At the heart of our work lies praxis—the practice of reflection and action—engaging new ideas and posing questions for which we don't have an answer, being comfortable with the discomfort of not knowing, and challenging ourselves to be active learners and agents of change.
Our work also requires examining and transforming systems and structures to create more equitable living, learning, and working environments.
We organize our work, programs, and initiatives into 7 Practice Areas, outlined below with a few examples of the many forms of work we offer:
Practice Areas
Collaborative Partnerships: Facilitate humanizing relationships across groups and departments, create networks for shared labor and leverage resources.
- Presidential Advisory Group for Community & Equity
- Emerson Prison Initiative Advisory Council Membership
Healing: Offer trauma-informed support and foster well-being.
- Yoga for Healing
- Healing Workshop Series
Identity-Affirming Design: Make recommendations, pilot, and model best practices about culturally responsive, human-centered, and accessible design.
- Dress for Success Career Closet
- Accessibility Advisory Board
Institutional Systems Advocacy & Navigation: Measure, identify, demystify, and address inequitable College policies, norms, and practices affecting Emerson students, staff, and faculty.
- Employee Resource Networks
- Digital Accessibility Working Group Membership
Learning & Growth: Contribute to individual and collective learning, unlearning, and capacity-building.
- Justice at Work for Emerson College
- Social Justice Solidarity Circles
Social Impact: Increase support for neighborhood communities and local organizations working toward equity through community engagement and intentional partnerships. Continuously evaluate the impact of the SJC’s community-based partnerships and initiatives.
- Growing Up Roxbury
- Pathway Programs: EmersonWRITES & EmersonTHEATER
Storywork: Celebrate and amplify equity work through stories, art, narratives, and data to create space for imagination of what is possible and equitable.
- FIREWATER Poetics
- Emerson360 Community Survey