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The '''Intercultural Resource Center''' is operated by the office of multicultural affairs. In addition to programming space and administrative offices, the center includes a special interest housing collective, the intercultural house. Focusing on social justice, house members plan and put on programming to support the overall themes of freedom and justice. The IRC is also one of the few places on campus known to be safe spaces, where people are affirmed and supported in their identities, and hurtful and dehumanizing words and actions are discouraged.
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The '''Intercultural Resource Center''' is a community open to all Columbia students located on 114th Street, or [[Frat Row]]. It is operated by the [[Office of Multicultural Affairs]]. Founded in 1988, it is a [[special interest community]] dedicated to education on issues of intercultural diversity. The IRC accommodates about thirty students throughout the year, as well as OMA administrative offices and programming space. It provides a supportive environment for cross-cultural dialogue on social inequity, activism, and experiential realities of discrimination. Through a variety of events and activities, students are encouraged to broaden their social awareness, explore their own histories and their communities' histories, cultivate self-expression, and learn more about each other.
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You can read more about the history of the IRC on the Columbia website here: https://www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/OMA/IRC/mission
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Latest revision as of 12:50, 9 February 2022

The Intercultural Resource Center is a community open to all Columbia students located on 114th Street, or Frat Row. It is operated by the Office of Multicultural Affairs. Founded in 1988, it is a special interest community dedicated to education on issues of intercultural diversity. The IRC accommodates about thirty students throughout the year, as well as OMA administrative offices and programming space. It provides a supportive environment for cross-cultural dialogue on social inequity, activism, and experiential realities of discrimination. Through a variety of events and activities, students are encouraged to broaden their social awareness, explore their own histories and their communities' histories, cultivate self-expression, and learn more about each other.


You can read more about the history of the IRC on the Columbia website here: https://www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/OMA/IRC/mission

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