<div><p id="m_3479294400735634825m_3334704759291972007m_-6985817649300559915m_-1471970746695877855m_7901487659321450424docs-internal-guid-bff5b218-bb7a-9c0a-f179-41a286cbafc6" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:1rem;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Hey CASA Community,</span></p><br style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"><p style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:1rem;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">At the beginning of this election cycle, the Chinese American Students’ Association did not wish to formally endorse a candidate whose platform did not directly address CASA’s mission or the needs of the Chinese-American community. However, in light of the recent YCC debate wherein two presidential candidates denied the presence of institutional racism at Yale, CASA believes that it needs to take a stance in expressing our support for a candidate whose views accurately reflect our mission. As per our mission, which is “to promote awareness of Chinese American culture and identity among all members of the Yale community”, CASA believes that it is essential to make transparent the tenuous histories with the administration that have and continue to implicate the Chinese-American Community here at Yale. CASA believes that while the administration has taken efforts to diversify various aspects of this campus, those efforts are not a solution to eradicating the racism embedded into various institutions that continue to affect the daily lives of members of our community and beyond. </span></p><br style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"><p style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:1rem;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">For the reasons stated above, CASA is expressing our support for Shunhe Wang. Shunhe’s platform include prioritizing equitable funding for cultural groups and other inclusive diversity initiatives such as subsidizing term-time income for low-income students in leadership positions. These ideas alongside the rest of his platform clearly demonstrate his nuanced and thoughtful understanding of campus dynamics, his commitment to all communities on this campus, and his ability to straddle the needs of the student body and the bureaucratic workings of the YCC.   </span></p><br style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"><p style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:1rem;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">If you want to learn more, please read Shunhe’s full platform: </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.shunhe4ycc.com_platform&d=DwMFaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=-CcwrWX50zNqewEDcHfCCXhCVQVgEB6_g04hoKZOEz4&m=9joIz9qbfHWl6VvhXi_4MIIgHgyvaBFlsONqdhinQF4&s=ngxoy8x0vyd5o-StNnzehTdKIHs3LUdh8X-Bwc2ZvJM&e=" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:1rem;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://www.shunhe4ycc.com/platform</span></a><span style="font-size:1rem;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. </span></p><br style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"><p style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:1rem;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Most importantly, do not forget to vote! Voting ends Friday April 13, 2018 at 9PM: </span></p><p style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__yale.us12.list-2Dmanage.com_track_click-3Fu-3D23a2b6aa6777adc320a0d8c88-26id-3Db1e1584de2-26e-3D49d4ed1561&d=DwMFaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=-CcwrWX50zNqewEDcHfCCXhCVQVgEB6_g04hoKZOEz4&m=9joIz9qbfHWl6VvhXi_4MIIgHgyvaBFlsONqdhinQF4&s=4JWrF2qxrCcPXfphepErey-__JtAQvUx20hTC5K1sQs&e=" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:1rem;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(43,170,223);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">ycc.yale.edu/vote</span></a></p><br style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"><p style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:1rem;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Best regards,</span></p><p style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:1rem;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">CASA Board</span></p><br style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"><p style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:1rem;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">**</span></p><p style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:1rem;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">This is a disclaimer. No emails sent by a candidate or on a candidate's behalf may be sent to any panlist that the sender is not on. No emails may be sent to the entire campus, entire class years, entire residential colleges, or entire class years within residential colleges. Candidates are urged to act with restraint in the use of all electronic messaging systems. If you feel that this or any candidate is abusing the email system, please contact the Council Elections Commission at </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(109,198,221);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="mailto:ycc.elections@yale.edu" style="font-size:1rem" target="_blank">ycc.elections@yale.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:1rem;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></p></div>