Staff & Faculty Affinity Groups

Staff and Faculty affinity groups are a place where staff and faculty with similar identities can come together in community. These groups welcome staff and faculty who hold these identities, as well as allies focused on centering the named identity and recognizing intersectionality brought to the space. These groups meet regularly at the discretion of each group. 

For more information or to ask a question related to faculty and staff affinity groups please reach out to Mayzong Lee.

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Asian/Asian American

The Asian/Asian American community is a voluntary group of Macalester staff and faculty members who seek to share about issues related to Asian/Asian American descent.  This space helps to increase the visibility of this community on campus, as well as to provide a network of support for staff and faculty. For more information, please email asianmac@macalester.edu.

BIPOC 

A social space for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color who are members of the Macalester community to bring employees together who share a common experience. For more information, please email bipocmac@macalester.edu.

Black/ African American

The Black/ African American community is a voluntary group of Macalester staff and faculty members who identify with being Black.  This space helps to increase the visibility of this community on campus, as well as to provide a network of support for staff and faculty. For more information, please email blackmac@macalester.edu.

Disability

Disability Affinity Group is a space for staff and faculty members with disabilities to share community and support. We welcome folks with all disabilities (such as mental health conditions, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, and more), and disclosure of disability is not required to participate. For more information, please email spoonless@macalester.edu.

Jewish

The Jewish staff and faculty group is a community space for connection, support, and collaboration among Macalester community members who are Jewish (religiously, culturally, and familially). For more information, please email jewishmac@macalester.edu.

Latinx

The Latinx community is a voluntary group of Macalester staff and faculty members who identify within the Latin community.  This space helps to increase the visibility of this community on campus, as well as to provide a network of support for staff and faculty. For more information, please email latinxmac@macalester.edu.

LGBTQ+

The LGBTQ+ staff and faculty group is a voluntary group of Macalester community members who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and/or Asexual.  This space helps to increase the visibility of this community on campus, as well as to provide a network of support for staff and faculty. For more information, please email Lgbtqmac@macalester.edu.

Native and Indigenous

The Native and Indigenous Staff and Faculty Collective is a community space for connection, support, and collaboration. All self-identified Native & Indigenous staff and faculty are encouraged to join. For more information, please email indigenous@macalester.edu.

Unlearning White Supremacy

Unlearning White Supremacy (UWS) is a community committed to unlearning and dismantling white supremacy from the inside out. This collective was built in collaboration with the Lealtad-Suzuki Center as an affinity space for white folx to process, self-educate, hold each other and ourselves accountable, and confront the ways in which white people are complicit in white supremacy. This group is predominantly made up of white-identifying members of the Macalester community, but it is open to students, faculty, and staff. For more information, please email unlearningwsmac@macalester.edu