Bias Response Team

Who is the Bias Response Team?

The team includes representatives from various offices/departments at Pacific University who will work in collaboration to review incidents.

The Role of the Bias Response Team is to:

• Assist the Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Accessibility to review the incident, facts and the nature of a reported incident.
• Assure timely, transparent, accessible, equitable and restorative bias incident reporting and response protocol for all Pacific University students, faculty and staff. 
• Confirm that support services will be available for the targeted individual(s) and/or group(s).
• Assist in mediating communication between the individual(s) reporting the incident and the individual(s) responsible for it.
• Maintain ongoing and follow-up communication with the involved parties to address the concerns and needs of all parties.