Your biases, prejudice, microaggressions, xenophobia, discrimination, and racist actions are hurting us. We urge our teachers and classmates to use your voices to actively speak out against and disrupt racist violence. If you are neutral, if you are silent, you are hurting us. To our allies: we cannot fight this alone, and we need you to find ways to get involved, informed, and educated.
To the Asian American community here at ARHS, we support you, we stand in solidarity with you and we will fight for and alongside you.
WRC Members: McKenzie Fitz, Addy Lepak, Anna Lee, Fatma Abel-Maksoud and Olivia Cox.
- Congratulations to the Science Olympiad team for placing 7th at the Massachusetts State Science Olympiad competition! This is the highest an ARHS team has placed in its Science Olympiad history!
- If you are planning to take the STAMP test this year and you are not already registered, or if you are unsure about your registration, please open the following flyer and fill out the application form as soon as possible.
The Amherst Center Cultural District (ACCD) is transforming downtown Amherst into an art gallery. You are invited to showcase your works of art throughout the town center in windows on streets, walkways, and municipal areas in downtown Amherst. Installations will be on view for 3 months, from June through Labor Day Weekend. Windows Into Art 2021 Application
- Non School Sponsored -AMHERST RALLY to STOP ANTI-ASIAN HATE on Saturday, March 27 at 1pm sponsored by the UMASS Amherst Graduate Employee Organization and AAPI Community Members & accomplices Amherst Common, Amherst
- The ARHS Theater Company is proud to announce AUDITIONS for both THE SOUND OF MUSIC, this year's musical - and our annual STUDENT-WRITTEN PLAY FESTIVAL! Both productions will be done entirely outdoors and with COVID-safety protocols in mind. One audition sets you up to try out for one or both productions. Exactly 0% previous background or skill is required.Head over to the musical website at bit.ly/arhssom21 for all the details on auditions, which will run on Tuesday, March 30 and Wednesday, March 31. Sign-up sheets for both productions are up and waiting for you on the musical website.Come be a part of something big and happy. See Mr. Bechtold with any questions: bechtolj@arps.org.
