DEIB Council

The DEIB Statement guides the work of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion work at Otis College of Art and Design. We received and incorporated feedback from the following groups prior to sending the statement out to the wider community for feedback:

• Students’ Union
• O-Committed Student Group
• DEIB Council Members
• Faculty Leaders (Academic Assembly Executive Leaders)
• Staff Council Executive Members
• Senior Team 

• Established July 2, 2020
• Finalized and Adopted August 23, 2021

This statement is a living document. We acknowledge there is always more work to do to embody and animate our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We know we need to make the art, design, and scholarship that will bring vibrancy and illumination to this statement. The declarations and commitments put forward here serve to shape our practices and methods moving forward and to set community expectations. Everyone at Otis, regardless of position, is expected to be accountable to this DEIB statement as a compass in our work and to rely on the DEIB Council as one of many resources for addressing harms and constructing genuine inclusion. Read the full DEIB statement in Chinese, English, Korean, Russian, and Spanish.