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Intercultural Affairs Council (IAC)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Mission Statement

The Intercultural Affairs Council of Yale College strives to support an inclusive and diverse campus environment that: engages in community dialogue; promotes cultural awareness, respect and appreciation; and challenges bias on the basis of race and ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability, social class, or other distinction. The council collaboratively offers educational and social programming to enhance the overall academic and developmental achievement of all students, while providing avenues for personal growth and increased advocacy, involvement, and support for the Yale community.

For more information about the IAC call 203-436-8826

Funding Guidelines

The IAC’s core mission is to support an inclusive and diverse campus environment that engages in community dialogue, promotes cultural awareness, respect, collaboration, and appreciation, and challenges bias on the basis of race and ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability, social class, or other distinction. The IAC Funding Committee is always interested in funding events that coincide with this mission. The IAC Funding Committee is open to ingenuity and new ideas when it comes to defining and exploring the various cultures at Yale, with the understanding that culture refers not only to race and ethnicity but also the multitude of unique and distinct groups here at Yale. The IAC Funding Committee wants to fund events that foster unity and inclusion, and does not want to be affiliated with events that are controversial.

Stipulations:

  • The IAC Funding Committee will award no more than $500 for an event.
  • The event needs to be collaborative (at least two groups organizing the event)
  • The funding is meant for the undergraduate community, and thus applications must be submitted by undergraduates
  • Must be free (the event cannot charge admission)
  • Must be open to the public
  • The IAC will not contribute to fundraisers
  • Application must be submitted at least 10 days before the event
  • No approvals for events that already happened
  • If the event is approved, there must be an acknowledgement of the IAC’s contribution on the event’s promotional materials (flyers, emails, etc.)
  • The application must state the organization’s other funding sources

Student Members

Raymond Kelly ES '14 - raymond.kelly@yale.edu

Ayesha Muhammad BR '14 - ayesha.muhammad@yale.edu

Wesley Dixon BK '15 - wesley.dixon@yale.edu

Akinyi Ochieng SM '15 - akinyi.ochieng@yale.edu

Kathy Phan ES '15 - kathy.phan@yale.edu

Christofer Rodelo JE '15 - christofer.rodelo@yale.edu

Alfonso Toro TC '15 - alfonso.toro@yale.edu