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Orozco, Norma <br /> From: JamesMai HateCrime <jamesmaihatecrime@gmail.com> <br /> Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 9:41 PM <br /> To: eComment <br /> Cc: erica.turpin@occr.ocgov.com <br /> Subject: Fwd: Aarti Chopra <br /> On Sat, Dec 10, 2022, 1:49 PM Aarti Kaushal Chopra<consciouseducator@grnail.com>wrote: <br /> To Community Services Commission and all, <br /> I've been following all emails regarding this issue. As an Indian Hindu American <br /> community leader who for the last 4 years has been politically engaged as a <br /> community educator and mental health advocate working with all the Hindu <br /> American advocacy orgs in the U.S., 1 am ready to give my final comments. It is <br /> heartening to know that Irvine Community Services canceled their Dec. 7th <br /> meeting and will pick it up again on Jan 4th; I can 100% assure my presence <br /> there as a commitment on behalf of my local Hindu community towards a final, <br /> beneficial resolution of this issue. 1 know our Irvine Hindu Temple president Mr. <br /> Deepak Sharma also has been receiving these emails (he is also cc'd here), and <br /> he and I along with other local Hindu leaders have been engaged in regular <br /> discussions about how to properly address this issue. <br /> But allow me to refocus all of us here. <br /> This is much more sinisterthan just one alleged social media-based Hindu-hate <br /> spreading individual's posts, their associates, and a very vulnerable <br /> woman unfortunately caught in the crossfire. This is more about collectively <br /> tackling an alarming rise in Hinduphobia and anti-Hindu hate, With Rabbi <br /> Steinberg of Shir Ha Ma'alot Temple cc'd here, I would like to share that this <br /> anti-Hindu hatred play-by-play very closely resembles anti-Semitism that our <br /> fellow Jewish community has faced for eons and continues to face even today <br /> with a fresh resurgence; we Hindus call this the "same old playbook, new <br /> players". 1 can promise that we are the greatest allies of our Jewish, AAPI, <br /> Black, LGBTQ, and all friends in fighting hate faced by all, even though Hindus <br /> don't appear to be as publicly vocal about it. <br /> To this end, please consider this email as my written intention to apply for one of <br /> the 2 vacant community services commission spots, Ideally, I would wish and <br /> request to be appointed to this commission by new city councilwoman Dr. <br /> 1 <br />