Diversity

Bellarmine’s Diversity program is based on the core Ignatian value of “Seeing God in All People.” Students at Bellarmine reflect a wide variety of backgrounds, experiences and faith traditions – yet students embrace each other as Brothers and love one another as members of God’s family.

The Diversity Office centers its programming around eight
types of diversity:

• Race / Ethnicity
• Religion
• Gender
• Age
• Ability / Disability
• Sexual Orientation
• Geography
• Socioeconomic Status

Diversity is far more than just race or ethnicity, and the Diversity Office seeks to provide programming that explores the impact that different backgrounds and experiences have on our own development.

Our goal is not to tell people what they can say and cannot say. Our goal is to raise awareness among students of the impact race and difference has on their lives and the lives of others. Our approach is to focus on students’ self awareness of their own identification and experiences and then explore how these thoughts translate to their perception of others.

I welcome your comments and thoughts about the Diversity Program at Bellarmine.

In unity,

Sonya Arriola
Director of Diversity Outreach
sarriola@bcp.org
(408) 294-9224 x253