It’s good news: Three community spirited high school ‘litter heroes,” led a volunteer initiative on Todt Hill Sunday
Updated May 05, 2021;
Posted May 04, 2021
From the left, Luke Zaloom, Christopher Sanginari and Sid Prabhu, students at the College of Staten Island High School of International Studies, partake in a litter clean-up on Todt Hill. (Courtesy/Jean Prabhu) Staten Island Advance
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As part of a collaborative initiative called “Be a Litter Hero,” a program created by Borough President James Oddo and Richmond County District Attorney Michael E. McMahon, three local school students volunteered to clean up a strip of unsightly debris that had accumulated in a lot on Todt Hill.
Panel 1 Description:
Since the 2020 outbreak of COVID-19, thousands of acts of anti-Asian hate incidents have been reported throughout the United States alone. Acts of physical violence and racism on Asians and people of Asian descent have spread globally as the virus itself spreads. These incidents connect to a long history of anti-Asian racism that has been supported by laws, institutions and representations, along with a long history of resistance by Asian Americans in solidarity with other communities of color.
The September 23rd panel at the University of Massachusetts Amherst presented various perspectives from diverse groups of UMass Amherst faculty, professional staff, graduate and undergraduate students, and community members. It was organized by the University’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and co-sponsored by the Asian & Asian American Studies Certificate Program, the Department of History, the Labor Center, the Department of Women, Gender, Sexuality Stud