Rally in support of Asian community at Dunn Meadow (Feb. 4, 2023).
Rally in support of Asian community at Dunn Meadow (Feb. 4, 2023).
From left: Katelyn Wo, Parnsasi Bandyopadhyay, Wenxi Lu.
Rally in support of Asian community at Dunn Meadow (Feb. 4, 2023).
Rally in support of Asian community at Dunn Meadow (Feb. 4, 2023).
Wenxi Lu.
“Thank you for not stabbing me.”Rally in support of Asian community at Dunn Meadow (Feb. 4, 2023).
Dunn Meadow, Indiana University. Rally in support of the Asian community (Feb. 4, 2023)
On Jan. 11, an Asian student at Indiana University, who was riding a Bloomington city bus, was repeatedly stabbed in the head by another passenger.
A fact that emerged later, in the probable cause affidavit submitted to the court, was the suspect’s description of her motivation: It was based on the victim’s race—she was Asian. The suspect has been charged with attempted murder.
On a sunny Saturday afternoon, about 250 people gathered in Dunn Meadow, on the IU campus, to show support for Bloomington’s Asian, Asian-American, and Pacific Islander community.
The reason for the rally was evident in a sign held by one man, which read “We should be able to ride the bus SAFELY.”
A woman wore a T-shirt with a message written in cursive: “Thank you for not stabbing me.”
Among those addressing the crowd were: Linda Shi, president of the Asian Pacific Islander Public Affairs (APAPA) Indiana chapter; deputy mayor Mary Catherine Carmichael, assistant dean of the Hamilton Lugar School Shruti Rana; IU alum Hiromi Yoshida; Joy Basa-King, vice president APAPA; and Michelle Waugh Dahl, co-chair of the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, Indiana Chapter.
Three more women, who are all Indiana University students, delivered remarks. Continue reading “Rally in support of Asian community: “Our little bubble at IU Bloomington is not and never has been a safe place for Asian and Asian-American people.”” →