The President’s Office grant initiative at Swarthmore College has awarded five projects with community development grants for the 2016-17 academic year.

The five groups of students and staff will receive up to $10,000 in funding for their projects, which have the goal of promoting continuous and meaningful interaction between community members to develop a more inclusive learning environment.

The projects cover a range of diverse ideas, including the Human Library Project, which aims to create a library of people who would transfer their life experiences through conversation. The Community Healing Project, meanwhile, will use a workshop to empower survivors to develop and share their stories.

Other winning projects were Lunch/Dinner with Strangers, Peripeteia’s community driven seminars, and the Kitao Gallery: Arts Festival and Arts Nights.

According to Bruce Easop, presidential fellow and chair of the selection committee, “This group of projects brings together community members across many facets of campus life through the arts, through intellectual curiosity, and through opportunities to share personal narratives.”

Read more about winning projects at Swarthmore College by clicking here.