Engaged Pluralism

communities are designed 
by everyone.

What is Engaged Pluralism? A set of practices that invite people into dialogue across differences using four tools to organize, create, and build cultures of mutual respect, peace, and accountability.

Engaged Pluralism is a Vassar program dedicated to bringing faculty, students, and administrators together to raise questions around inclusion and belonging, and to create programming to make our campus a better place to live, learn, and work. Learn more about the program →.

Our Working Groups, Igniter Pitches, and innovative programming make it possible for anyone on campus to come forward and have an active role in shaping the Vassar community.

News

The TMI Project: Radical Truth and Transformation

Vassar recently hosted the TMI Project for an afternoon of vulnerable storytelling, as part of the Engaged Pluralism program’s Spring 2025 series, Exploring Difficult Dialogues—a campus-wide effort to foster meaningful conversations around complex and often stigmatized topics.

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Our Work

Communities are Critical Exhibit

A very large room with wood-paneled walls and windows. An event is taking place here. In the foreground, a person with glasses and black hair in two buns is writing on a whiteboard, they’re back to the viewer. The whiteboard has a handwritten title at the top reading “What should future founder’s days look like?” Below it are written suggestions in different handwriting. In the background, a group of people sit at a table.

Inclusive Pedagogies

A grid of photos. Each shows a student standing against a wall, smiling and holding a hand-lettered sign with a word on it. Words include “Exploration”, “Better Together”, “Collaboration”, and “Growth”.

Building Community Through the Arts

A billboard stands in a wooded, sunlit area. The billboard displays several monochrome abstract images of hands. Below is the text “Artist: Finn Smith”, followed by “billboardgallery.vassarspaces.net”.