Intercultural Resource Center

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 the histories of their communities, 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