diverse graduates at LMU commencement

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At LMU, the goal of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is to actively cultivate an anti-racist institutional climate that supports inclusive excellence and fights systemic oppression. 

We lead and support LMU in the promotion of these values as intrinsic to our university mission: The encouragement of learning, the education of the whole person, the service of faith and the promotion of justice. Learn more >

Initiatives and Programs

LMU CBA Professors Julian St. Clair and Mitchell L. Hamilton

Systemic Analysis

A guide designed to help LMU remove obstacles baked into University systems. 

An LMU Student Scientist writes notes in a lab

Academic Community of Excellence

A program preparing underrepresented students for graduate and professional school and various career sectors. 

A Student writes on a whiteboard

Addressing Demands

Various communities throughout LMU share their concerns and expected responses and actions from the University. 

A student plants a small bush.

Anti-Racism Project

Inviting and challenging members of the LMU community to engage and commit as a collective to anti-racism.

KXLU Alma del Barrio, Summer 1977 with Héctor Reséndez, Eddie Lopez, Raul Villa, Diana Fuentes, and Steve Lopez

Inclusive History and Images Project

IHIP seeks to fill in gaps in the diverse history of LMU through firsthand accounts and photos from alumni and the community. 

Sacred Heart Chapel at LMU

Recruiting, Retention & Inclusive Climate

A program aimed at cultivating an institutional climate that promotes inclusive excellence. 

LMU Students and Faculty Hiking in Griffith Park

Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Alliance

Transforming campus culture at LMU through humanization, dialogue, and belongingness. 

Two students shaking hands

Learn More about DEI at LMU

Find staff and faculty experts who can train, inform, and cultivate change at LMU.