The Intercultural Center
Skyilne College's Intercultural Center strives to cultivate a space on campus for students, faculty members, and classified professionals to connect with each other meaningfully across differences, reflect on multiple aspects of their identities, explore how oppression manifests in society, and work towards racial and social justice.
Each semester, the Intercultural Center features an engaging speaker series that provides commentary on the current political climate in addition to film screenings on relevant social justice topics. Organizations on campus are encouraged to reserve the space for their own needs if they host programs that facilitate reflection and action on issues related to equity and cultural exchange.
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Vision
The creation and maintenance of safe spaces for restorative self-reflection, broadening critical consciousness, and developing solidarity.
Mission
To celebrate our intersectional identities, challenge oppressive ideologies, and overcome our linked struggles through embracing vulnerability, channeling indignation, and uplifting marginalized communities. In this space, we strive to eliminate white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, and dehumanizing capitalist practices.
Values Statement
Character - Know Yourself
Everyone has unique qualities and skills that are distinctive to them, and only them. It is our responsibility to educe these qualities and skills from one another, with the hope of applying them in our own daily lives.
Charisma - Love Yourself
The process of discovering one’s true authentic self is different for everyone. It is our responsibility to ensure we have safe spaces to explore, define, and support each other through our personal journeys of character development.
Conscientização - Know your Community
The ability to perceive social, political, and economic oppression is essential to humanization. It is our responsibility to maintain safe spaces that challenge oppressive ideologies and systems.
Compassion - Love your Community
Our human nature is to have sympathy and concern for the sufferings and misfortunes of others. It is our responsibility to take the lessons we’ve learned in these spaces back into our communities with passionate, responsive purpose.