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Maxwell, a member of Prism's executive board, says plans are in the works to revitalize Prism next year, and that even though the group hasn't been very active this year, it has succeeded in its most important task: raising awareness that multiracial students "didn't necessarily have to go to the BSA [Black Students Association] or not be involved in anything...
Though the people who attended the Prism meetings were of all different backgrounds, Maxwell says "one common denominator" that holds the group's members together is the feeling that they don't entirely belong in any other ethnic organization...
...Prism is not the only group dedicated toproviding a forum for the growing number ofmultiracial students at Harvard...
...Brown says the "stigma" attached toidentifying oneself as multiracial may keep peoplefrom coming to meetings of groups like Prism andCommon Thread...
Johnson-Arbor, who is a member of Prism'sexecutive board, says the UHS discussion groupplays into the stereotype of the "mixed-up" childof mixed heritage...