Gender Resource Center Mission Statement

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Gender Resource Center Mission Statement

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In 1998, to foster gender issues on campus, the campus initiated a Gender Resource Center. The mission of the center was to "enhance the quality of life of all Davidson students by fostering community, improving gender relations, and facilitating awareness of sexual diversity and gender inequalities in our community and beyond."

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OUR MISSION: The Davidson College Gender Resource Center seeks to enhance the quality of life of all Davidson students by fostering community, improving gender relations, and facilitating awareness of sexual diversity and gender inequalities in our community and beyond.

The Center is founded upon the conviction that women's issues are pertinent not to women only, but to everyone. Problems such as rape, sexual harassment and eating disorders, and issues such as sexual orientation, reproduction, and parenting must be addressed by the entire Davidson community if we are to effect political and social change.

The Center provides the resources and support necessary to facilitate discussion of gender, sexuality and identity issues; to foster intellectual, professional and personal development; and to promote equal and active participation of women and men in the college community. By setting this precedent, The Gender Resource Center confronts inequality, advocates change, and challenges Davidson College to celebrate the full integration of women and men within the Davidson community.