PROVIDENCE – Effective Jan. 15, Pegah Rahmanian will direct the Rhode Island College Unity Center.
The school’s unity center programming includes LGBTQ services, the women’s center, an interfaith office and the international students’ office. In addition, Rahmanian will advise multicultural student organizations, promote programs and training that enrich RIC’s campus climate, and collaborate with faculty, staff and community organizations to foster awareness of diversity and inclusion issues.
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“We live in times where engagement around difference is fraught, and I hope the unity center serves as a location where we challenge some of these narratives,” Rahmanian said in a statement. “We should play an important role in building community, particularly for our students who come from communities of color, immigrant and first-generation households.”
Herself the daughter of Iranian immigrants, Rahmanian is a native of Ohio and holds a bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College and a master’s degree in applied behavioral sciences and sociology from Wright State University. In addition, Rahmanian holds a certificate in nonprofit management from Tufts University.
Previously, she was executive director of the youth services grassroots nonprofit Youth in Action in Providence.
Emily Gowdey-Backus is a staff writer for PBN. You can follow her on Twitter @FlashGowdey or contact her via email, gowdey-backus@pbn.com.
