{"id":5601,"date":"2021-03-19T16:06:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T20:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/earlhamcollege.wpengine.com\/?page_id=5601"},"modified":"2023-11-07T16:50:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T21:50:25","slug":"diversity-aspiration-vision-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/earlham.edu\/about\/dei\/diversity-aspiration-vision-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversity aspiration vision statement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Diversity Aspiration Vision Statement<\/h1><\/div>\n\n\n\n

As a community dedicated to excellence in liberal arts education and informed by Quaker principles, Earlham College welcomes the contributions of divergent voices as we seek to foster a deep, shared sense of purpose. A diversity of human experiences and viewpoints in our learning community strengthens the educational experience of all members of the community. We therefore seek to promote diversity that respects and resonates with our core values, as expressed in such documents as Community Principles and Practices<\/em>, the Statement on Religious Life at Earlham<\/em>, and the Faculty Handbook<\/em>\u2019s statement on academic freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Principles and Practices<\/em> reminds us, \u201cTo be a genuinely diverse community, we must expect and welcome changes and transformations.\u201d This vision statement is an effort to focus on our aspirations to form a diverse community, to create opportunities for expressing our differences, and to provide context for the actions we undertake in the name of diversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a learning community that aims to create social justice, we aspire to treat all humans with respect, honoring human dignity. We also acknowledge that Earlham College exists within a history of systemic cultural and economic oppression that has denied certain groups equal access to education and power. To help redress such injustice and to make our college community more representative of our society and world, we seek to promote the presence and voice of groups that have been historically oppressed because of such factors as race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, gender expression,, sexual orientation, socioeconomic class, and physical ability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this spirit, we envision Earlham as a place where a diverse student body, faculty, and staff:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n