Earlham College
PA-6: Support for Underrepresented Groups

The college supports several student led groups for underrepresented student populations including, but not limited to:

Black Men United
Black Ladies United at Earlham
Black Student Union
Pan-African Society at Earlham
AIDS Coalition Earlham
International Student Union
Asian Student Union
Spectrum (Queer student group)
Diversity Council
Womyn’s Center
Active Minds
Action Against Sexual Violence
Various religious groups for students including: Quaker, Catholic, Jewish, Baha’i, Muslim, Humanists and Buddhist groups, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, and others.

We also offer the McNair Program, a support program for underrepresented and first generation college students.

The LIFT program is jointly sponsored and based primarily in the Lilly Library as outreach to first generation students, with a focus on academic development.

The College uses a team-approach in order to be as inclusive as possible, given the differing types of discrimination/bias, as well as acts that may violate the code of conduct, or state/federal law. Those team members include but are not limited to the Directors of Public Safety, Counseling and Religious Life; the VP/Dean of Student Development, Associate Dean of Student Development; the Director of International Programs, the Coordinator of Disability Services, the Director of Diversity and Inclusion, etc.

The Diversity Progress Committee will be developing a bias response policy in the coming year, but the College’s Annual Campus Crime report is compliant in reporting known incidents of bias.