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Campus: African American Cultural Society: A club dedicated to promoting diversity, educating people, and uniting people of all races for the common good of the community.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People – Chester County network – the mission is to secure the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race -based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons.
Urban League – founded on the purpose of eliminating racial segregation and discrimination and helping African American and other minorities to participate in all phases of American life.
National Council of Negro Women – Philadelphia Section – mission is to lead, advocate for and empower women of African descent their families and communities.
100 Black Men: Philadelphia – mission is to improve the quality of life within our communities and enhance educational and economic opportunities for all African Americans

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Diversity Matters: Race, Ethnicity, and Christian Higher Education: The Spring 2020 issue of Advance, the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities’ magazine, was entirely focused on the issues of diversity in Christian campuses and includes many articles on the subject.
PBS: BLACK AMERICA SINCE MLK and Still I Rise
Catholic Social Teaching (CST) and Racism The Moral Judgement on Racism by Fr. Fred Kammer, S.J.
Open Wide Our Hearts–the enduring call to love, our new booklet on Racism, is a four-session process on the USCCB Pastoral on Racism.
Netflix: 13th Duvernay, A. (Streaming for free)

Organizations

Campus: Catholic Relief Services Ambassadors: Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is dedicated to making as much improvement as possible in regard to the quality of life of those in need. CRS ambassadors call the University community to action by providing informative teachings related to specific social justice issues.
Peace Action
United Religions Initiative
Human Rights and Peacebuilding, The Episcopal Church
United States Institute of Peace: United States Institute of Peace
United for Peace and Justice

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New Ways Ministry: Educates and advocates for justice and equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Catholics, and reconciliation within the larger church and civil communities.
National LGBTQ Task Force: Towards a Welcoming & Inclusive Church
Human Rights Campaign
Courage International

Campus: Spectrum: The purpose of this club is to promote and assist in the education of the student body about the LGBT population. The organization shall educate interested parties in how to be resources to the student body and supportive of this population. This shall be done through educational programming and regular information meetings.
The Attic Youth Center
The Mazzoni Center