WHO WE ARE
The LUCES Women of Color Program is a multigenerational community of women that actively works towards solidarity, leadership, and community wellness at Loyola University Chicago. The LUCES Program encourages the success and growth of its participants and our community at large by focusing on the following elements of wellness:

•  social/cultural: refers to your level of positive social interaction and cultural competence in an  increasingly diverse world.
• intellectual: encompasses your drive for lifelong learning and academic exploration
• spiritual/faith: deals with broad spiritual experiences that we all have, related or not to religion, that give the sense of interconnected respect for all life forms.
• vocational: includes attitudes and commitments that are often associated with success in college, a career, parenting, etc. as well as financial independence and health.
• physical health: promotes physical fitness and behaviors that develop long-term bodily health.
• environmental: refers to your efforts towards preserving our living planet as well as your maintenance of a healthy personal environment that connects to social and environmental change.
• emotional: deals with the mental health and emotional outlook that you hold in the face of opportunities and challenges.

    As a multi-generational network, we respect the varied experiences of program members and learn from each other’s wisdom and insight. Reaffirming the power of global sisterhood, participants are inspired by the program’s focus towards individual and social awareness, transformation, and action toward solidarity and social justice.

Our Sisterhood & Events

For more information, please contact Nichole Smith at nsmith11@luc.edu.

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