Diversity Teams

In addition to the Diversity Advisory Group, Sidwell Friends has teams of individuals at all levels working to forward the School's mission of diversity.

Board of Trustees (BOT)

BOT Diversity Committee
5 Trustees
Board Clerk—ex-officio
Head of School (HOS)—ex-officio
All-School Diversity Coordinator (ASDC)—ex-officio

Head of School

All School Diversity Coordinator (Member of the Administrative Council)

Diversity Advisory Group (DAG, clerked by ASDC)
Lower School (LS) Diversity Coordinators
LS DAG Representative
Middle School (MS) Diversity Coordinator
MS DAG Representative
Upper School (MS) Diversity Coordinator
US DAG Representative
Athletics DAG Representative
Sensner DAG Representative
Zartman DAG Representative
*The Director of Human Resources coordinates diversity programs and liaises with the DAG.

LS Faculty Diversity Committee

MS Faculty Diversity Committee

US Faculty Diversity Committee

Faculty/Staff/Parent SEED Coordinator

Parents Association (PA)
(Additional parent groups form when requested by parents.)
PA Co-Presidents
All-School PA Diversity Chair
LS Diversity Co-Chairs
MS Diversity Co-Chairs
US Diversity Chair
Parents of Black Students Chair(s)
Parents of Latino Students Chair(s)

Student Affinity Groups
(Each group has an opportunity to propose an assembly. These are usually US groups; however, MS also has similar student groups as requested by the students.)
Middle Eastern Student Club
Asian Student Association (ASA)
Black Student Union (BSU)
GLSBT Alliance
Jewish Culture Club (JCC)
Latin American Society (LSA)
Scots-Irish Alliance
5/6 BSU
7/8 BSU
“Day of Silence” Club

“Simple words, childhood words, and you’ve heard it since childhood . . . do the right thing, even when you get no credit for it, even if you get hurt by doing the right thing. Do the right thing when no one is watching or will ever know about it. You will always know.”

Toni Morrison