Alumni of Color Initiative
The Third World Transition Program
One of the priorities of Boldly Brown: The Alumni of Color Initiative—is the Third World Transition Program (TWTP) Endowment with a goal of $1 Million. For more than three decades and with over 200 participants each year, this program has become a celebration of culture, history and pluralism within diversity.
The Third World Center seeks to meet the needs of students of color and promote racial, ethnic, and cultural pluralism throughout the Brown community. It helps students learn how to “be” on campus, serving as both a safe haven and a place of learning for those who come from very different backgrounds. As communities are formed, larger conversations – often affecting the campus at large – frequently emerge.
One of the Center’s cornerstone programs is the Third World Transition Program, which gives students an important opportunity to discuss the particular issues faced by minority students. With more than 200 participants each year, this program has become a celebration of culture, history, and pluralism within diversity. It gives students from a variety of backgrounds the chance to explore their own unique experiences, share their commonalities, learn from their differences, and build a more unified community at Brown.
“Students love to talk about race, class, gender, heterosexism, homophobia, imperialism. They enjoy having conversations that give them a better understanding as to who they are as human beings. ”
Karen McLaurin ’74
Director, Third World Center
Associate Dean of the College
Endowed Fund for Third World Transition Program
Goal: $1 million
The discussions, workshops, and events of the Program welcome students, build support networks, and cultivate a campus culture that brings about a more equitable and just society. Your gift will help sustain the Third World Transition Program in perpetuity, ensuring that it will continue to grow and provide students with an introduction to the resources available to them.
“My experiences here at Brown – particularly coming here and being exposed to different cultures – have been pretty positive and pretty amazing.”
Delphina Thomas ’08.5
“I understood the -isms before Third World Transition Program but the program opened my eyes to a new set of ideas and theories, to new definitions.”
Marco Martinez ’08
Featured Gift Opportunities
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$2.5 million
Help us meet this goal for the Annual Fund's Investment in Diversity -
$250,000
Help us endow one Inman Page Black Alumni Council Scholarship -
$100,000
Help us meet our goal to endow a program fund for U.S. Latino Studies -
To learn more about Campaign Gift Opportunities, call 1 (800) 662-2266 or email us.
