The AAS President, Christine Jones, has issued a statement in response to the events in Charlottesville. That statement can be found here:
https://aas.org/posts/news/2017/08/message-aas-president-charlottesville
She has also sent a letter to Congressional Leadership about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. You can read the letter here:
https://aas.org/posts/letter/2017/09/letter-congressional-leadership-aas-president-daca
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Thursday, September 28, 2017
AAS President's response to Charlottesville and letter to Congress about DACA
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Patricia Knezek