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Are you looking for hands-on learning experiences?
Are you longing for your academics to be culturally relevant?
Do you want to build relationships with communities off campus?
INVST exposed me to this worldview, of the injustices of the world, but also to the extraordinary efforts by those who believe we can indeed build a more just, peaceful and equal world.
-INVST graduate, class of 1996
INVST gave me a sense of purpose, place, passion, and community. It was essential to my survival and growth in an educational institution that threatened to swallow me up.
-INVST graduate, class of 2012
Inclusion Commitment:
We actively seek and support the participation of individuals and communities that reflect diversity of ability status, age, color, documentation status, ethnicity, gender, gender variance, life experience, national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, and veteran status.
Commitment to Anti-oppressive Education:
INVST Community Studies is committed to anti-oppressive education. We acknowledge the importance of examining not only how groups are oppressed but also how groups are privileged and how these two processes maintain social structures. We are dedicated to challenging dominant ideologies and systems, centering traditionally underrepresented voices, questioning the assumption that information is unbiased, and critiquing what is thought of as normal.