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Join us to discuss the militarization of police on campuses, nationally, and beyond at our first Coffee Talk collaboration with @UThink_ATX!
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GOOD NEWS: If you're 16+ and need a vaccine, come get your first dose of the Pfizer vaccine at Circuit of the Americas this weekend. No appointment is necessary. People aged 16 or 17 need to have a parent or guardian present. 🚙
Hours for this weekend are 10am-3pm on 4/24-4/25.
Join UThink, Students Fighting Climate Change, and Nueces Mosque at an Earth Day celebration this afternoon! Stop by the UT Tower for t-shirt printing, a free yoga class at 2 pm, and dancing and drums!
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.@TAMU has identified a new variant of COVID-19 locally. So far, only one case — a Texas A&M student — has been identified.
Scientists at the Texas A&M University Global Health Research Complex have identified a new variant of #COVID19, named BV-1 for its Brazos Valley origin.
A single case of this variant led to only mild symptoms.
tx.ag/BV1Variant
ALT Texas A&M Logo over maroon Academic Building.
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TW: Anti-Asian hate crimes.
With an influx in Anti-Asian hate crimes and the recent Atlanta shooting, Asian American students and professors at UT discuss a long yet hidden history of xenophobia in their communities.
bit.ly/03-30Issue
ALT A graphic titled “Breakdown of National Anti-AAPI Crimes” details Texas’s hate crimes, types of discrimination, and ethnicities targeted.
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🎴 UPDATE: We extended the eviction moratorium order in Travis County & the City of Austin until May 1.
These eviction protections ensure the health and safety of our community while we work to rapidly vaccinate our entire county.
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GOOD NEWS: The court upheld our order to follow our local health authority’s mask requirement in Travis County and the City of Austin.
Thank you to our County Attorney Delia Garza and her team for their work. @DGTCAttorney
#MaskUpTravisCo
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1/ @UTAustin will administer COVID-19 vaccines to all adults starting Monday.
thedailytexan.com/2021/03/23…
DEI roundtable beginning in a few minutes!!!! join the conversation!! utexas.zoom.us/j/9204739540
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meet the panelists for our diversity, equity, and inclusion roundtable today at 5:30pm! zoom link for the event is in our bio!!
i saw JB trending on twitter and thought y’all were talking about @jerem_baldwin one of our amazing panelists for our DEI roundtable later today but instead found out it was about justin bieber......hmmmmm 🧐🧐🧐 #justinbieberhate #cometoourroundtable #linkinbio #teamselener
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“People were experiencing things, especially early on, that were very much this racialization of being Asian as contagion, where just existing in public while Asian was kind of seen as a threat to some people,” — @amzhng
texastribune.org/2021/03/19/…
incredibly saddened by what happened in atlanta. below is a great thread with information + ways to support the asian community
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All this GRAMMY news is making me think about how WE could ALL be WINNERS. if you’d listen to students and put their concerns FIRST, we are able to strive towards SUCCESS. maybe we can DUA LIPA past racism together lol 🤣 what if we say watermelon sugar BYE to the eyes of texas💯
great thread on vaccine availability 😤💸💉
1/ Thread: How to locate a vaccine appointment in the Austin area!
Beginning Mon., Texans ages 50+ will be eligible to receive their vaccines in addition to those previously eligible under Phase 1A and 1B.
Here's some links to check out if you're trying to locate a dose: