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GENDER & DIVERSITY

U. minority group leaders continue providing community support, resources during pandemic

CAFSA cuts ties with Penn Dems after it endorsed Biden, who faces sexual assault allegation

Rev. Al Sharpton calls for minority representation, transparency in management of endowment

Sharpton asked Gutmann to publish a report on the involvement of African American professionals in the management of Penn’s $14.7 billion endowment.

MOST RECENT

Bloomers members reflect on stereotypes against women in comedy amid spring show

Bloomers cast members said although the group is becoming increasingly popular on campus, as women, they often have to work harder and be smarter than men to put on a successful show.

Makuu celebrates 20 years as Penn’s Black cultural center

Makuu opened in fall 2000 as a resource center for Penn students interested in Black culture and the African Diaspora under the Vice Provost for University Life.

Penn Monologues will replace annual Vagina Monologues event to promote inclusivity

Penn V-Day's board, also known as V-Board, decided to replace the Vagina Monologues in Spring 2018 to showcase a more inclusive production not centered around the female anatomy.

Penn Women's Center strives for inclusivity one year into new director's role

Director of the Penn Women’s Center Sherisse Laud-Hammond said that the number of events, meetings, classes, and tours held at PWC has increased from 292 to 382 in the past year.

Penn added over 50 lactation spaces across campus in the last decade

Penn Women's Center Director Sherisse Laud-Hammond said that the number of free breast pump attachment kits distributed by Penn Women’s Center through their Pump-Kit Giveaway Program has also nearly tripled in the past three years.

Penn is adding more gender inclusive bathrooms, but students say there is still work to do

The Office of the University Architect is currently working to add gender inclusive bathrooms in David Rittenhouse Laboratories and Levine building, according to a statement from University Architect Mark Kocent. Houston Hall will undergo similar renovations in summer 2020.

Meet the new leaders of the 6B, Penn’s main minority coalitions

The 6B consists of the Asian Pacific Student Coalition, Lambda Alliance, Latinx Coalition, Penn Association for Gender Equity, the United Minorities Council, and UMOJA.

UA drafts proposal to provide free chest binders for transgender students

College Junior and UA Representative Cam Duran said the initiative was inspired by a program offered at Cornell University in which students enrolled in a Cornell student health plan or who pay the Student Health Fee can receive up to two chest binders each semester with no copayment.

Faces of Black Penn: new magazine to spotlight members of black undergraduate community

'We wanted to showcase the diversity of the black community and show that blackness is not a monolith,' Black Student League President and College senior Christine Olagun-Samuel said.

Students say Penn’s noise guidelines unfairly targeted activists for transgender issues

The LGBT Center held a series of vigils on Locust Walk in honor of Transgender Day of Remembrance on Nov. 20.

'Body Reclamation Week' tackles ableism, fatphobia, and trauma

"Body Reclamation Week" featured documentary screenings, workshops, and discussions on bodily autonomy, fatphobia, ableism, and trauma.

'Trans lives matter': LGBT Center holds vigils for transgender individuals killed in 2019

LGBT Center volunteers hung up transgender flags on Locust Walk in front of Steinberg-Dietrich Hall, featuring black and brown stripes in the middle to signify the disproportionate violence against people of color.

Stand-up comedian Ronny Chieng performs at Penn for Asian Pacific American Heritage Week

Chieng first performed a comedy routine and later took questions from the audience about his career path and his experiences as an Asian American in contemporary media.

Penn offers cultural centers a space in ARCH's upper floors — but 6B is hesitant

Moving La Casa Latina, Makuu, and the Pan-Asian American Community House out of the ARCH basement has been a longstanding goal of the 6B.

After Papa John's racism scandal, the company's chair speaks on diversity at Wharton event

The event featured 1994 Wharton graduate Jeff Smith, Chair of Papa John’s International Inc; and Janet Foutty, Chair of the Board of Deloitte.

Implicit bias is not main cause of racial profiling, speaker argues at Criminology event

Ojmarrh Mitchell argued that while racial profiling is often attributed to implicit bias, structural and institutional factors play a bigger role.

Penn Student Government holds diversity training after internal concerns about inclusivity

The diversity training covered topics like privilege, microaggressions, and biases, and included interactive games for the participants.