Word: gravelleã
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...Relations & Minority Affairs (ORRMA), an extinct structure similar to the RCD Initiative also headed by Hernandez-Gravelle, Harvard dared to be a pioneer in race relations by addressing “the reasons why people did not naturally come together.” However, within a year of Hernandez-Gravelle??s 1992 departure, the office—and the proactive programs it spearheaded—all but disappeared, leaving the Race Relations Tutors as the only vestige from this...
Nevertheless, Avery’s commitment to improving race relations has allowed the RCD Initiative to gain momentum in the past few years, with a mass of committed student liaisons and tutors as evidence of its impact and potential. Not since Hernandez-Gravelle??s tenure had this challenging side of diversity received the serious commitment from the University that Avery has expressed through the development of the RCD Initiative. In just one semester, she helped to revitalize the Race-Relations Tutors Program in its pro-active role, to recruit the institutional support of the House Masters...
...fear that without the institutional commitment that the RCD Initiative merits and the former ORRMA received, the University’s support of this proactive approach to race relations on campus might disappear, as it did after Hernandez-Gravelle??s departure. For the RCD Initiative to continue its success, it will need a stronger commitment from the University—an administrative advisor passionate about this vision, a larger budget from the Dean of the College and the support of the House Masters and Freshman Dean’s Office. Avery has continued the great work that Hernandez...
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