Equity and Engagement

At Rivers, we believe that cultivating a caring, respectful, and collaborative learning environment requires a focus on equitable practices across all areas of operations that encompasses all members of our professional community and is driven by informed, reflective, and accountable leadership. Additionally, Rivers recognizes that intentionally creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive community takes more than good intentions. It is an ongoing process that requires conscious effort, meaningful action, and measurable outcomes.


Jenny Jun-lei Kravitz 
Director of Institutional Equity
j.kravitz@rivers.org




Commitment to Diversity

Diversity is integral to all parts of the Rivers experience. We are intentionally committed to growing a diverse community in which every member feels welcome, safe, and respected. Rivers does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, color, ethnic, or national origin in our admission policies, educational policies, financial aid and loan programs, and athletic or other school-administered programs.

List of 3 news stories.

  • Students watched a clip from the documentary Âs Nutayuneân: We Still Live Here during all-school assembly on Monday.

    Reclaiming Land and Language: Rivers Educates and Engages During Native American Heritage Month

    Native American Heritage Month is celebrated annually in November in the United States. To mark the month, The Rivers School engaged in a variety of activities across divisions to educate and explore the important and often overlooked history of the Native populations of the region.
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  • Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta

    Civil Rights Trip Brings Students Face to Face With History

    Nineteen Rivers students explored cities and landmarks key to the American Civil Rights Movement on the Rivers Civil Rights trip over fall break in early October. Led by Upper School history faculty member Arturo Bagley, the group flew to Atlanta, GA, and traveled through Montgomery, Selma, and Birmingham, AL. Robin Sallie (diversity, equity, and inclusion student support liaison and SHADES affinity advisor) and Caroline Boston (Middle School humanities teacher) also joined the trip.
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  • Arn Chorn-Pond played the flute as part of his presentation.

    A Courageous Voice With Global Impact: Arn Chorn-Pond Visits Rivers as Hall Family Speaker

    The Rivers community welcomed Cambodian musician and human rights activist Arn Chorn-Pond at the end of September as the first of three guests in The Hall Family Speaker Series this year. Through the generosity of the Hall family and Trustee Alison Hall P’19, the series invites thought leaders to Rivers to share their research, writing, or activism in the realm of civic and community engagement. The series will continue later this academic year, with speakers reflecting the 2025–26 equity and engagement theme: “Courageous Voices, Global Impact: Leading with Integrity for a Just World.”
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