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MAP FOR THE GAP

MINORITIES AND PHILOSOPHY

2025 FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN

As a nonprofit organization, MAP International relies on grants and charitable donations. 
For this year’s fundraising campaign, the Marc Sanders Foundation is generously offering to match all individual donations up to $10,000. MAP is still working to meet this goal.
With your contributions, we are able to support chapters in hosting exciting and empowering events like summer schools, philosophy programs for underserved youth at the K-12 level, and chapters that do philosophy with incarcerated students.

All donations to MAP are tax-deductible. Feel free to share this post with anyone who would like to directly support MAP’s efforts at diversifying philosophy. We are grateful for your generous support.

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OUR MISSION

MAP’s mission is to address structural injustices in academic philosophy and to remove barriers that impede participation in academic philosophy for members of marginalized groups. Through our international organizing team and graduate student-led network of autonomous chapters around the world, we aim to examine and dismantle mechanisms that prevent students from marginalized groups from participating in academic philosophy, as well as to promote philosophical work done from marginalized perspectives, and help improve working conditions for scholars from marginalized backgrounds.

WHAT WE DO

NEWS & EVENTS

CHAPTERS & LOCAL ORGANIZING

MAP's heart and soul is our network of 180 chapters in Australia, Canada, continental Europe, India, New Zealand, South Africa, the UK, and the US. These chapters organize local events to stimulate discussion of topics relevant to minority participation in academic philosophy and to build community and improve departmental climate. Events include talks by external or internal speakers, mentorship events for undergraduates or graduates, panel discussions, and practical workshops (e.g., on communication techniques, navigating stereotype threat or implicit bias). You can create a local chapter here.

ADVOCACY & RESOURCE-BUILDING

MAP International organizers, in consultation with our chapter network, work to provide resources and advocate for the interests of members of marginalized groups in philosophy. We issue policy recommendations (e.g. on service work recognition and compensation), provide how-to guides, and distribute and publicize useful resources through our website and social media. We also organize sessions at major conferences to provide a platform for presenting new ideas and a forum for discussion.

UPCOMING

Do you have any MAP-related activity coming up soon? You can email us to have it featured here! 

RECENT

  • Sept. 6 2025: MAP Public-Facing Philosophy Virtual Event. A conversation on how philosophers can meaningfully engage with the public and address today’s pressing social concerns beyond the academy. 

  • Fall 2025: Gwendalynn Roebke and Giannis Vassilopoulos appointed as MAP International Organizers


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MAP is generously supported by the Marc Sanders Foundation and the Philosophy of Science Association.
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  • Who We Are
    • Policy on Statement-Making
    • Statement on Anti-Black Racism and Philosophy
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    • Join
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      • Summer 2020 Events
      • Events Calendar
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    • Post a job
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  • Past Announcements
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    • Donors
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