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Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack II: Daily Effects of Straight Privilege (
 in PDF format)
Based on Peggy McIntosh's excellent article
"Unpacking the Insivible Knapsack"
(on race), this article written by a number of straight-identified students at Earlham College
names some specific straight privileges.
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Mainstream/Margin Tool (
in PDF format)
This tool, originally written by Training for
Change, is a good tool to introduce groups (up to very large groups) to issues of diversity,
oppression and privilege.
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DisEmpowerment: Some Keys to Eliminating Killer Phrases (
in PDF format)
A hand-out to look out how activist's can sometimes disable their own power.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Radicalizing Processes (
in PDF format)
Using the Earlham 2000-01 year's activism around college governance, this urges for critical
thinking about organizing and doing "smart" organizing for deep social change.
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Making Committees Work (
in PDF format)
This is a short article with ideas for making committees work.
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Talking with Men in Ties (
in PDF format)
This article uses several case studies to examine how to talk with so-called "Men in Ties"
-- people in high authority (which at Earlham all are men who wear ties). It gives hints, tips,
and strategies on getting things done when one chooses to communicate with Men in Ties.
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Men in Ties: Who Is Our Administration? (
in PDF format)
This article gives information on key people within the administration and teaching faculty
at Earlham. As an article, it is been extremely useful to educate students about the names of
people who are well-known and may serve as a good model for others.
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Diversity-related articles
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Student Success Stories: A Long Line of Leadership (
in PDF format)
Students rarely document and tell the stories of their own successful campaigns -- oftentimes
other people get credit for their work. This
document tells some important recent campaigns led by students. It is an important document
to remind students, via history, of their power.
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Understanding the By-Laws: Principles and/vs Practices (
in PDF format)
This article examines the legal underpinnings of the college institution -- the by-laws.
Examining important sections of the by-laws, it explores certain values implict in the by-laws.
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Earlham Environmental and Social Audit (
in PDF format)
An independent study designed and implemented by Leah Robshaw and Daniel Hunter, this served
to document information on a range of issues at Earlham College.
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Analysis of Diversity Aspirations Working Group (
in PDF format)
This article, written in 2001, documents student's concerns for a specific working group
("committee"). It may serve as a model for analyzing other groups and disseminating information
and concerns.
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Principles vs. Practices (
in PDF format)
This draft article examines the rift between principles and practices at Earlham College.
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Internal Dynamics: A Case Study of the Multicultural Alliance (MCA) (
in PDF format)
This article examines how internal rifts of mainstream and margin dynamics can undercut an
organization's efficacy. It looks at how one major potential split was opened up for discussion
and lessons in the form of the things that worked.
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Quaker Activism (
in PDF format)
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Leadership of the People
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The following are a series of articles, experiences and papers written for student
activists. At their goal is student empowerment -- which means a number of processes:
analyzing the sytemic and structural problems, strategize goal creation, organizing other
activists and outreach to non-activists,
and finding tactics that most successfully reach goals. These papers take some looks at
different pieces of this process.
