Welcome to the Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs at Daemen College! As the inaugural director, my goal is to provide all members of the Daemen community with the education and experience necessary to become an active and engaged global citizen and to utilize those skills in their academic and career pursuits. We also seek to provide our students, staff and faculty with the tools needed to engage in productive, informed and impactful discussions around issue of social justice and inequity of all forms; learning what those topics mean for us in the context of our current climate. This is indeed a tall task but one that can be accomplished through fostering mutual respect, creating a climate that welcomes tough discussions and ensuring that those discussions translate into actions.