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Student Action candidates look to prioritize students, COVID-19 transition
From Left to Right, top: Ronit Sholkoff, Mateo Torrico From Left to Right, bottom: Aditya Varma, Jake Mehari
Last Updated March 1, 2021
The Student Action party announced its executive candidate slate and transfer representative candidate Sunday evening for the upcoming ASUC elections.
Current ASUC Senator Ronit Sholkoff, who has formerly worked at The Daily Californian, is running for ASUC president. Aditya Varma, current chief of staff to ASUC Senator Ruchi Shah, is the executive vice president candidate. Current ASUC Senator Mateo Torrico is running for academic affairs vice president, and Jake Mehari is running for the transfer representative position.
Anti-Asian hate crimes have risen significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, with reporting database Stop AAPI Hate receiving almost 3,000 accounts of hate crimes since spring 2020.
Although roughly one in four Bay Area residents is Asian, according to Bay Area Census data, this region is not an exception to the national trend. There have been multiple documented instances of violent anti-Asian sentiment and attacks in the past few months, with some directed at those of Asian descent over the age of 60.
In response to the issue, UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ sent out a campuswide email Tuesday in support of the Asian community, expressing sympathy and solidarity with those who are affected by this violence. In the email, Christ provided resources for those in need, which included websites for reporting incidents, campus counseling and campus affinity groups.