Representation
To honor, respect, and celebrate our diverse BCC community and their yearning for representation and belonging, "Many Flags. One BCC." now aims to center and uplift the diverse, multinational backgrounds of our BCC community by inviting students, faculty, and staff to submit flag requests that represent their country of origin or place they call home.
If you want to see your country, territory, or tribal nation represented on BCC's flag wall, please submit a flag request including a short story, poem, memory, or description of why the flag is important to your heritage/cultural/ethnic background.
To ensure this project reflects our values and honors the full diversity of our BCC community, we ask that all submissions align with the following community agreements:
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Respect, Belonging and Recognition
Respect: We honor the dignity, histories, and lived experiences of all members of our BCC community. Submissions must be thoughtful and culturally respectful, recognizing that flags can carry complex meanings shaped by history, migration, resilience, and survival. This project does not endorse nationalism, political agendas, or exclusionary ideologies, and submissions should avoid language or framing that promotes division, supremacy, or harm. Respect means engaging with flags as cultural and human symbols tied to people — not power.
Belonging: This project affirms that everyone at BCC deserves to feel seen, valued, and at home. While flags are often associated with borders, Many Flags. One BCC. intentionally shifts the focus away from borders and nationalism and toward shared humanity, cultural heritage, and community connection. Belonging means recognizing that identity extends beyond nation‑states and that multiple histories, migrations, and ways of being can coexist within one inclusive campus community.
Recognition: We seek to honor and uplift the cultural wealth, heritage, and lived experiences of our students, faculty, and staff. Recognition within this project is about people, not politics. Submissions should explain why a flag is meaningful to you as a reflection of your culture, ancestry, homeland, tribal nation, or place of deep personal connection. This recognition acknowledges both individual stories and collective histories while avoiding the elevation of borders as sources of division.
Toni Buckley, Director of Mission, Values and Community Impact
abuckley@berkshirecc.edu
