Inclusive History and Images Project
About the Project
The Inclusive History and Images Project (IHIP) is an important component of LMU’s ongoing university-wide anti-racism initiative that seeks to address important gaps in understanding our own institutional history by gathering stories and images from alumni and the greater LMU community to tell the full and inclusive LMU story.
Although the general history of Loyola University, Marymount College, Loyola Law School, and LMU is known, the community is keenly aware that there are stories that have not been documented and experiences that have not been expressed. Too often, these overlooked stories involve Black, Latino/a and Latinx, Asian American and Pacific Islander, Indigenous, LGBTQ+, and differently embodied members of the LMU family. IHIP will endeavor to accumulate, archive, and amplify these stories to elevate awareness and promote proactive diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
An audio/visual archive will serve as a living resource for scholars, researchers, and the greater public through the William H. Hannon Library’s University Archives. IHIP will serve as an educational incubator for current students with internships, academic credit, and opportunities to develop research and archiving skills.
Submit an Item
We welcome stories, images, and other items from students, alumni, faculty, staff and the greater LMU community to help us tell the full and inclusive LMU story.
If you would like to be interviewed or would like to recommend someone for an interview, please contact us at [email protected].
Zoom Backgrounds
Steering Committee
Michael Engh, S.J.
Chancellor, co-chair
Bryant Keith Alexander
Dean, College of Communication and Fine Arts, and interim Dean, School of Film & Television, co-chair
Neel Agrawal
Digital Projects Librarian, Willam H. Hannon Library
Cynthia Becht
Head, Archives & Special Collections, William. H. Hannon Library
Joe Bernardo
Director of DEI Capacity Building, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Kim Jones
Associate Director of Internal Communications, HR/DEI
Lisa Piumetti Farland
Executive Director, Alumni & Parent Engagement
Margarita Ochoa
Associate Professor, History Department
Leonard Richardson-King
Junior, School of Film and Television
Aaliyah Wilson
Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement
Patricia Winograd
Associate Clinical Professor of Law, Loyola Law School
Lizeth Zepeda
University Archivist, William H. Hannon Library
Staff Assistance
Maureen Pacino, Interim Associate Vice President, Marketing and Brand Management, Marketing, Communications, & External Relations
Ranmal Rodrigo, Senior Administrative Coordinator, University Advancement
Garett Collins, Undergraduate, Classics & Archaeology major, Environmental Science minor
Matthew Morris, Graduate, Film & Television Production major with concentration in Directing Fiction
Additional Contributors
Brion Dennis, former ASLMU president
Jackson Palen, former ASLMU president
About the Project
The Inclusive History and Images Project (IHIP), an important component of LMU’s ongoing university-wide anti-racism initiative. The project aims to address important gaps in understanding our own institutional history by collecting stories and images from alumni and the greater LMU community to tell the full and inclusive LMU story.
While the general history of Loyola University, Marymount College, Loyola Law School, and LMU is well-documented, there are still untold stories and unexpressed experiences. These often involve Black, Latino/a and Latinx, Asian American and Pacific Islander, Indigenous, LGBTQ+, and differently embodied members of the LMU family. IHIP is committed to gathering, archiving, and amplifying these stories to raise awareness and foster proactive diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
An audio/visual archive will serve as a living resource for scholars, researchers, and the greater public through the William H. Hannon Library’s University Archives. The Inclusive History and Images Project will serve as an educational incubator for current students with internships, academic credit, and opportunities to develop research and archiving skills.
Photo: Professor James Kirk, circa 1960. A pioneering African-American academic with expertise in urban affairs, Kirk served as a consultant to numerous civic initiatives.