Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

ASI stands with those who are marginalized to promote a society in which all voices are heard and to nurture a respectful environment in which all persons can grow, succeed, and thrive.

ASI believes that when diversity, equity, and inclusion are put into practice, the entire organization benefits by allowing all individuals to live, work, and learn as their most authentic selves. This commitment also includes providing fair and inclusive access to all of our ASI facilities, services, and programs.

Opportunities for education and engagement provide space for continuous transformation and growth as an organization.

Racism is an ongoing pervasive problem in American society. Within institutions such as higher education, historically racist practices have systematically ensured that racial minorities cannot always access the same opportunities and privileges as white people to succeed.

ASI recognizes that as a community of both educators and learners, we are in a unique position to address racism in its many forms. ASI has the opportunity and obligation to further dispense of racism through education and training, and by supporting civic engagement amongst our students, staff and campus partners.

ASI commits to identifying and naming racism when we see it, continuing to educate ourselves and our partners on the importance of being actively anti-racist, and working to dismantle racist systems, policies, and procedures.

The CSUF Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Programs is excited to announce Amplified: CSUF’s Common Listen Program! Amplified is a proactive dialogue series that harnesses the power of community through podcasts.

By educating the campus community on equity and social justice issues through open dialogue, amplified aims to provide the space for participants to develop essential skills for engaging in conversations across differences and foster critical connections between personal identity and social justice.

Each month, a highlighted podcast will be chosen for the campus community to listen and come together for dialogue. Join Amplified dialogues to explore, learn, and contribute to a more equitable and inclusive campus environment!

Your voice matters – amplify it with us

Amplified: CSUF’s Common Listen Program

Spring 2024 Podcasts and Dialogue Events

• February: Irshad Manji on Moral Courage – NPR  |  Transcript
• March: What does it mean to be good? – NPR Code Switch   |  Transcript
  Dialogue: Wednesday, March 20, 2024  |  Register
  11:30 AM-1:30PM  |  O’Brien Room (SGMH 3230)
• April: How Do We Remain Bridgebuilders During Times of War? – Interfaith America  |  Transcript (Coming Soon)
  Dialogue: Wednesday, April 24, 2024  |  Register (Coming Soon)
  1PM-2:30PM  | O’Brien Room (SGMH 3230)

Contact amplified@fullerton.edu if you have any questions

ASI Engagement and Learning Programs:

• Association for InterCultural Awareness: The Association for Inter-Cultural Awareness (AICA) is the part of Programming that plans events to highlight, celebrate, and educate students about culture and diversity. Through performances, showcases, festivals, and experiences that bring out a variety of culture based student organizations and campus departments, AICA gives students and the campus community the chance to come together to learn, grow, and appreciate one another. AICA also serves as a funding source for events hosted by culture-based student organizations on campus.
• Adaptive Recreation: Titan Recreation is proud to offer programs and training services for all abilities. We aim to create an inclusive, welcoming, accommodating, and accessible environment to give all participants the opportunity to develop as athletes. Click here for more information on adaptive recreation. 
• ASI Food Pantry: Addressing food insecurity among college students has been a CSU system-wide effort for a number of years. The Pantry is a new and permanent program to the CSUF campus that serves to distribute foods and support students facing food insecurity. The Pantry’s inventory rotates between various food items; typically offering a variety of non-perishable foods, canned goods, and fresh produce. Click here for more information on The Pantry.
• Beyond the Conversation:

  ASI and the Division of Student Affairs has joined forces to create a special series of events, headlined by guest speakers, focused on social justice and diversity with multiple perspectives, serving multiple communities. Throughout the year ASI also produces many smaller programs to supplement the speakers and their topics to better serve the diverse communities of CSUF.
  Some Clips from Previous Guest Speakers: Issa Rae  |  Ke Huy Quan  |  Hunter Schafer
  For all videos, please see TitanTV’s YouTube Channel

• Camp Titan is a summer camp program operated by the Associated Students, Inc. of Cal State Fullerton. The camp is a one weeklong residential program provided at no cost to children from disadvantaged and/or low income backgrounds from the Orange County and surrounding area. Click here for more information on Camp Titan.
• Social Justice Week: Social Justice Week (SJW) is an educational week-long event where students, faculty, and staff showcase their work on restorative and social justice through workshops, training, candid conversations, and more. Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Programs (DIEP) is excited to partner with Associated Students Inc. (ASI) to bring this important program to the campus. Click here for more information on Social Justice Week.

