<p>These are the program houses:
Jewish Living Center
EcoHouse
Akwe:kon
Latino Living Center(LLC)
Just About Music(JAM)
Multicultural Living Learning Unit(McLLU)
Holland International Living Center(HILC)
Ujamaa
Risley</p>
<p>All are interest based. Whether you are interested in the theatre arts, music, Native American culture, the environment, African continent and it's Diaspora, Latino culture. </p>
<p>Or maybe you are an international student that won't be able to go home for breaks and you would like to live somewhere that is open during breaks then HILC is for you. Or you could live there if you would like to meet students from other countries, which is really cool in my opinion. </p>
<p>Maybe you just want to live in amongst a variety of cultures. A residential program where there will be events held to celebrate different backgrounds. And, no, multicultural does not mean non-white. I don't know where someone got the idea that McLLU was for underrepresented minorities. That's the most ridiculous, ignorant statement I've heard about it. </p>
<p>Maybe you would like to live someplace where your Jewish culture is recognized and celebrated or you would like to know more about the Jewish culture.Then the Jewish Living Center is for you. </p>
<p>None of these dorms require a skin color or background, they are there to celebrate interests in these areas. People in these dorms do not segregate. I live in Uj and i do not require that you live there to come up and talk to me, nor do I know of anyone else here like that. I believe that to think that way is pretty elementary and shows your fear of stepping out of your comfort zone by blaming "us". </p>
<p>All these residential units hold events for the entire Cornell community and anyone is welcome. You do not have to live there to visit and look around. They are pretty cool places, museums in themselves. </p>
<p>From what I know of Ujamaa and LLC, they were founded to supplement the Africana and Latino Studies departments, respectively, at Cornell. These are areas of expertise that Cornell is known globally for. There are not only students that claim Black or Latino that study in these fields either. And I think that it is disrespectful to disregard the students of other ethnicities that live in these program houses, by choice, and who love it. </p>
<p>If you have any questions about any of the program houses feel free to PM me or post.</p>