The MLK Day/Social Justice Week 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 Week (which we plan to celebrate each year), 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
James Martin, Professor of Music and Chair of the All-College Committee on Equity, Inclusivity, and Belonging
Committee Secretary and Site Co-editor
Jen Clark, Access Strategist and ADA Coordinator
Committee Members:
Lily Gage, Dialogist in Residence
Keziah Landis, Administrative Assistant for the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Noreen Lape, Professor of Educational Studies
Sarah Leahy, Associate Director of Campus Life for Residence Life & Housing
Kim Masimore, Head Women’s Lacrosse Coach/Senior Women’s Administrator/Assistant Athletic Director
Laura Megivern, Director of Global and National Partnerships and Programs
Dennette Moul, Director of Human Resource Services
Amy Ward, Dean of Library Services
Student Contributers:
Amari Campbell ’25
Ibny Crookson ’27
Shannon Foster ’25
Claudia Moiset Planas ’27
Reeti Rawal ’27
Sam Ritschel ’27
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
- Tommy Lee, Director of the LGBTQ+ Center
- 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
