{"id":1605,"date":"2021-01-07T14:14:46","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T20:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/equity-inclusion\/?page_id=1605"},"modified":"2025-09-18T15:43:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T20:43:58","slug":"equity-and-inclusion-3-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/community-belonging\/","title":{"rendered":"Community and Belonging"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection>\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__image_overlay panel panel-image_overlay site-section__bg--default\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"image-overlay\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div role=\"img\" aria-label=\"MLK March 2020\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/community-belonging\/files\/2021\/01\/MLK_March-098.jpg?resize=1600%2C1067&#038;ssl=1');\" loading=\"lazy\"  class=\"site-section__bg-img site-section__bg-img--m-stack\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t@media all and ( min-width: 960px ) {\n\t\t\t#site-panel__image-overlay-69dcd50467a1b {\n\t\t\t\theight: 550px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n    \n\t<div id=\"site-panel__image-overlay-69dcd50467a1b\" class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-wrap site-panel__img-overlay--no-ribbon horz-center vert-middle\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content t-content--light\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title bold\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-name=\"title\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-autop\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-livetext\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTransformative Change for a Transformative Liberal Arts Experience\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--bottom-padding-minimal\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content c-tile\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">The Division of Community and Belonging (CB) develops and sustains an inclusive, culturally-competent community where all members, regardless of identity, can thrive, flourish, and succeed. Our work intentionally engages, uplifts, and celebrates all students, faculty, and staff at St. Olaf College. Central to our mission is to be part of a culturally humble and globally engaged community that fosters in our students a sense of interconnectedness and dedication to the common good.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attachment-id=\"5603\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/community-belonging\/equity-and-inclusion-3-2\/pazoseduardo2464x1643-2-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/community-belonging\/files\/2025\/01\/PazosEduardo2464x1643-2-1.jpg?fit=2464%2C1643&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2464,1643\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 13 Pro&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1717609828&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025706940874036&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PazosEduardo2464x1643 (2)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/community-belonging\/files\/2025\/01\/PazosEduardo2464x1643-2-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/equity-inclusion\/files\/2025\/01\/PazosEduardo2464x1643-2-1-1024x683.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5603\" style=\"width:480px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>On August 1, 2024, Eduardo Pazos Palma became the Vice President for Community and Belonging of St. Olaf College. Eduardo brings a dynamic and diverse range of expertise and experience to the role that aligns with the mission of the college. He has developed a high level of cultural competency by working both within and outside of higher education. His most recent role was serving as the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs for Identity and Culture as well as the Director of the Center for Multicultural Life at Bowdoin College. His first role at Bowdoin was serving as the Director of the Rachel Lord Center for Religious and Spiritual Life, where he focused on nurturing religious and spiritual diversity and community. Earlier in his career, Eduardo worked with immigrant families in Texas as a pastor and chaplain, where he led a Spanish-speaking ministry and counseled students and parents in moments of crisis.<br \/><br \/>Eduardo earned a bachelor&#8217;s degree from Boston Baptist College and a master&#8217;s degree in religion from Yale University. He is currently working on his Ph.D. in leadership and organizational management from the University of Southern Maine. He also holds certifications in building a diverse workforce from Cornell University and mental health first aid from the National Alliance on Mental Illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__imagetext panel panel-imagetext site-section__bg--light\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"imagetext\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__no-gutters site-section__bg--gray site-panel__imgtxt-img-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<figure  class=\"c-image c-image--rect\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"CAB Cerkl@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/community-belonging\/files\/2025\/03\/CAB-Cerkl%402x.jpg?resize=820%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1260px) 1260px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/community-belonging\/files\/2025\/03\/CAB-Cerkl%402x.jpg?resize=520%2C300&#038;ssl=1 520w, \nhttps:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/community-belonging\/files\/2025\/03\/CAB-Cerkl%402x.jpg?resize=820%2C600&#038;ssl=1 820w, \nhttps:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/community-belonging\/files\/2025\/03\/CAB-Cerkl%402x.jpg?resize=1120%2C658&#038;ssl=1 1120w\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col site-grid__col-safari-fix\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__imgtxt-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"c-text\">\n\n\t\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"c-text__desc t-content\" data-depth=\"0\" data-name=\"content\" data-autop=\"true\" data-livetext>\n\t\t\t<h2><strong>Community and Belonging Survey<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s reach our goal of <\/span><span style=\"background-color: #e4a11b; 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color: #2b3e50;\"><span style=\"background-color: #e4a11b; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.5;\"><strong>2019: 20% of students were BIPOC | 2024: 23% of students are BIPOC*<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">*10th Day Fall Census<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left; color: #2b3e50; margin-top: 0;\"><span style=\"background-color: #e4a11b; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.5;\"><strong>2019: 13% of faculty and staff were BIPOC | 2024: 17% of faculty and staff are BIPOC*<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>*IPEDS-HR Reporting<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--light\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--top-padding-minimal site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none site-section__bg--gray\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #e4a11b;\">\u2026 <\/span>WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO SO THAT EVERYONE FEELS THAT THEY ARE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--top-padding-minimal site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"text-align: left; color: #2b3e50;\"><span style=\"background-color: #cccccc; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.5;\"><strong>70% of first-year BIPOC students compared to 79% of<br \/>\nall first-years &#8230;*<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--top-padding-none site-section__inner--bottom-padding-minimal\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"text-align: right; color: #2b3e50;\"><span style=\"background-color: #cccccc; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.5;\"><strong>65% of senior BIPOC students compared to 79% of all seniors &#8230;*<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<div style=\"background-color: #e4a11b; padding: 10px; text-align: center; margin-top: 80px;\">\n<h4><strong>&#8230; agree or strongly agree that they feel like part of the community.