MEDIA, Pa. — Penn State Brandywine’s Center for Ethics and Civic Engagement recently hosted a five-day Social Justice Fair on campus, featuring various events and activities throughout the week centered around the theme of this year’s event: belonging.
Since its founding, the center’s mission has been to develop pathways for students to become socially responsible leaders and citizens who are equipped with the self-awareness and skills to effectively create positive change in the world. Many of the students involved with the center also complete a minor in civic and community engagement.
“I knew that I wanted to focus on issues of belonging on this campus and in the larger community,” said Vippy Yee, Rosenberg Director of the Center for Ethics and Civic Engagement. “I felt like this was a theme that all members of our community could relate to and that there would be many opportunities and ways in which we could bring the campus and community together to discuss issues of belonging, reflect upon our sense of belonging and envision ways in which we could create a sense of belonging at Penn State Brandywine.”
To kick off the week-long fair, students were encouraged to share what belonging means to them through a mural located in the campus’ Student Union. Throughout the day, they wrote messages on the mural that described how they felt like they belonged.