Equity and Inclusion at PAU
In this section, you will find resources to support healing and self-care, wellness, and growth for members of communities with distinct lived experiences and needs, and information about endeavors and institutional entities in support of the development of a more inclusive and equitable institution.
Building an equitable, inclusive, and just community takes institutional commitment and individual practice.
Palo Alto University's core values of social justice and cultural responsiveness drive our work to develop and sustain institutional systems that foster equity-minded training, inclusive practices, and a community that embodies belonging.
We ground this work in the foundational belief that inclusion is required for individuals and institutions to thrive and achieve their greatest potential.
Palo Alto University uses the Inclusive Excellence Framework as the basis for our endeavors to build individual and institutional capacity in equity.
Palo Alto University uses the Inclusive Excellence Framework as the basis for our endeavors to build individual and institutional capacity in equity. Information about the framework and the working definitions of related concepts can be found at the link below.
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Indigenous Land Acknowledgement
We humbly acknowledge that Palo Alto University campuses sit on the land of the Tamyen Ohlone-speaking tribal territory, including the unceded land of the Muwekma Ohlone tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area. For our guests joining us in person and virtually from various locations across the world, I want to acknowledge we are all members of communities that are built on traditional territories of indigenous nations. We give thanks for the opportunity to work, study, and celebrate together in their traditional homeland. By offering this land acknowledgment, we affirm indigenous sovereignty. Forevermore.