Services
African-American Resource Center
AARC contributes to making the University of Pennsylvania a leader in higher education by constructively and proactively helping to create a teaching-learning community of real and harmonious diversity. The Resource Center will be a model for the academy and the society at large.
AARC Programs
University Resource Centers
- Greenfield Intercultural Center
- La Casa Latina
- Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center
- Makuu
- Office of Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Programs
- Office of the Ombuds
- Pan-Asian American Community House
- Diversity-Related Resources
- Penn Women's Center
Related Centers and Programs at Penn
University of Pennsylvania Services & Workshops
Services
- Advocacy
- Information and Referral
- Workshops
- Consultation
- Support Groups
- Counseling
- Problem Mediation
- Assistance with Maltreatment in the workplace/grievances
- Critical Incident Stress Debriefings (in response to workplace trauma)
- Serves as advisor to students with code of conduct issues
- Represents constituents’ views on University committees
- Co-sponsor events with schools, centers and student groups to promote dialogue on race and diversity issues
- Chair the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Symposium on Social Change Executive Committee
- Conduct research impacting those of African descent on campus
- Support the activities of the Black Graduate and Professional Student Association, the DuBois College House, Makuu, UMOJA and other student organizations
- Partner with faculty and staff from the 12 schools to offer joint programming
Workshops
- Career Development in a Changing Society
- Communicating with your Supervisor
- Customized Workshops
- Dealing with Racism in the Workplace
- Dialogues on Race and Diversity
- Grievance Procedures
- Healing from Racial Trauma
- Men of Color at Penn Series
- Overcoming Grief
- Performance Appraisal
- Stress Management
- Racism in the Workplace
- Women of Color at Penn Monthly Networking Lunch Series
- Allyships in the Workplace