Invest in Our Community with OEDIA

The Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (OEDIA) is committed to building a thriving community where folks can show up, be seen, and appreciated in all their brilliance. We follow bell hooks’ lead in All About Love, where she draws upon M. Scott Peck’s work to define community as the “coming together of a group of individuals who have learned to communicate honestly with each, whose relationships go deeper than their masks of composure, and who have developed some significant commitment to rejoice together, mourn together, and to delight in each other, and make other’s conditions our own.” To achieve this vision, we provide the following pathways to partner with the Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility to foster EDIA growth.

Submit a Suggestion for the OEDIA

Your knowledge and experiences of our campus and campus community are invaluable. You can use this form to share EDIA related ideas and suggestions that you may have for the Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility. Even if OEDIA is unable to directly implement what you share, your ideas influence our broader goals and initiatives. We look forward to receiving your suggestions and the conversations and partnership that may arise from them.

Support Campus Climate by Filing a Bias Incident Report

Tell us about experiences that prevent you from fully showing up at Pacific University. By submitting a Bias Incident Report you contribute to our campus climate measure that enables us identify incidents and trends that disrupt Pacific University’s mission of creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all. Although every report won’t result in a direct intervention, all reports will shape the strategic initiatives that the Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility engages in to foster a campus climate defined by inclusive excellence. When reported bias incidents or trends rise to a level of severity and/or frequency that requires an intervention, the OEDIA uses the bias incident report as the starting point for a process that seeks to support all parties involved in working through and finding a resolution to the incident. You can learn more about the Bias Incident Reporting System here.

Partner with OEDIA 

The Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility wants to support your work. We are especially interested in meaningful partnerships that (a) align with OEDIA’s mission, vision, and goals, (b) start or build upon efforts that will continue into the future, and (c) have a lasting impact on the individuals involved. You can begin a conversation about partnering with us by competing this OEDIA partnership form. 

Request a Workshop (link coming soon)

Looking for support in the form of a workshop or training that would help your unit move towards its EDIA related goals? Form coming soon to begin a conversation about how OEDIA can support your efforts through workshops and training. Once we receive your request we’ll assess whether we, or one of our partners, can provide the workshop or how we can work with you and your team to design and deliver a workshop. Workshop requests should be submitted at least two weeks in advance.