DIRC Engagement and Learning Programs:

Ally Trainings

• LGBTQ Ally Training: The mission of Cal State Fullerton’s LGBTQ+ Ally Training program, hosted by the Losquadro Keller LGBTQ Resource Center, is to educate university staff and faculty about sexual/romantic orientation and gender identity.
• UndocuAlly Training: The mission of Cal State Fullerton’s UndocuAlly Training program is to educate students, staff, and faculty about the immigrant experience and how to support undocumented students on campus.
• Click here for more ally training information

Safe Space Training

• The mission of Cal State Fullerton’s Safe Space Training program, hosted by the LGBT Queer Resource Center, is to educate students, staff, and faculty about sexual orientation and gender identity.
• Click here for more information on Safe Space Training

Cultural Recognition Celebrations:

• Pan-Afrikan
• Asian Pacific Islander South Asian American
• Nuestra Graduacion
• Lavender
• Undocu

Diversity – differences of individuals within a group that can encompass gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, nationality, (dis)ability, language, religion, age, or political affiliation

Equity – the process of making sure each person has a fair chance by recognizing each person might have a different starting point

Inclusion – the practice of making sure everyone feels welcome regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, religion, socioeconomic status, political affiliation, language, nationality, or (dis)ability

Anti-Racism – actively working to combat racism through first recognizing that systemic racism does happen and is part of everyday life, and then through this understanding, working to actively counter that by promoting racial justice and equality within the workplace

Bias – a natural psychological process that results in unwarranted opinions or hostile feelings about a social group that is perceived as different from one’s own. Although this is a natural psychological process that comes as a result of socialization in a biased world, recognizing it and countering it are pivotal to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion work

Social Justice – the practice of advocating for equal opportunities and the fair distribution of resources for all people within a society, especially those who have been historically marginalized, and those that continue to be systemically marginalized today

Prejudice – like Bias, this is also a natural psychological process that results in negative attitudes, feelings, or options of other social group that are not based in fact

To further assist you in your diversity, equity, and inclusion journey at CSUF and in the community, we have compiled a list of resources. Below you will find links to our resource centers on campus, land recognitions, national hotlines, and various centers throughout Orange County that provide services to the community.

Resource Centers on campus

• Diversity Initiatives and Resource Centers
• Male Success Initiative
• Veterans Resource Center
• Transfer Adult Re-entry Parenting & Pregnant Student (TAPP)
• Basic Needs Center
• Project Rebound

This is Tongva Land

• Gabrielino-Tongva Indian Tribe
• Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women USA\

National Hotlines

• National Domestic Violence Hotline – (800) 799-SAFE
• National Sexual Assault Hotline – (800) 656-4673
• National Domestic Violence Hotline Spanish – (800) 942-6908
• Trevor Project Hotline (Suicide) – (866) 4U-TREVOR
• Suicide Hotline – (800) 784-2433
• National Human Trafficking Hotline (888) 373-7888 or text 233733

Local Resource Centers

• Orange County, CA Homeless Shelters
• Homeless Services Orange County
• OC Veterans Service Office
• North Orange County Vet Center
• Care for Seniors and Disabled
• Orange Social Security Disability Resources
• Non-Elderly Disabled (NED)
• LGBTQ Center Orange County
• LGBTQIA and Mental Health
• OC Pride
• Birth Control, STD Testing, & Abortion
• Orange County Food Banks
• LA County Food Banks