The UHS 健康促进办事处 is committed to fostering a culture which values diversity, 股本, 和包容. We strive to cultivate sustainable and impactful health promotion and well-being action that can be embedded into our campus community. Our work values the uniqueness of each student’s ethnic/indigenous/racial identity, 国籍和公民身份, 宗教信仰, 性取向, 性别与性别表达, age, 能力, 体型/尺寸, 以及社会经济地位, 资深地位, 以及这些社会身份的交叉性. 此外, we acknowledge that possessing these identities within environments where those identities are not fully appreciated, 受人尊敬的, or are actively undermined may have a significant impact on a student’s well-being and capacity to thrive.
We understand that we cannot effectively cultivate impactful health promotion without also recognizing the socio-ecological factors which impact access and outcome for individuals with marginalized identities. We play a critical role in addressing systemic and structural issues that perpetuate inequities on campus and prevent students from achieving optimal well-being. Our health promotion efforts center around a community development approach that is strengths-based and student-centered, 所以我们的程序, 服务, 这些举措最能满足我们多样化学生群体的需求. We commit to lifting up the voices of students with historically marginalized identities and engaging in shared decision-making practices within our office. 我们与学生合作, 的同事们, 以及拥有我们所缺乏的专业知识的外部组织, 保持谦虚,认识到我们是一种资源, 而不是解决学生福利问题的关键.
我们始终致力于为学生提供最好的服务. We acknowledge that this important work is a continual cycle of learning and action, 认识到并消除我们的偏见, 确定需求,缩小差距. 我们承诺会毫不留情地进行批判性的自我反思, 并且会优雅地承认错误, 认识到意图不等于影响. 这项承诺正在进行中. We promise to maintain a consistent focus on the interdependence between diversity, 股本, 和包容 issues which are necessary to achieve a campus culture of well-being for all students.