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     This project focuses on the needs of the minority populations identified consistently as most likely to encounter difficulties and express dissatisfaction with life on our campuses.  The working group, involving representatives from Bates, Trinity, and the University of the South, is promoting a variety of initiatives, including: (1) model service programs to promote student leadership and connections both within the college/university and to the surrounding community, (2) peer support and faculty mentoring programs, and (3) a speakers’ bureau to travel to participating Consortium campuses to serve as resources on counseling for men of color.  

     A series of Conferences with students and administrators participating provides an example of the work that can be done in this area.  Hosted by The University of the South in November of 2001 and Middlebury College in November of 2002, teams of faculty, administrators, and students were invited to help steer the agenda for this collaborative project.  Teams represented Bard, Colby, Dartmouth, Franklin & Marshall, Haverford, Middlebury, Sarah Lawrence, University of the South and Trinity in 2001.  In 2002, teams attended from Dartmouth, Franklin and Marshall, Haverford, Middlebury, Trinity, University of the South and Vassar.  After hearing about successful projects on member campuses, participants spent time in teams developing a set of goals and an action plan for addressing the needs of African-American and Latino men at their own college or university.  Subsequent meetings will provide opportunities to assess progress and to maintain clear focus on efforts to address the needs of men of color. 

Through the Consortium office, the planning is being tracked and help will be provided to secure funds to implement programs that promise to make a difference. 

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