<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><br><div style=""><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Candy Gonzalez <<a href="mailto:candy.gonzalez001@gmail.com">candy.gonzalez001@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>MOHONEST</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">March 24, 2014 at 7:39:11 PM EDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><a href="mailto:aas13@hampshire.edu">aas13@hampshire.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:aaw@hampshire.edu">aaw@hampshire.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:africancaribbean@amherst.edu">africancaribbean@amherst.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:alindsay16@amherst.edu">alindsay16@amherst.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:amehra@smith.edu">amehra@smith.edu</a>, Arielle Petrovich <<a href="mailto:ampetrov@smith.edu">ampetrov@smith.edu</a>>, <a href="mailto:ann13@hampshire.edu">ann13@hampshire.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:asa@smith.edu">asa@smith.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:bsa@smith.edu">bsa@smith.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:bvasquez@smith.edu">bvasquez@smith.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:cisco@smith.edu">cisco@smith.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:cmf13@hampshire.edu">cmf13@hampshire.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:dig@lists.hampshire.edu">dig@lists.hampshire.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:dmadlala@amherst.edu">dmadlala@amherst.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:echavezarangue16@amherst.edu">echavezarangue16@amherst.edu</a>, Stuorg EKTA - South Asian Students of Smith <<a href="mailto:ekta@smith.edu">ekta@smith.edu</a>>, <a href="mailto:enm13@hampshire.edu">enm13@hampshire.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:glm12@hampshire.edu">glm12@hampshire.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:kmt12@hampshire.edu">kmt12@hampshire.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:lacausa@amherst.edu">lacausa@amherst.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:lans13@hampshire.edu">lans13@hampshire.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:leg12@hampshire.edu">leg12@hampshire.edu</a>, Liya Rechtman <<a href="mailto:lrechtman14@gmail.com">lrechtman14@gmail.com</a>>, <a href="mailto:lthomas14@amherst.edu">lthomas14@amherst.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:mbsu@amherst.edu">mbsu@amherst.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:miak11@hampshire.edu">miak11@hampshire.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:misc@smith.edu">misc@smith.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:mmunoz@smith.edu">mmunoz@smith.edu</a>, Tyrone Modninety <<a href="mailto:moca.hampshire@gmail.com">moca.hampshire@gmail.com</a>>, <a href="mailto:ms12@hampshire.edu">ms12@hampshire.edu</a>, Noemi Linares-Ramirez <<a href="mailto:nlinares@smith.edu">nlinares@smith.edu</a>>, <a href="mailto:nosotras@smith.edu">nosotras@smith.edu</a>, Patricia Cardenas <<a href="mailto:patricia.y.cardenas@gmail.com">patricia.y.cardenas@gmail.com</a>>, <a href="mailto:raices@hampshire.edu">raices@hampshire.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:rrh12@hampshire.edu">rrh12@hampshire.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:rsinha@smith.edu">rsinha@smith.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:sacsa@smith.edu">sacsa@smith.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:sas12@hampshire.edu">sas12@hampshire.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:source@hampshire.edu">source@hampshire.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:sourcesigners@lists.hampshire.edu">sourcesigners@lists.hampshire.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:spj12@hampshire.edu">spj12@hampshire.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:ts12@hampshire.edu">ts12@hampshire.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:ttl11@hampshire.edu">ttl11@hampshire.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:umoja@hampshire.edu">umoja@hampshire.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:vla12@hampshire.edu">vla12@hampshire.edu</a><br></span></div><br><div><div dir="ltr">Fellow Pioneer Valley students,<div><br></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-ffefd1b8-f676-37d2-60e0-bc862e219eb7"><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On March 3, 2014, a student spoke in a blog post about an incidence of racial discrimination that began to circulate social media -among both the Mount Holyoke and larger online community; you can find this article </span><a href="http://doublexchromosome.wordpress.com/2014/03/03/mount-holyoke-a-college-for-white-men/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. The article not only brought attention to a student’s unjust experience, it reminded many of us of the injustices we too have experiences on campus. </span></div>
<br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Even on other campuses, we can find similar instances of institutionalized racism. Recent photo campaigns at Harvard and Oxford University illustrate student of color “speaking out about their voices being unheard, experiences being devalued, and presence being questioned on campuses”. Anonymous confessional posts at Mills College target black women on campus by stating that they are “too outspoken” and “should be hung”. Donald Williams, an African American freshman at San Jose State, was racially hazed in his dormitory in the form of them calling him the “N-word” and “three-fifths” while also outfitting the dorm with a Confederate flag. The administration’s actions in most of these instances have been largely abysmal. Therefore, these experiences, as well as Maya’s, have inspired Mount Holyoke students to come together in solidarity. </span></div>
<br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In result, the MoHonest movement was born. MoHonest is a student-led movement designed to fight institutional racism and the plight of the “other” at Mount Holyoke; you can read our mission statement </span><a href="http://mohonest.tumblr.com/aboutus" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. We launched our movement by story bombing our academic buildings and are currently planning more follow-up campaigns.There are many ways in which you could join us and support this movement.</span></div>
<br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: decimal; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Like/follow our MoHonest campaign on social media</span></div></li>
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<a href="http://mohonest.tumblr.com/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">tumblr</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div>
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<a href="http://instagram.com/MoHonest" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Instagram</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/mohonestsolidarity" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Facebook</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/mohonestmhc" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">twitter</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div>
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<span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Support us during our walk out & sit in on April 2, 2014 </span><span style="color:rgb(153,0,255);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div>
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<span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Have a day of solidarity at your school. Wear black, write #solidarity or #MoHonest on your bodies or on a small sign, upload pictures and tweet them, instagram them, post them on facebook and hashtag them with MoHonest</span></div>
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<span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Keep the MoHonest hashtag alive by sharing all of your stories</span></div></li></ol><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To be more involved or learn more about our upcoming campaigns, please email us at </span><a href="mailto:mohonestsolidarity@gmail.com" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">mohonestsolidarity@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> with ATTN: Intercollegiate Outreach as the subject. </span></div>
<br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In Solidarity, </span></div>
<br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">MoHonest Intercollegiate Outreach Committee </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div></span><div><br></div>-- <br><div>Candy A. Gonzalez</div>
<div><br></div><div>PR / Marketing Intern at the Bass Museum of Art </div>
<div><em>MH News </em>Graphics Editor</div>
<div>Student Assistant at the <em>Office of the President</em>, MHC</div><div><i>Gilman </i>Scholar</div><div><i>Posse </i>Scholar</div>
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