Swarthmore College
500 College Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19081
Sanctuary Committee
General Counsel, Sharmaine LaMar, participates on a panel at the 2022 SUCCESS Convening.
The Sanctuary Committee envisions Swarthmore as an inclusive place where all students, staff, and faculty, regardless of immigration status, have the same opportunities to learn, work, live, and enjoy full membership in the College community.
Our task is to identify opportunities to fulfill this mission in College practices, policies, and or/programming. If you have a question about campus resources pertaining to immigration status concerns for students, staff, or faculty, including how to support undocumented students, don't hesitate to reach out to one of the members, below.
Interests: Multicultural and Educational Psychology: Racial-ethnic socialization via parents and peers, School contexts, Identity development, Acculturation, Black immigrant adolescents and emerging adults' academic and socioemotional outcomes.
The Sanctuary campus designation is rooted in community advocacy, backed by institutional support. Read on to learn more about how Swarthmore became a sanctuary campus and what it means in practice.