We celebrate in our academic endeavors
the hearts and spirits of all peoples
as they strive and struggle
to live, believe, and hope.

We open our world to diverse realities
across countries and continents
as well as beyond boundaries
of race, culture, and religion.

We are on the side of the poor
the many who lie in the margins
the weak and the vulnerable
those we support and defend.

We seek to be catalysts of change
and leavens of social transformation
in a broken yet redeemed world.
We are a community of hope.