The college needs to strive to be a more inclusive, safe environment for BIPOC students all year round. 

As a part of Ithaca College’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Week, Ithaca Firsts Mentor Program and the Student Leadership Institute co-hosted “Sharepoint Leadership Narratives: Empowering Journeys of Womxn of Color in Leadership (Leading in a Diverse World).” The event featured a panel of speakers Feb. 12 in Clark Lounge with about 35 attendees made up of both students and faculty. 

Junior Manuella Asare, director of programming for the African Student Association, said she finds herself in spaces on campus where she is the only African woman.

A large part of King’s message was to find a way to serve the cause you are passionate about, Austin said. This can resonate with students, he said.