In a recent message to the campus community, President Valerie Smith announced several College对种族司法的承诺that have been made possible by generosity of members of the broader community:

• A tenure-track faculty position for an environmental humanist with a focus on Native American and Indigenous studies was approved by the Council on Educational Policy (CEP) earlier this year, and a search to fill it is underway. This is the first tenure line faculty position fully dedicated to Environmental Studies. The position was made possible through generous funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which we secured with the help of Director of Institutional Relations David Foreman.
• Mellon funding also supports, in part, the creation of a second faculty line — the first tenure-track position fully dedicated to the Black Studies Program. The position was requested by the program in 2018 and approved by CEP in spring 2019.
• 除了Mellon基金会资金外，Black研究中的教师除了两个慷慨的礼品，包括来自Winston Zee P'07和Peggy Chan P'07的一系列，他已经在黑人研究中建立了学院的第一个捐赠的椅子。被称为黑人研究中的Peggy Chan椅子“将支持一个黑色研究教师成员，其工作促进创新和跨学科。”
• Faculty who teach courses in Asian American Studies at Swarthmore, Haverford, and Bryn Mawr have come together to propose a new Tri-College program in Asian American Studies. This proposal, which has already been endorsed by the Curriculum Committee, brings together and coordinates courses into a coherent program of study across all three campuses.

The announcement comes after President Smith revealed theeight new coursesfocused on racial justice, inclusion, and equity that were made possible by the President’s Fund for Racial Justice.

"My sincere thanks to all of those who contributed their time and energy to these important endeavors that emphasize the importance of placing the experience of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color as central queries for interrogation and study in our curriculum," writes Smith. "It serves as a testament to our shared commitment to creating a more just and inclusive community."