The Office of Equity and Belonging, within the division of Student Success, is dedicated to fostering a uniquely creative and intellectual learning community that values a diversity of identities, perspectives, values, ideas, experiences, and beliefs.
Equity and Belonging offers the following programming:
In our effort to promote empathy, raise awareness, and educate, we will continue this year to acknowledge an array of heritage months, days of cultural recognition, and religious observances. While this is not an exhaustive list, we recognize this as an opportunity to honor the legacies, histories, scholarship, traditions, and contributions of each community. It is also important to note that the pursuit of freedom, self-definition, and justice is not time-limited. Commemorations are a starting point, a helpful way to honor and include all members of our community; by no means do they constitute the entirety of our work toward creating a more just world. In addition, we at Equity and Belonging support focusing on the intersectionality of identities, uplifting the whole person, and highlighting the interconnectedness of self and community.
The Belonging Journey is a dialogue series focused on exploring structural inequalities, shedding light on power and privilege, and bolstering a sense of belonging. The series upholds
self-determination and agency as critical to understanding yourself, navigating challenges, and using your power to effect change. Events are open only to New School students.
Higher Education Opportunity Program
heop@newschool.edu
New School Firsts
nsfirsts@newschool.edu
The New School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.