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Diversity Programs
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Welcome to THE place for multiculturalism
and diversity initiatives on campus. Although Trinity does not have an
official multicultural center, Campus & Community Involvement is the
headquarters for all your diversity needs. We believe in:
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expanding the mind by learning from, about and
through your own and others’ cultural identities
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supporting discussion and dialogue about current
issues and trends regarding race, class, color, gender, religion, sexual
orientation and ableism
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giving back to the community in order to help make
it more vibrant and giving care to one another, no matter what a
person’s background
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challenging one another respectfully - questions
help us to understand the world around us and value those differences
among us.
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FACT OF THE WEEK:
Zoroastrianism
is the ancient, pre-Islamic religion of Persia (modern Iran). It survives
there in isolated areas but more prosperously in India, where the
descendants of Zoroastrian Persian immigrants are known as Parsis, or
Parsees.
Founded by the Iranian prophet and reformer Zoroaster in the 6th century BC,
Zoroastrianism contains both monotheistic and dualistic features. Its
concepts of one God, judgment, heaven and hell likely influenced the major
Western religons of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. (from
www.religionfacts.com)
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Explore
the world around you, learn about something new.
Try
something different.
Taste something different.
Walk in
someone else’s shoes.
Walk in someone else’s clothes.
Dabble in a little bit of this and that.
Dabble
in a little bit of this and that in another culture.
Keep up-to-date about the news.
Keep
up-to-date about the news in other countries. Listen with your eyes and
see with your ears.
Don’t be afraid of the new and different, look past the same and boring.
Laugh, dance, sing, and read and then do it again, only in another
language.
Most
importantly, remember, diversity is a journey not a destination.
There’s
never going to be a time that we “achieve” diversity.
But don’t begrudge that fact, revel it.
And
enjoy the journey
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