The Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Multicultural Education is curating support and networking groups for BIPOC/ALANA, LGBTQIAP+, and faith, health, and spirituality communities at WPI, including faculty, staff, students, and alumni. While iterations of these groups may have existed in the past at WPI, the goal of these new groups is to have a specific department focused on leading these initiatives, providing a space where community members feel they have kinship and solidarity. These support networks are based off feedback received from the Mental Health and Well-being Task Force. These entities connect once a week to commune, relate, and regroup. All goals and initiatives the groups would like to create will be based solely on the attendees and their needs at the time. There are no current pressures for the groups to complete tasks or initiatives as we want to create specific support and networking groups for our undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, staff, and alumni to lean on.
If you are interested in these opportunities, please attend one or multiple groups!:
- Faith, Health, and Spirituality Support Group, coordinated by Kalvin Cummings (he/him), Asst. Director for Religion and Spiritual Life
- Meets on Mondays at 4:00pm EDT in the Collegiate Religious Center (CRC), 19 Schussler Rd.
- Mélange: Women of Color Support Group, coordinated by Alesia LeSane (she/her), Asst. Director for Multicultural Education and Student Success
- Meets on Tuesdays at 4:00pm EDT in Daniels 102E, Center for Well-Being Programming Room
- Pride: LGBTQIAP+ Support and Networking Group, coordinated by Lauren Feldman (she/they), Asst. Director for Gender Equity and Sexuality
- Meets on Wednesdays at 2:00pm EDT in Daniels 102E, Center for Well-Being Programming Room
- Mosaic: Men of Color Support Group, coordinated by Kalvin Cummings (he/him), Asst. Director for Religion and Spiritual Life
- Meets on Wednesdays at 5:00pm EDT in Daniels 102E, Center for Well-Being Programming Room
Email diversity@wpi.edu for additional information or accommodations.
The Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Multicultural Education (ODIME) promotes and oversees all student facing diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) learning experiences, programs, services, trainings, and initiatives for WPI.