Residential Curriculum for the All-Gender Dorm

Led by Tang Fellow Emily Raymundo, the Residential Curriculum for the All-Gender Dorm project intends to create the capacity to identify, discuss, and act on intersectional dynamics both within and outside of the All-Gender Dorm. The Tang Institute acknowledges the years of work that have gone into this project and is grateful for the opportunity to support it at this juncture.

Benefits

The Residential Curriculum for the All-Gender Dorm project will nurture well-being, psychological safety, and understanding within Andover dorms. It will give students a voice during situations that can feel oppressive, an essential element in creating a culture of caring.

Challenges

The Residential Curriculum for the All-Gender Dorm project expressly engages topics and situations that can feel uncomfortable to students and adults. To counter this challenge, robust frameworks have been put into place that develop adult and student capacity in conversations about differences.

Takeaways & Best Practices

Leading with antiracist frameworks in gender-equity contexts allows the Residential Curriculum for the All-Gender Dorm project to lean on decades of work of helping individuals talk across differences.

Creating environments in which historically marginalized groups feel safe will build comfort, friendship, and well-being into Andover dorms.

Student voice as leadership is an empowering avenue for equity work. This will help students develop the confidence to advocate for equity throughout their lives.

Bottom Line

The project will help to build a culture of caring across differences at Phillips Academy.