The MLK Day and Social Justice Month Planning Committee is a subcommittee of the All-College Committee on Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging. If you have questions, feedback, or resources you’d like to share for year’s events or a future Social Justice Month, please let us know by emailing SocialJusticeWeek@dickinson.edu.
Committee Chairs and Site Editors:
Jessica Chapman Lape, Director of the Center for Spirituality & Social Justice
Marni Jones, Dean and Executive Director of Access and Disability Services and SOAR: Strategies, Organization, and Achievement Resources
Committee Secretary and Site Co-editor
Hannah Schuhart, Administrative Assistant for the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Current Committee Members:
Keziah Landis, Administrative Assistant for the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Chris Mabry, Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach
Kim Masimore, Head Women’s Lacrosse Coach/Senior Women’s Administrator/Assistant Athletic Director
Lucy Pratt, Operations Coordinator, Center for Civic Learning in Action
Ajla Salkic ’26
Amy Ward, Dean of Library Services
Tommy Wolcott Lee, Director of the LGBTQ+ Center
Past Committee Members and Student Contributers:
Amari Campbell ’25
Ibny Crookson ’27
Shannon Foster ’25
James Martin, Professor of Music and Chair of the All-College Committee on Equity, Inclusivity, and Belonging
Dennette Moul, Director of Human Resource Services
Claudia Moiset Planas ’27
Reeti Rawal ’27
Sam Ritschel ’27
Past Consulting Members of the All-College Committee on Equity, Inclusivity, and Belonging:
Mohammad Abu Shuleh, Senior Lecturer in Middle East Studies
Qing Bai, Associate Professor of International Business and Management
Kat Matic, Title IX Coordinator
Maria Ritchie, Executive Assistant, Provost’s Office
Hannah Roman, Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies
Nicole Simmons, Executive Director of Research and Prospect Research, Office of Advancement
Special Thanks to:
- Elizabeth Allen ’27, SAAC Representative
- Tony Boston, Vice-President and Chief Diversity Officer
- Yvette Davis, Director of the Popel Shaw Center for Race and Ethnicity
- Sam Hi-DiMuzio, Director of Regional and Local Partnerships, Center for Civic Learning and Action
- TaWanda Hunter Stallworth, Director of the Antiracist Development Institute, sponsor and facilitator of the Community Dinner and Dialogue
- Lucy McInerney, Assistant Director of the Writing Program
- Katie Schweighofer, Director of the Women’s and Gender Resource Center
Particularly Immense Gratitude to: - Ryan Burke, Web Development Specialist, Academic Technology: Site creator, editorial trainer, patient guide, and generous troubleshooter