Be a voice for change and belonging

The Asian Student Collective works to build unity amongst students who identify as Asian. It serves as a social network to connect self-identified Asian students in the Walker’s community and to promote cross-cultural understanding within the group itself. It also hosts campus-wide events that share the culture and heritage of Asian students in an effort to encourage and promote community-wide awareness.

The Black Student Union (BSU) is a social network that is open to all students with its main priority of creating affinity space for self-identified Black students. BSU serves as a vehicle to help students create authentic connections and harness unique perspectives while learning how to appreciate and value the various dimensions of diversity each student brings to the campus. BSU offers unique cultural learning sessions to its members and accomplices, peer-to-peer mentoring, and community engagement.

The Ethel Walker Equity Team is a group with representatives from The School community. They gather information on policies, procedures, and practices that may be inequitable and work alongside the community and administration to advocate for change.

The JSU is a student group that serves as a place where students are able to discuss, teach, and learn about historic and current events that have and are affecting the Jewish Community. The group values sharing and celebrating Jewish Holidays with one another and the community to build its awareness through programming and events. These events allow everyone to get involved and learn something new about Jewish traditions. All students who self-identify as Jewish and even folks who just want to learn about Jewish culture and traditions are encouraged to join JSU.

The Justice League is an affinity group that aims to create an equal and equitable environment at Walker’s. It also assists in cultivating a safe space for students to discuss issues relating to injustice and bias. It facilitates discussions to promote awareness of events occurring both on-campus and off-campus.

LASO aims to create a space for self-identified Latinx/Hispanic students at Walker’s to collectively make our community aware of current events affecting the global latinx/hispanic community through discussion. We run school organized dances and activities with the ultimate goal of incorporating respect for different cultures into our everyday lives here at Walker’s.

Wings (Gender and Sexuality Alliance) provides a forum for students to talk about issues related to sexual orientation, gender identity, heterosexism and homophobia.