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The Center for Multicultural Affairs serves as a resource for all students, with a focus on all students of color, on campus. The CMA is committed to expanding and supporting our Duke community through programmatic, advising, support, and engagement efforts informed through an inclusive and socially-just lens. The Center for Multicultural Affairs (CMA) promotes community engagement, multicultural education, leadership development, social justice education , and identity exploration among the student population. The Center for Multicultural Affairs staff are located in the Bryan Student Center, Suite 101. We share the suite space with the Women’s Center and Student Involvement and Leadership. …
Center for Multicultural Affairs Land Acknowledgement The Center for Multicultural Affairs acknowledges that the land our center and the greater university occupies are the ancestral lands of the Shakori, Eno and Tuscarora people. Today, North Carolina recognizes 8 tribes: Coharie, Lumbee, Meherrin, Occaneechi Saponi, Haliwa Saponi, Waccamaw Siouan, Sappony, and the Eastern Band of Cherokee. We recognize those peoples for whom these were ancestral lands as well as the many Indigenous people who live and work in the region today. Pronunciation Guide shuh • cori EE-noh TUSK-UH-RAW-RUH co-HAIR-ee LUM-bee ma-HAIR-in OAK-uh-NEE-chee suh-PONY HA-lih-WAH suh-PONY WOK-uh-ma Soo-uhn suh-PONY cheh·ruh·kee
Linda Capers Director She/Her Linda serves as Director of the Center for Multicultural Affairs. She provides oversight of our orientation programs, Organic & Physics learning communities, our annual signature program, Unity Through Diversity (UTD). She also advises student organizations which keeps her connected to the way students experience leadership development. As a former classroom teacher, Linda finds that working in higher ed has been the perfect venue to expand her interests in student development. The endless opportunities to view students’ unique and diverse experiences through a multicultural lens has been a remarkable career experience. Professional interests include but are not limited…
Alex Espaillat Assistant Director She/Her/Ella Alex joined Duke in June 2022 and currently serves as an Assistant Director in the CMA. In their current role, Alex’s work focuses on the Latinx/o/é communities at Duke, providing programs and services in the areas of community engagement, multicultural education, social justice education, and leadership development. In addition to this, Alex leads and is responsible for the majority of the marketing and communications functions of the Center as well as encouraging coalition building resources. Alex is a Latina scholar practitioner who claims both Charlotte, North Carolina and New York as home. She is a two-time alumna…
Lauren Denton Associate Director she/her/hers Lauren Denton joined Duke University in February 2023 and serves as the Associate Director of the Center for Multicultural Affairs. In her current role, she focuses on managing the Cultural Engagement Fund (CEF), CMA’s educational programming, and supporting multiple student organizational programming efforts. Lauren is a Black and Nepalese woman from Earle, Arkansas. She received her B.S.E in Community Health Promotion from the University of Arkansas (Woo Pig Sooie!), where her undergraduate experience gave her a second chance to get to know and redefine herself, holistically. Lauren has based her career around being an advocate,…
Our Story Knowing your story is important and our Center wants to share ours with you. Check back in as we continue to update this page! This timeline is a work in progress! Have a contribution that you believe is missing from our timeline? Is there information you’d like to correct? Please contact a.espaillat@duke.edu. Center for Multicultural Affairs’ 50th Anniversary Conversations In commemoration of the Center for Multicultural Affairs at Duke University’s 50th Anniversary celebration, we sat down with former Deans and Directors of CMA past. Watch here:
Our goal is to create an inclusive climate for students, staff, faculty, and alumnx with marginalized sexual orientations, romantic orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions through education, advocacy, support, mentoring, academic engagement, and providing space. > Connect. Learn. Grow. The CSGD is a community of resources, support and inspiration. Education Stay Educated Resources Access Resources Pronouns Understand Pronouns Student Groups Get involved No Pride for Some We recognize the ways that racism and whiteness is embedded within the LGBTQIA+ communities. We are committed to doing our work with intersectional social justice lens that names and works to disrupt impacts of…
CMA Spaces CMA manages three identity spaces within the Bryan Student Center. Check back for updates. CMA La Casa (est. 2016) CMA: La Casa’s primary focus is to serve and preserve the history, culture, and experience of the Latinx/é/o communities at Duke University. This space was born out of student activism and is open to all students who identify and/or are in allyship with these communities. The space works toward providing an inclusive environment for all students. Come visit Bryan Center 037! CMA A/API BASE (est. 2016) CMA: AAPI BASE (Asian/American Pacific Islander Bridge to Action, Solidarity, and Education)’s primary…
LATINX HERITAGE MONTH 2023 Juntos Somos Más/Juntos Somos Mais Together We Are More. This year’s theme is inspired and motivated by the pulse of our campus community- the students. During consistent seasons of unrest and challenges that face the Latinx community, the words of our theme ring truer than ever. Coalitions are critical and the heart and soul of our communities will always rest with the people. Latinx Heritage Month 2023 Implementation Committee: Alex Espaillat, Assistant Director, Center for Multicultural Affairs Irma Lopez T’26, Cultural Chair, Mi Gente Historically, LHM at Duke has been led by students and student organization…