Join us for tea, cookies, and conversation. Today's tea features Valerie De Cruz, Director of the Greenfield Intercultural Center (GIC). Learn about the center and its activities and how you can contribute to, participate in, and benefit from the GIC community.  Relax, listen, ask questions, share your own ideas; use one of our tea cups or bring along your own.

You can learn more about Valerie's work in this article.

As Valerie describes:

"The Albert M. Greenfield Intercultural Center works to enhance student's intercultural knowledge, competency, and leadership through courses for credit, signature programs, and workshops. We also consult with many diverse student organizations committed to celebrating the rich diversity that exists at Penn. As an innovative space, the GIC  has seeded many intercultural initiatives that are now institutionalized elsewhere at Penn. Known fondly as the "GIC," the Center is also a “home away from home” for students. They love to hang out in the space, study, or cook a meal in our kitchen. With students milling around our space, we are able to engage with them and learn about what they love about Penn as well as the challenges that students might face. It is also our goal to work with partners to help shift Penn’s culture and enhance our ability as an institution to better support the growing diversity at Penn."

Students learning a Native American stick game in the GIC Lounge.

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