ethnic cultural center

March 3, 2022

The Kelly ECC at 50

Once a student activist’s dream, the Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center celebrates five decades as a space for diversity and inclusion.


November 19, 2021

A young woman smiles holding a white board reading It's the first place on this campus that I really felt safe

Kelly ECC turns 50

Starting in fall 2021 and well into 2022, the Kelly ECC is celebrating 50 years of serving the student community.


A student sits at home at a corner desk using a laptop

The rise of Gen Z

The most diverse generation in American history, they are engaged, informed, and not content with the status quo.


September 21, 2020

Making people count

Underrepresented minority communities often view government with mistrust. The ECC is working with those communities to build trust in the U.S. Census.


March 8, 2018

A day with DeRay

Few activists have a higher profile than DeRay Mckesson, who spent the final day of Black History Month with UW students, staff and faculty.