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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  gives his "I Have a Dream" speech to sign-bearing protesters at the March on Washington.

Marching Forward

Community members reflect on the modern-day implications of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s message and activism.
Lucas Cohen-d’Arbeloff and Jaden Bobb
January 19, 2022

Voicing their demands as they strode across the National Mall, roughly 250,000 people raised signs to protest racial discrimination and lobby for civil rights legislation on August 28, 1963. Attendees...

Jones speaks at USC’s Gould Law

Annabelle Nickoll
December 15, 2020

Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Associate Director of Admission Janine Jones  spoke about implicit bias and microaggressions  at a virtual educational event held by the University...

School to implement new gender policies

Lindsay Wu
March 3, 2019

Following over a year of research on how students are gendered within the school, an ad-hoc committee, including middle and upper school deans, teachers and faculty, created a list of 16 to 18 recommendations...

Jones to hold DEI meetings

Alena Rubin
January 13, 2018

New Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Janine Jones (Taylor ’18, Avery ’23) has implemented critical changes in the school’s hiring policies to create a more diverse faculty. Jones held...

Search ends for Director of Diversity

Alena Rubin
August 29, 2017

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Janine Jones named Director of Diversity

Emory Kim
March 29, 2017

At the school’s second Moving Forward meeting, President Rick Commons announced that Associate Director of Admission Janine Jones will be immediately taking the position of Interim Directory of Diversity,...

Admission Office adjusts tour system

Kaitlin Musante
October 8, 2016

The Admission Office announced changes that have been made to the Student Ambassador Program and a design contest for a new logo at the annual Student Ambassador Training Dinner on the middle school campus...

Middle and upper school BLACC members convened at the Middle School campus for the first-ever retreat on Aug. 20. Club members heard from featured speaker Jarron Collins '97. Credit: Tina Cleveland/Chronicle

BLACC participates in first-ever retreat

Josie Abugov
August 31, 2016

At the first ever Black Leadership Awareness and Culture Club retreat, guest speaker Golden State Warriors assistant coach Jarron Collins ’97 told students to work hard inside and outside of school. “The...

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