"If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal."
-- John Kennedy, 1963
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly".
--Martin Luther King, Jr., 1963
The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown strives to be instructive and respectful of the diverse needs of students, taking race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, marital status, family status, sexual orientation and disability into consideration. Students, faculty and staff strive to fully develop their respectfulness and sensitivity to the diversity each brings to our campus community. We embrace the belief that it is our diversity that enriches and energizes our spirit and our culture.
YOU are a "safe zone" for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people to the extent that YOU: