Pride Month and Juneteenth community match
The Mount 51²Ö¿â community matching effort supports organizations that work on the forefront of equality.
By Keely Sexton
In recognition of both and , and in response to the burgeoning national reckoning about racial justice, 332 members of the Mount 51²Ö¿â community—faculty, staff, students and alums—gave more than $25,000 to .
A one-time opportunity for a matching gift initiative was made possible by a gift to the College. The initiative was co-sponsored by the Office of the President and the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and donations made between June 19 – 23 to the , the and the were eligible for the match.
The initiative kicked off a week designed to promote healing, unity and the hard work of confronting racism and bias, both on and off campus.