About
About
Established in 1995 as a part of UMass Dartmouth's efforts to acknowledge the unique circumstances of its increasingly diverse student body, the Unity House provides a supportive environment for the academic, cultural, recreational, and social pursuits of UMassD's ALANA students—African/Black, Latin@/Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, Native American/Indigenous, and Allies.
Vision
Working in partnership with our campus and community, the Frederick Douglass Unity House (FDUH) empowers and transforms the student experience, with particular emphasis on ALANA students, to impact lifelong learning.
Mission
The mission of the Frederick Douglass Unity House is to institutionalize, on the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus, an environment that nourishes the academic, cultural, informational, and social/communal needs of students, faculty, and staff of color. The Unity House will assist students of color and other ethnic/cultural groups to develop their own sense of cultural identity and self-awareness while providing the university as a whole with a central area for learning more about other cultures and exchanging information about their own.
The FDUH exists to uphold the spirit of its namesake’s vision of universal justice and equality. Accordingly, the Unity House will operate within the university’s vision of access, excellence, innovation, economic development, public service, and diversity to promote a quality of life that appropriately intersects with other cultures, heritage, and identities. FDUH fosters a special awareness and appreciation of the identities, heritage and cultures rooted in African Diaspora. The academic and societal needs of students of African descent are interwoven with the FDUH vision.