Dear Hunter College community members,
As our nation wrestles with what the results of the election mean for our democracy and as we begin to consider how that may translate for the members of our academic community, I encourage us all to reflect on Hunter’s enduring identity. In every era, for every new generation of New Yorkers, Hunter has been a welcoming home and an engine of opportunity to realize our potential individually and collectively, especially for people facing marginalization and discrimination. This is our defining strength.
In this time of uncertainty, we need to summon that strength. Let us see each other. Let us see in each other the aspiration we share to cultivate our talents to do great things, individually and collectively, especially to make the world a more peaceful, more loving, more just place.
For a start, let us actively support those in our college community who may feel especially at risk from the weight of injustice, including students, faculty, and staff from our wonderfully diverse immigrant-origin communities who contribute so powerfully to our collective health and well-being, from across the spectrum of neurodiversity, from our numerous ethnic, racial, and faith communities, and our LGBTQ+ barrier breakers.
Anyone who senses the need to talk to someone about how they’re feeling right now is encouraged to reach out to our counseling resources:
We have work to do. Let’s do it together.
In solidarity,
Nancy Cantor
President and Professor of Psychology
