Multicultural Affairs strives to foster a culturally pluralistic
living and learning environment in which differences and
similarities are recognized, understood and appreciated.
Through a wide variety of cultural awareness and heritage
celebration programming, academic lectures, diversity education,
global awareness initiatives, student organizations and other
community engagement activities, we hope to encourage civic and
social responsibility within our communities and to facilitate the
self-actualizing growth and development of all students.
Through various social justice initiatives, we seek to engage
the community in dialogue about human values, human rights and
community development. One such initiative is the Global
Awareness Project (GAP), designed to provide students with
knowledge, skills and tools needed to be responsible global
citizens. In addition to collaborative programming,
students get the opportunity to dialogue with international
representatives from the United Nations and other non-governmental
organizations during events pertaining to the UN Millennium
Development Goals (UNMDG), eight goals developed in hopes of
eradicating extreme poverty around the world by the year
2015. Participation in these events will prepare students for
participatory citizenship in a complex, diverse, and
globally-interconnected world.
Jamaal Brown
Asst. Director of Multicultural Affairs
Campus Center- Room B11A
Campus Ext. 4433
brownj@stjohns.edu