Dear HarvardWIT+ community,

As Harvard University closes in observance on Monday, October 11th, to commemorate Indigenous People's Day, we want to share resources and collectively recognize the history of this day along with the continued struggle of Indigenous Peoples' here and across the globe. 

We want to recognize that the land on which Harvard University sits is on the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary unceded homeland of the Massachusett people, the surviving descendants of the first people of Massachusetts...

Dear HarvardWIT+ community,
 
As the start of the school year approaches, many of you have returned or are planning a return to campus. This return is most likely exciting, but, if you’re like us, also filled with some anxiety. We’ve compiled a list of resources and tips we hope will help the transition back to campus be as smooth and anxiety free as possible!  

Socializing

After being out of the office for this length of time, you may be nervous about socializing again. Be patient, kind, and understanding with yourself and...

Dear HarvardWIT+ community,

As we watched and waited for the verdict to come in for a murder that was replayed over and over again on news outlets, Ohio police fatally shot a Black teenage girl who called 911 for help. The conviction of an obvious murderer is considered historic, but make no mistake, it is only because Darnella Frazier, a Black teenage girl, had the presence of mind to record George Floyd’s murder that there was a conviction.

George Floyd, Ma’Khia Bryant, Daunte Wright, and others who have died at the hands of police in the past few weeks alone, should...

As Harvard University closes today to commemorate Juneteenth, we want to share resources and collectively recognize the history of this day. As a community, we celebrate and acknowledge the historical fight towards slavery abolition led by Black activists and we continue the fight towards Black liberation in this country.

Our colleagues from the ...