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The '''Intercultural Resource Center''' serves as a community of sorts for minority students located in one of the [[brownstones]] on [[Frat Row]]. It is operated by the [[Office of Multicultural Affairs]].
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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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The IRC accommodates OMA administrative offices and programming space, and "The Intercultural House", which is a [[special interest community]]. The SIC members plan and hold programs that promote the themes of freedom and justice, especially social justice.
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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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The IRC is also one of the few places on campus designated by the OMA as a "safe space". That is, the OMA encourages people to affirm and support each other in their identities, and it discourages hurtful and dehumanizing words and actions.
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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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