Social Responsibility
From a service-based graduation requirement to our Inside-Out-Pathway-to-BA for incarcerated individuals, see how we put social responsibility into action
“My favorite Core Value is social responsibility. This one resonates with me the most as it’s important to care about those around you and those you may not know! I love that everyone is striving for the betterment of society and being mindful of the future that’s ahead of us.”
Bree Reed '23
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Molecular Biology major
All Pitzer students complete a social responsibility praxis course with a community service component as a graduation requirement.
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Ava Park-Matt '27 reads her children's book, “Riley the Rhino,” to students from a local elementary school. Park-Matt wrote her book to fulfill Pitzer's unique social responsibility praxis requirement, which requires every Pitzer student to take a class that includes at least 40 hours of community service before graduating.
Organizational studies major Kenneth Butler ’22 teaches formerly incarcerated individuals in Uganda as part of his Fulbright research grant. Learn about our Inside-Out Pathway-to-BA program.
Social Responsibility in Action
Kenneth Butler ’22 – who started working on his bachelor’s degree while incarcerated, through Pitzer’s Inside-Out Pathway-to-BA program – received a 2022–23 Fulbright grant to study the ways that Uganda’s prison system has reduced recidivism rates.
Alumni Voices
Read Arthur's commentary about climate optimism and working at the Robert Redford Conservancy.
Read the Story
“Our students learn to support communities on the front lines, confront harmful projects at the planning and advocacy level, expose corruption, write, document their work, generate and visualize data, and do meaningful scientific research and solution-building. If students feel that they can plug in and get to work making the world a better place, that is a victory. It matters."”
Arthur Levine '14
Applied Research Fellow, Robert Redford Conservancy for Southern California Sustainability
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