Office of Community and Belonging
Who We Are
The Office of Community & Belonging serves as Cal Poly Pomona’s institutional catalyst for cultivating a Culture of Care. Working across colleges, divisions, and the broader campus community, the Office connects people, resources, expertise, and institutional priorities to strengthen the experiences of students, faculty, and staff.
What the Office Provides
The Office of Community & Belonging offers an integrated portfolio of services, resources, and institutional support designed to build capacity, strengthen connection and belonging, and translate community insight into coordinated action and measurable impact.
Services | What the Office Delivers Directly
The Office provides high-impact opportunities for learning, consultation, coaching, and facilitated engagement that strengthen intercultural capacity, relationships, leadership, and the ability to navigate complexity across the university.
- Culture of Care Workshops, Programs, and Dialogues
- Strategic Consultation and Advisement
- Intercultural Coaching and Leadership Development
- Conflict Resolution, Mediation, and Restorative Practices (Non-Confidential)
Resources | What the Office Provides to Build Capacity
The Office develops and connects the campus community to signature learning experiences, evidence-informed initiatives, and practical tools that strengthen individual and institutional capacity to create a more connected, inclusive, and thriving university.
- Distinguished Dialogue Series
- Advancing Racial Justice and Cultural Humility Learning Series
- Institutional Thriving Initiatives
- Student, Faculty, and Staff Fellows Program
- Culture of Care Resources, Guides, and Toolkits
Support | How the Office Advances Institutional Action
The Office serves as a strategic partner, convener, and capacity builder, working across colleges, divisions, and campus communities to surface needs, align resources, advance institutional priorities, and translate community insight into coordinated action and sustained progress.
- Institutional Working Groups and Advisory Boards
- Community & Belonging Recognition and Impact Awards
- Bronco Community Impact Grants
- Listening Sessions, Surveys, and Feedback Opportunities
- Signature Engagement Activities, Programs, Initiatives, and Campaigns
- Annual Community and Belonging Impact Reports
The Office's Approach
Cultivating a Culture of Care
The Office of Community & Belonging is grounded in a continuous cycle of listening, learning, connection, support, action, and transformation. We recognize and value the meaningful work already taking place across Cal Poly Pomona and seek to build upon the strengths, expertise, relationships, and commitments that are already part of our community. Our role is to help create connections across this work, bringing people, resources, ideas, and institutional priorities together to foster greater collaboration, shared learning, alignment, and collective impact. Together, these commitments provide the foundation for how we cultivate a Culture of Care: