Articles on the Task Force for Affirmative Action (The Wellesley News), 1980-1982

Collection consists of the records of the Affirmative Action Officer, dating from 1970 to 1992. Contents include correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, studies and surveys, reports, proposals, policies and procedures, news clippings, and publications, as well as budget records, event materials, advertisements for job openings, statistics, and lists. Organizations represented in the collection include the Affirmative Action Task Force, the Affirmative Action Committee, the Black Community Affairs Committee, the Inter-Cultural Awareness Now (ICAN) Committee, the Minority Premed Concerns Committee, the Committee on AIDS, the Black Task Force, the Black Women's Support Group (for faculty and staff), the Financial Aid Policy Committee, the President's Advisory Council, the Committee on Curriculum and Instruction, the Wellesley College Alumnae Association, the Society Organized Against Racism (SOAR), Upward Bound, Ethos, and Mezcla. Topics include creating and/or evolving policy around issues such as accessibility and the rights of persons with disabilities, gender equity and sex discrimination, sexual harrassment, maternity leave, discrimination based on sexual orientation, veteran status, racism in hiring, management, admissions, and the classroom (and elsewhere), anti-Semitism, grievance procedures, and financial aid. Events represented include Black Alumnae Weekend, Black Cultural Week, visits by miscellaneous speakers, Prejudice Reduction Training, Martin Luther King Day, and compliance reviews. Collection also includes files relating to stress management, divestment from corporations engaged in business with South Africa's government during Apartheid, political activism (protests and strikes), English as a Second Language (ESL), and vanpooling.