Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Agnes Scott College is an inclusive community that embraces the richness of its diversity and values the ways this enriches and transforms the lives of our students, faculty and staff.

We acknowledge that simply having a diverse community does not always translate into an inclusive one and that students arrive to campus with different levels of exposure to and understanding of the diversity that is reflective of our world. As such, we provide curricular and co-curricular opportunities for all to cultivate skills needed to effectively engage, communicate, and collaborate with others across differences. By studying, living, engaging with one another, and playing together, in-person and virtually, Agnes Scott College’s remarkably diverse student body hones the habits of mind, skills, and knowledge essential to successfully lead everywhere and anywhere in our increasingly diverse society. The college’s commitment to diversity and inclusion is supported and practiced by every department. 

Here just are a few ways the college promotes diversity, equity and inclusion:

• Heritage/History Month Celebrations - At Agnes Scott College, we celebrate our rich campus diversity through our #Culture365, TRHT work, and targeted events for heritage/history months, from September to May, featuring guest speakers, lecture series, film series and service opportunities. These celebrations include Latinx Heritage, Pride, Black History, Disability Awareness, Women’s History, and Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage.
• Martin Luther King Jr. And Coretta Scott King Commemorative Week Of Human Rights And Social Justice - A week-long series of programs and events commemorate the lives of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, and continues the dialogue around social justice and community change.
• Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) - The college has created a new centralized TRHT anti-racism website to collate our efforts, programs, action steps and resources. As a THRT campus, the college partners with local and community groups as well as the campus community in projects that advance transformational racial change, promote racial healing activities and erase structural barriers to equity and equal opportunity.
• A Safe Place to Be You - Agnes Scott's Safe Zone program seeks to promote both a physically and emotionally safe environment for LGBTQIA (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, and asexual) students, faculty and staff. Through education, community resources and ally training, we will promote understanding to everyone on campus.

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A panel discussion on issues of human rights and social justice featuring Agnes Scott alums Sadia Ali '14, Yehimi Cambron '14, Keiran Flynn '14, Grace Starling '16 and Gwen Smith Watson '11, who represent diverse voices that address issues of being undocumented, Islamophobia, sexual assault, gender inclusion and issues of racial oppression.

The Agnes Scott community gathered on National Blackout Day and hosted “A Call-In and Solidarity Gathering for Racial Justice” organized by the Gay Johnson McDougall Center for Global Diversity and Inclusion.

Monica Helms visits Agnes Scott College and shared about her life as a transgender veteran, the creation of the trans pride flag, and the current status of the transgender community.

A sign showcasing Agnes Scott's solidarity after the killing of George Floyd.