Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Access
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The Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Division facilitates co-cultivation of a campus community(ies) where everyone is affirmed, uplifted, and are able to bring their whole selves in living, learning, teaching, and working together as a fundamental vision towards justice and liberation.
Our collective work focuses on five key domains—policy, advocacy, community engagement, communication, and education—through which we aim to cultivate a culture of connection, belonging, and equity.
Community Care and Resources in Response to Israel-Gaza
Stay up to date on the College’s response and resources in relation to Israel-Gaza.
Anti-Discrimination, Harassment, and Bias Policy
Learn about the recently proposed Bias Policy that affirms our commitment to anti-oppression and anti-bias, and establishes a response protocol.
The institute is a cornerstone of Haverford 2030, the College’s strategic plan. Through it, students will discover new pathways to become the world’s ethical thinkers and leaders.
Haverford and Swarthmore’s libraries contain tens of thousands of documents related to nine Quaker-run schools. The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition is now making them available to the public through a new digital archive.
Check out our list of events to show your campus pride this April and support for Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
Haverford’s Center For Peace and Global Citizenship is thrilled to welcome groundbreaking justice advocates, executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, Vince Warren (86’), and executive director of the Abolitionist Law Center, Saleem Holbrook, to campus as part of the CPGC’s Spring 2024 kickoff for students selected for summer fellowships. Their collective work has aided an evergrowing network of prison reform work, now taking the international stage.
As Haverford celebrates Black History Month, we asked members of our community to share what their heritage means to them.
A new program developed by Gabriel Franklin ’24 puts basketballs and Haverford’s educational resources in the hands of Ardmore’s young people.
The $40,000 grant will help remove barriers to reporting incidents of violence and reinforce safety and inclusion on campus.
In this blog post, Maia Schwallie '25 details the history of La Casa, a forerunner to the Latinx Cultural Center. Maia works in Quaker & Special Collections as a Documenting Student Life Project student liaison.
Land Acknowledgment
We at the College recognize that we live and work on Lenape land, and pay respect and honor to the caretakers of this land, from the time of its first human inhabitants until now, and into the future. We seek to maintain and build upon our current and ever-evolving connections with members of Lenape tribes and communities, in recognition of our intertwined histories and with a goal of moving toward right relationship between the Haverford of today and Lenape peoples.