The Impact Center for Community, Equity, and Understanding
The Impact Center for Community, Equity, and Understanding (formerly known as the Pensby Center for Community Development and Inclusion while located in the Pensby building) recently moved to their new home in the Student Life and Wellness Center. The new space means a much more central location on campus and brings a dramatic increase in common areas for student programming and support. The building is home to both a halal and kosher kitchen, a prayer room with a foot-washing station, and a multicultural living room.
The Impact Center for Community, Equity, and Understanding implements programs and activities that address issues of diversity, power and privilege, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, country of origin, class, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation and disability, with a goal of improving the campus climate and enhancing community life at Bryn Mawr College. This is done with a lens that advances anti-racism, wellness, welcome, and belonging for all students, especially those who know the experience of marginalization first-hand.
The Impact Center staff develops and coordinates leadership development and training programs, organizes key campus cultural events, guides student affinity groups, coordinates College programs to mentor and support students from underrepresented groups, supervises the Community Diversity Assistants and provides informal advising to all students interested in issues of social justice and multiculturalism.