Alumni of Color Initiative
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Brown University's Alumni of Color Initiative – as part of the Plan for Academic Enrichment – is channeling the resources and energy of thousands of alumni of color to effect transformational change. Working together, this community has targeted several core areas which, when strengthened, will help ensure that Brown's history of recognizing and encouraging diversity will not only continue, but will flourish in new and bold ways.
Alumni of Color Initiative Goal: $6.2 Million
The main components of this multi-dimensional $6.2 million initiative are: immediate support through the Brown Annual Fund for either unrestricted use or Investment in Diversity (which provides financial aid with a preference for students of color with financial need); and perpetual support through gifts to endowed scholarships, the Third World Transition Program, Africana Studies, and U.S. Latino Studies.
"Whether they receive an endowed scholarship as a part of their financial aid, engage in the offerings of the Africana Studies department, participate in a US Latino Studies research project, or are involved with the Third World Transition Program, there are countless young men and women who will benefit directly from alumni support of Boldly Brown: The Alumni of Color Initiative. The deans, department chairs, the Office of Campus Life, other senior administrators, and I believe that there are few rewards greater than working to enhance diversity throughout our campus community so that we all can capitalize on the living and learning opportunities that arise from exposure to a rich variety of perspectives."
Valerie Petit Wilson, Ph.D.
Associate Provost & Director of Institutional Diversity
Featured Gift Opportunities
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$2.5 million
Help us meet this goal for the Annual Fund's Investment in Diversity -
$250,000
Help us endow one Inman Page Black Alumni Council Scholarship -
$100,000
Help us meet our goal to endow a program fund for U.S. Latino Studies -
Gifts of any amount are welcome!
Did you know that you can allocate your Brown Annual Fund gift to Investment in Diversity?To learn more about Campaign Gift Opportunities, call 1 (800) 662-2266 or email us.
