Access: <\/em><\/strong>Access is ensuring that all people are able to enjoy the benefits, resources available within, and full experiences of our community\u2014regardless of whether they live with visible or invisible disabilities (e.g. low-vision, blindness, deafness, hard of hearing, physical disabilities, mental health challenges, speech and language disorders or cognitive and learning disabilities).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Belonging: <\/strong><\/em>Belonging is having a sense that one is emotionally and socially supported in a space where each person feels welcome and valued.<\/span><\/p>\n Inclusion:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>The active, intentional, and ongoing engagement with diversity\u2014in the curriculum, in the co-curriculum, and in communities (intellectual, social, cultural, geographical) with which individuals might connect\u2014in ways that increase awareness, content knowledge, cognitive sophistication, and empathic understanding of the complex ways individuals interact within systems and institutions.<\/span><\/p>\n Diversity:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Individual differences (e.g., personality, prior knowledge, and life experiences) and group\/social differences (e.g., race\/ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation, country of origin, and ability as well as cultural, political, religious, or other affiliations)<\/span><\/p>\n