\n\u2014 Carlos Fuentes<\/em><\/div>\n
GCC's Inclusion and Diversity Center<\/strong>, located in N328, is a dedicated physical space promoting community, equity, unity, social gathering, and cross cultural understanding among students. All are welcome, especially those traditionally underrepresented in college. In addition to offering a student kitchen area with snacks, microwave, coffeemaker and refrigerator, there is a sunny student common room with comfortable seating, games, books, and magazines; a faculty mentor (Lillian Ruiz) is also housed in the area as a resource for student support and guidance.<\/p>\n Diversity, in all of its incarnations, nuances, and multiple identities, is not about division, but connection. The GCC Inclusion and Diversity Center promotes relationships that honor and celebrate commonalities and appreciate and embrace differences through shared experience and interaction.<\/p>\n If you have questions, ideas, feedback, or want to get involved, please contact: Lillian Ruiz, N328,\u00a0ruiz@gcc.mass.edu<\/a>, 775-1236.<\/p>\n In December of 2016, Greenfield Community College started Just One Thing, a campaign for faculty, staff, and students to support and empower community building among vulnerable populations, actively strengthen and increase inclusion on campus, and offer suggestions about diversity and inclusion resources to help students feel more welcome. This initiative, following a particularly divisive U.S presidential election in November 2016, resulted in an idea to build and support diversity by creating a cultural space at GCC, with a faculty mentor, so to offer these students personal, academic, and social support. In the Spring Semester of 2018, this idea became a reality with the opening of the GCC Inclusion and Diversity Center. The Center includes an inviting student common room, a student kitchen, and a faculty mentor available for support and guidance.<\/p>\n Diversity and inclusion, in all its incarnations, nuances, and multiple identities, honors and celebrates commonalities and appreciates and embraces differences through shared experience and dialogue. The Inclusion and Diversity Center, N328, provides a physical locale for community building and on-site faculty mentorship to students supporting the ideals of inclusion and diversity. The Center promotes diversity, equity, unity, cross-cultural interaction, social gathering, connection, and self-discovery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n BIPOC Club<\/strong> \u2013 Black, Indigenous, People of Color is an inclusive and intersectional student group dedicated to providing a space for community-building across the GCC campus. Advisor: Alyssa Arnell, arnella@gcc.mass.edu<\/a>, 775-1255<\/p>\n Upworthy: Overcoming Prejudice<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"ID](\"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/diversity\/files\/2018\/04\/ID-Door-e1523967926349-150x150.jpg\")
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Diversity at GCC<\/h2>\n
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