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    HARVARD UNIVERSITY Dear Members of the Harvard Community, Recent weeks have brought yet more devastating tragedies across our nation. The heartbreaking killings of Adam Toledo and Daunte Wright, two young people who had so much of their lives yet to live, and the gut-wrenching testimony recount- ing George Floyd's final minutes, have focused this country again on the killings of African Ameri- cans and other people of color by police. The list of those whose names we know is long, and a full list would include many others whose names we do not know, and whose deaths did not occur in broad daylight, in full view of multiple witnesses, or with cell phone or body cameras recording. No words can capture the hurt, fear, anger, and grief felt about these tragedies by so many in our community, across this country, and around the world. It is appalling and unjust that people in our nation, by virtue of the color of their skin, face a greater risk of being killed in a police encounter if they are driving with an expired tag or a burnt-out taillight, if they make a rolling stop, if they some- how arouse a store clerk's suspicion, or if they are just coming home from a family dinner. The terrible impact of these tragedies goes far be- yond the lives lost, children deprived of their par- ents and parents deprived of their children. In a system in which police have vast discretion to stop people on suspicion of minor offenses, so many people of color in this country live with an ever- present sense of vulnerability because of the pos- sibility that a police encounter will result in tragedy. Harvard's motto, Veritas, requires a commitment to truth. The truth is that racism runs through the history of the United States and continues to have deadly effects on people of color in this country today. The truth is that our society is far from erad- icating the evil of racism, whatever the verdict in the latest trial. We, as a community, must stand against racism. We must commit ourselves to the unfinished work of building a just society—one in which every- one’s rights and safety are protected, and every- ‘one’s dignity is honored. Sincerely, Lawrence S. Bacow President, Harvard University Tomiko Brown-Nagin Dean, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Nancy Coleman Dean, Harvard Division of Continuing Education George Q. Daley Dean, Harvard Medical School Srikant Datar Dean, Harvard Business School Emma Dench Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Francis J. Doyle ML Dean, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engi- neering and Applied Sciences Douglas Elmendorf Dean, Harvard Kennedy School of Government Alan M. Garber Provost, Harvard University Claudine Gay Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences William V. Giannobile Dean, Harvard School of Dental Medicine David N. Hempton Dean, Harvard Divinity School David F. Holland Acting Dean, Harvard Divinity School Rakesh Khurana Dean, Harvard College Katie Lapp Executive Vice President, Harvard University Bridget Terry Long Dean, Harvard Graduate School of Education John F. Manning, Dean, Harvard Law School Sarah M. Whiting Dean, Graduate School of Design Michelle A. Williams Dean, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health © 2021 The President and Fellows of Harvard College | Harvard.edu Harvard University | Cambridge, MA 02138 Harvard respects your privacy. Please see our privacy state- ment for more information. Removal Instructions: If you no longer wish to receive Spe- cial Announcement email messages from Harvard Univer- sity Leadership, please unsubscribe,

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