{"id":197,"date":"2022-03-22T18:44:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T22:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/swatfli\/?page_id=197"},"modified":"2024-06-06T17:35:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T21:35:40","slug":"our-mission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/swatfli\/our-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Charter"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"197\" class=\"elementor elementor-197\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cd9f87a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cd9f87a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ea26d6d\" 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data-id=\"2493bf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Endowment Mission Statement<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-803ed4d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"803ed4d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-54b7e5c\" data-id=\"54b7e5c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-200339e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"200339e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Swarthmore College First-Generation, Low-Income (FLI) Endowment serves as a financial bedrock to support the college experience of first generation and low income students. The quasi endowment aims to close class inequalities for Swarthmore students by providing funds for both sustainable initiatives that create lasting, structural change as well as meeting the evolving needs of current FLI students. The FLI Council will steward the financial resources reaped from the quasi endowment, and in their absence, a chartered student organization dedicated to and run by FLI students may dictate its use.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f59b3eb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f59b3eb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-61bfed7\" data-id=\"61bfed7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e4ee45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0e4ee45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Issues Facing FLI Students<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0c7a31d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0c7a31d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5365f97\" data-id=\"5365f97\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca98d4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca98d4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">FLI students are tethered to financial, emotional, and familial weights that are unique to FLI student experience alone. These weights can be categorized into 6 spheres<\/span><\/p><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Well-being and Belonging\u00a0<\/span><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lack of institutional support, confidence, support systems, and understanding of the FLI experience by other students, staff, and faculty<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Survivor\u2019s guilt and imposter syndrome<\/span><\/li><\/ol><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lack of Resources<\/span><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Food and housing insecurity<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Books, study abroad, and experiential trips<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Difficulty building networks to make use of after graduation<\/span><\/li><\/ol><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Proactive Advocacy<\/span><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Finding a space<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Having a voice<\/span><\/li><\/ol><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Support for Undocumented Students<\/span><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lack of funded opportunities<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Legal barriers\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ol><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Family Concerns<\/span><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instability at home\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pressures of being the sole beacon for a household<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sending money home<\/span><\/li><\/ol><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Academics<\/span><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Unequal levels of preparation<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cultural insensitivity and unsupportive faculty<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lack of academic structural supports for academic excellence<\/span><\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The College began recording and documenting data on first-generation students in the past 6 years. It is only in the past decade that higher education institutions are recognizing these cohorts of students and fathoming the immense inequity they face when they arrive at college campuses. Need-blind admission processes and identifying first-generation students in the admissions process is leading to the gradual rise of first-generation students at Swarthmore. Between 2009 and 2018, the percentage of first-generation students within the student body increased from 14% to 20%. Data on low-income students is ambiguous due to privacy mechanisms that prevent financial information from being released. Although many students self-report as low-income and can be cross-checked as such by the Office of Financial Aid, a significant number of students do not know they are low-income. With this being said, given that Swarthmore\u2019s student population is about 1,600, <\/span><b>the constituency of the FLI Council is conservatively 320+ students<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">; this figure is not inclusive of low-income students.<\/span><b> The FLI Council is the exclusive student governing body that may speak to the needs of first-generation and low-income students.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5cbf049 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5cbf049\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-57f5e35\" data-id=\"57f5e35\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-898a00b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"898a00b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Membership<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-de88b9d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"de88b9d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-96da327\" data-id=\"96da327\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34c980b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34c980b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All programming, events, and resources are open to first-generation and low-income students of Swarthmore College. Leadership positions will be based on the individual capacity of members each semester. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Mission Endowment Mission Statement The Swarthmore College First-Generation, Low-Income (FLI) Endowment serves as a financial bedrock to support the college experience of first generation and low income students. 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