Pluralism Council

Welcome to the Pluralism Council,

Our goal in GAPSA is to provide a forum for the underrepresented umbrella organizations on campus. We help with funding, publicity, and advocacy for events and issues that arise within the diversity community of a school or Penn community. We hope the further descriptions and links help you find more ways to get involved on campus and learn more about your fellow graduate and professional colleagues.

The 2008-2009 Pluralism Council has identified three key focus issues:

Obtain current information on underrepresented students to better engage them
Create a one-stop GAPSA webpage for information on diversity at Penn
Develop a Grad Club Day to showcase student organizations at the beginning of the year.

This year Pluralism Council was able to work with the umbrella organizations to receive level funding from the University to continue to support the activities and programming of such organizations. And we supported the Lambda Grads during their annual awareness week in March.

News

To get involved with a community at the University wide level be sure to contact the following groups for more information.

Black Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (BGAPSA): http://www.dolphin.upenn.edu/bgapsa
Latino/a Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (LaGAPSA): Contact Raquel Albarran at albarran@sas.upenn.edu or Ben Gojman at bgojman@seas.upenn.edu
Asian American Graduate Student Association (AAGSA): http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11345894284&ref=ts
LGBT Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (Lambda Grads): http://www.dolphin.upenn.edu/lgrads/

LGBT Community Resources

Visit the following web links to find information about the Philadelphia LGBT Community and the latest events happening in Philadelphia: http://phillygaycalendar.com/; http://www.epgn.com/; http://phillypride.org/
Philadelphia Gay and Lesbian Film Festival: www.phillyfests.com/piglff

Muslim Students Association: http://www.upennmsa.org/
Six Directions (Native American Student): Please contact Wendy Green at mwendy@dolphin.upenn.edu

The following centers can also be helpful, especially if you would like information on mentoring undergraduate students.

Greenfield Intercultural Center: http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/gic/
La Casa Latina: http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/lacasa/
LGBT Center: http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/lgbtc/
Makuu: http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/makuu/
PAACH: http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/paach/index.htm
Women’s Center: http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/pwc/Old%20Website/main.html

Penn Women’s Resources

The Trustee’s Council for Penn Women - This council offers grants to students for endeavors that support the advancement of women. Please visit their website at http://www.alumni.upenn.edu/groups/tcpw/grants.html#tcpwgrant.
Penn Graduate Women in Science and Engineering (PGWISE) http://www.dolphin.upenn.edu/pgwise/index.htm
Advancing Women in Engineering (AWE) http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~awe/index.html

Many of the 12 graduate schools have diversity resources specific to their field. Here are a list several to get you started.

Dentistry http://www.dental.upenn.edu/students/student-organizations.htm
Graduate School of Education http://www.gse.upenn.edu/node/112
Law