Office of Intercultural Affairs and LGBTQ+ Resource Center
The Office of Intercultural Affairs and LGBTQ+ Resource Center’s three-tiered model is grounded in:
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Support & Advocacy: individualized support on personal, academic, and professional goals & advocacy in culturally affirming ways
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Education & Awareness: safe spaces and opportunities for dialogue, education, and awareness building that gives voice to all our identities and challenges our traditional ways of thinking and knowing
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Community Building: meaningful partnerships and collaborations that build upon and nurture a caring and inclusive community through training initiatives, leadership, knowledge-sharing and dialogue opportunities
Contact Us
Office of Intercultural Affairs & LGBTQ+ Resource Center
202-806-5990
Monday and Friday | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday - Thursday | 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Staff
AJ King (he/him), Director aj.king@howard.edu
Jenelle Howard (she/her), Assistant Director Jenelle.Howard@howard.edu
JaQuwan Ward (he/him), Program Coordinator JaQuwan.Ward@howard.edu
The mission of the Office of Intercultural Affairs and LGBTQ+ Resource Center is to create an inclusive campus community that promotes social justice and diversity. We strive to support all members of our community, particularly individuals from underrepresented backgrounds. Using a student-centered approach, our office strives to develop social change agents and transformational leaders through programming, initiatives and personalized support.
The core service is providing holistic support and advocacy to students utilizing a cross-cultural competency framework. We are committed to advancing social change agents, global activists, and community empowerment, as well as assisting in the development of a campus inclusive of all students, staff, and faculty focus on:
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Support, advising, mentorship, and advocacy on a variety of topics, needs, concerns, and most importantly the intersectionality of our HU community
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Allyship, Safe Zone, Cultural Competency, and intersectional/intergenerational training for students, staff, and faculty
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Community building and partnerships across campus to facilitate an inclusive campus culture
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Student development-related topics
