Asian & Pacific Islander (API) Pledge Preamble

Along with the rest of the nation, our campus community is continuously learning what it means to be actively anti-racist and how to apply anti-racist behaviors as a matter of everyday practice. In this journey, we have come to believe that systemic-level racial justice requires development and growth for every Titan, including those of us who are trained in this work and appointed to lead it.

As we boldly condemn xenophobia, anti-Blackness, and racial injustice in its many forms, we acknowledge the need for action to address the immediacy of ending API hate that has increased over the last year. As such, we invite our campus community members to take this pledge of solidarity with the API community.

While this pledge is responsive to the recent and ongoing egregious acts of hate, violence, and discrimination against the API community, we see this pledge as the first step of many toward social justice for our campus. We acknowledge that one pledge will not eradicate systemic oppression in its many forms. To that end, we invite our many cultural communities to co-create similar acts of solidarity and support.

Solidarity in the Titan Community

CSUF recognizes that many identities in our country have repeatedly experienced incidents of violence rooted in hate. When these incidents occur in the country and local community, ALL members of our community are harmed. As a campus community, we have to show support to targeted students, faculty, and staff. We encourage all members of our campus community to continue their support by exploring these options available:

CSUF Ethnic Studies to take courses to learn more about the historical impact of various racial and ethnic identities in the U.S.
Support Titans who are veterans by attending Vet Net Ally Training hosted by Veterans Resource Center
Support LGBTQ+ Titans by attending Safe Space Training hosted by LGBT Queer Resource Center
Support Undocumented Titans by attending Undocu Ally Training hosting by Titans Dreamers Resource Center
Support Titans with a disability by attending Disability Ally Training hosted by Disability Support Services

If you have any questions about this pledge or wish to explore other options for support and solidarity, please reach out to diversity@fullerton.edu