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>*Data from the 2023 National Survey of Student Engagement<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/equity-inclusion\/dei-dashboards\/\">diversity, equity, and inclusion dashboards \u27a4<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">To see more data about diversity, equity, and inclusion please visit the DEI Dashboards linked above.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__image_overlay panel panel-image_overlay site-section__bg--default\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"image-overlay\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div role=\"img\" aria-label=\"St Olaf water tower, fall\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/community-belonging\/files\/2021\/01\/8S8A8265.jpg?resize=1600%2C1067&#038;ssl=1');\" loading=\"lazy\"  class=\"site-section__bg-img site-section__bg-img--m-stack\"><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n                \n\t<div id=\"site-panel__image-overlay-69dcd5046b004\" class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-wrap site-panel__img-overlay--no-ribbon horz-center vert-middle no-height-set\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content t-content--light\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title bold\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-name=\"title\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-autop\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-livetext\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFIVE-PART DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND BELONGING PLAN\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--default\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--top-padding-minimal site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper \"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/equity-inclusion\/the-council\/plan\/goal-1\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1651\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/community-belonging\/equity-and-inclusion-3-2\/five-part_01\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/community-belonging\/files\/2021\/01\/Five-Part_01.png?fit=175%2C246&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"175,246\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Five-Part_01\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/community-belonging\/files\/2021\/01\/Five-Part_01.png?fit=175%2C246&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1651\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/equity-inclusion\/files\/2021\/01\/Asset-1.png?w=80&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Part One - Develop\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: #e4a11b; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: -10px;\"><strong>DEVELOP AN INCLUSIVE,<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"font-size: 33px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\">CULTURALLY<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: #82d1db; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 0;\"><strong>COMPETENT COMMUNITY<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/equity-inclusion\/the-council\/plan\/goal-2\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1651\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/community-belonging\/equity-and-inclusion-3-2\/five-part_01\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/community-belonging\/files\/2021\/01\/Five-Part_01.png?fit=175%2C246&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"175,246\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Five-Part_01\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/community-belonging\/files\/2021\/01\/Five-Part_01.png?fit=175%2C246&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1651\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/equity-inclusion\/files\/2021\/01\/Asset-2.png?w=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Part One - Develop\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 25px; margin-bottom: 12px;\"><strong>INTENTIONALLY<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"font-size: 25px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: #f6862d; padding: 10px;\">ENGAGE AND UPLIFT<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center; font-size: 15px;\">ALL TYPES OF<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 28px;\"><span style=\"background-color: #f3c465; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 0;\"><strong>DIVERSITY<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"2\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/equity-inclusion\/the-council\/plan\/goal-3\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1651\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/community-belonging\/equity-and-inclusion-3-2\/five-part_01\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/community-belonging\/files\/2021\/01\/Five-Part_01.png?fit=175%2C246&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"175,246\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Five-Part_01\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/community-belonging\/files\/2021\/01\/Five-Part_01.png?fit=175%2C246&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1651\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/equity-inclusion\/files\/2021\/01\/Asset-4.png?w=100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Part One - Develop\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 10px;\"><strong>ENSURE SUPPORT FOR<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"font-size: 22px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 25px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: #82d1db; padding: 10px;\">STAFF, FACULTY,<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 26px;\"><span style=\"background-color: #95c85d; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 0;\"><strong>AND STUDENTS<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--top-padding-none site-section__inner--bottom-padding-minimal\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper \"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/equity-inclusion\/the-council\/plan\/goal-4\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1651\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/community-belonging\/equity-and-inclusion-3-2\/five-part_01\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/community-belonging\/files\/2021\/01\/Five-Part_01.png?fit=175%2C246&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"175,246\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Five-Part_01\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/community-belonging\/files\/2021\/01\/Five-Part_01.png?fit=175%2C246&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1651\" style=\"margin-top: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/equity-inclusion\/files\/2021\/01\/Asset-5.png?w=80&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Part One - Develop\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center; 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