Building a Stronger Community

What is Belonging at Yale?

The Belonging at Yale initiative (2020-2025) helped to create a university environment in which everyone can thrive and contribute to excellence in education and research. This five-year initiative began in the fall of 2020 and concluded in the spring of 2025.

ecretary and Vice President for University Life Kimberly Goff-Crews
What is Belonging at Yale?

The five-year Belonging at Yale initiative emerged after several years of discussion over what it means to belong at Yale and how the community could move forward in a way that enhances diversity, supports equity, and promotes an environment of welcome, inclusion, and respect. Initiated by President Peter Salovey, the aim of the initiative was to encourage a more empathetic, supportive, and inclusive community, while also actively promoting a free exchange of ideas and viewpoints. The initiative concluded in the spring of 2025.

 

The actions and activities fostered by Belonging at Yale were many. They include efforts at the university-wide level, such as those to support excellence and diversity among the faculty and staff, a program to bolster first-generation college students at Yale, and the Yale and Slavery Research Project itself.