[Bxscience Key Club] Key Club - Advocacy for Pvt. Danny Chen

Pvt. Danny Chen was a 19-year-old Chinese-American soldier who died from non-combat injuries after being deployed for only 2 months. He was found with a gunshot wound to his chin in a guard tower in Kandahar, Afghanistan on October 3, 2011. Army investigators have found that Pvt. Danny Chen was the target of racial slurs, physical hazing, and excessive exercises that quickly turned into abuse, on a daily basis for more than 6 weeks. Eight of his superiors, including one Officer, face one or more charges ranging from dereliction of duty, making false statements, assault, involuntary manslaughter, and negligent homicide.

Because of the suspicious nature of Danny's death and the army's history, we demand greater transparency. We, the undersigned, demand that any court martials be convened in the U.S. We must have access to these proceedings to ensure justice is served. It is only just for those charged to face the community that Danny belonged to and for which he was singled out. Danny's parents must be able to see and ask those who were responsible for the death of their only child, "Why did you do this to our son?"

On May 26th, Private Danny Chen would have been 20. In order to fight for justice, birthday cards will be created. I have attached a file with more information. It is meant to be on a single sheet of paper double sided and then folded so that the Picture of Chen is on one side and that the address to OCA-NY (Organization of Chinese Americans-NY) is on the other. You can either use the attachment provided or create a card of your own. 

We will collect the cards at this Thursday's meeting and I will be handing them in on Friday. 

Please let me know if you have any questions,

Victoria 

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P.S. The Key Club Induction Ceremony for the incoming officers will be held at the upcoming meeting this week in our usual room 334! Please attend to show your support.