Our Crowdfunding Groups
UMass Amherst has a long-standing commitment to social progress and social justice. We value diversity and equity and strive for inclusive excellence in our classrooms, research labs, residence halls, workspaces, and beyond. All campus community members seek to uphold the following values of diversity, equity, and inclusion:
UMass Amherst, as a public land-grant institution, has a responsibility to provide access and opportunities for all people while demonstrating a commitment to the inclusion of historically underrepresented groups.
Your contribution to Support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion will be used for student support programs and towards expanding diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives to benefit our entire campus community.
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Athletics:
The Maroon Excellence Fund supports the hosting of guest speakers who address Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion related topics, as well as professional experts to facilitate training and workshops for our student-athletes, staff, and coaches.
Commonwealth Honors College:
The Commonwealth Honors College Community Scholarships offer support for high-need students who are underrepresented on campus and/or are first-generation college students.
The Emerging Scholars Book Fund purchases books for promising first-year students who are underrepresented and/or first-generation.
College of Education:
The Center of Racial Justice and Youth Engaged Research centers Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) in the work of racial and educational justice through community-school-university partnerships.
Social Justice Education prepares teachers, leaders, and scholars to foster educational environments that are socially just, diverse, inclusive, and equitable.
College of Engineering:
College of Humanities and Fine Arts:
The Allen Davis and Nancy Mainor Social Justice Activism Scholarship Endowment is awarded annually to an undergraduate student in the College of Humanities and Fine Arts with a demonstrated passion for addressing issues surrounding social justice and institutional racism.
The Environmental Justice Fund was established to to award scholarships to undergraduate students with a demonstrated commitment to creating change in the context of environmental racism and related social justice issues.
The John H Bracey Fellowship Endowment Fund provides summer fellowship support for doctoral students in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies who have achieved candidacy and are engaged in research and writing their dissertation. The fellowship is meant to enable students to make significant progress at either the early stage of research or the final stage of completing their dissertation.
College of Natural Sciences:
The Dr. Tracie Gibson Scholars Fund provides support for students to participate in the Lee SIP undergraduate research program. The award is given to a student who is pursuing a major in science and identifies as an underrepresented minority and/or a first-generation student.
The Institute for Diversity Sciences (IDS) is a multi-disciplinary unit that brings together faculty and students, business leaders, and practitioners to promote multi-disciplinary research in STEM fields where the research targets global equity concerns. IDS also nurtures the success of these diverse students as they enter the STEM workforce through mentoring opportunities in which they can engage with visiting scientists from similar underrepresented groups.
The William Lee Science Impact Program (Lee SIP) via the CNS Dean's Undergraduate Research Fund creates opportunities for undergraduate students from traditionally underrepresented groups in science disciplines and first-generation college students to expand and broaden participation in undergraduate research on campus and is solely funded by the dean's undergraduate research fund.
College of Nursing:
The Diversity in Nursing Scholarship Endowment was established by Dr. Jacqueline S. Dowling to support diversity within the College of Nursing, consistent with the University's mission and policies.
College of Social & Behavioral Sciences:
The Academic Fellows Program was created to address the opportunity and achievement gaps facing our first generation, low-income, and underrepresented undergraduate students in SBS. In addition to program support, annual scholarships are awarded to several deserving students.
The Certificate Program for Native American and Indigenous Studies (CPNAIS) offers students at UMass Amherst an opportunity to learn about the histories, cultures and historical and contemporary issues affecting Indigenous peoples of the Americas and beyond. The program provides opportunities for engagement both in the classroom and with Native communities through a rich selection of courses at UMass and the Five Colleges (Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke and Smith).
Garden X Graphite was established to support students studying Landscape Architecture at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Qualified applicants must show a proficiency in horticulture and/or drawing through their coursework or portfolio. Preference will be for socioeconomically disadvantaged in-state students. The goal of the Fund is to provide full instate tuition based on the available annual distributions and the cost of attending the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with fewer annual awards to make the greatest impact possible.
The Jeannette Maillet Scholarship Fund was funded by Ms. Jeanette E. Maillet. This award supports undergraduate students who are underrepresented in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and who aspire to a career in a government agency, on the federal, state or city level. Candidates must be in good academic standing and must have high or medium need as determined by the financial aid office. Preference will be given to Political Science majors but all students who have a major in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences will be considered.
UMass Women into Leadership (UWiL) is a competitive leadership training and professional development program that prepares students from the state’s flagship, public university for public leadership. By introducing these students to current leaders and providing opportunities for them to see first-hand the benefits of public service, UWiL provides models and pathways into leadership – all while helping to address the gender and opportunity gaps in politics and creating a pipeline especially for underrepresented students from public education into public service.
Fine Arts Center:
The Fine Arts Center has a long history of being at the vanguard of social activism and arts innovation. We believe the arts help us express our values, build bridges between cultures, and bring us together regardless of our ethnicity, religion, or age. Our performances and exhibitions shine a spotlight on societal issues and create a safe space for honest dialogue. Connecting artists with campus partners, the FAC builds these experiences for our students through masterclasses, workshops, panel discussions, and artist conversations.
Isenberg School of Management:
The ISOM Diversity and Inclusion Initiative helps graduates succeed and ultimately lead in our increasingly diverse and global business world. Before they leave they have access to a broad range of intercultural experiences, international opportunities, and immersive experiences. Like the companies that hire our graduates, we are committed to advancing an inclusive community at Isenberg, creating a better learning environment and workplace. Your gifts support programs that promote cultural awareness, ensuring that all Isenberg students understand that diversity and inclusion will ignite 21st-century solutions. Learn more about DE&I at Isenberg.
Libraries:
The Open Educational Resources Initiative allows the Libraries to transition more faculty to using openly-licensed, free-to-students course materials, which in turn supports students by eliminating the barrier high-cost commercial textbooks pose to their success.
The Sustainability Fund expands the Libraries' collections, exhibits, and activities related to environmental, economic, and social sustainability as well as supports the more than 300 sustainability-related courses on campus and the School of Earth and Sustainability.
The W. E. B. Du Bois Center was established in 2009 to provide a space for the discussion of vital issues relating to race, social justice, socio-economic inequality and the legacies of colonialism, as well as promoting interdisciplinary scholarship, year-round programming, and support to on-campus and community groups.
School of Public Health & Health Sciences:
The Harry and Charlena Seymour Scholarship for Diversity provides financial support to those students who have been historically underrepresented due to race, ethnicity, gender, and economic reasons in higher education and to foster greater awareness and understanding of multicultural issues in communication disorders by the infusion of information about linguistic/cultural diversity in the curriculum of the Department of Communication Disorders.
The William A. Darity Sr. Graduate Scholarship provides financial support to public health students who demonstrate Dr. Darity's commitment to social justice and is focused on supporting underrepresented and first-generation students in pursuing advanced degrees in higher education.
Various Interdisciplinary Groups, Centers, and Programs:
The Center for Employment Equity (CEE) provides scientifically careful analyses and curated data to the community of citizens, employers, and policymakers concerned with promoting equitable workplaces.
More Information & Resources
For more information, resources, upcoming events, and ways to get involved, visit our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion homepage.
$10 will provide enough cleaning potion for onelength of pipes in the chamber of secrets.
Basilisk Burial requires giant, thestral-carried shovels. We need at least 4 shovels to carry the Basilisk and bury it.
Seeing that there aren't many witches and wizards who can still speak parseltongue, we need to buy a Parseltongue Translator device from Borgin and Burkes.
We need a new chamber door and painting once the basilisk is extracted. Sir Cadogan has valiantly accepted to guard this door, for a fee of $600/year.
