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PEMBH embraces an inclusive spirit, based on equity, diversity, and inclusion to achieve academic and institutional excellence.

PEMBH department acknowledges our presence on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Tongva people and their neighbors: (from North to South) the Chumash, Tataviam, Kitanemuk, Serrano, Cahuilla, Payomkawichum, Acjachemen, Ipai-Tipai, Kumeyaay, and Quechan peoples, whose ancestors ruled the region we now call Southern California for at least 9,000 years. Indigenous stewardship and rightful claims to these lands have never been voluntarily relinquished nor legally extinguished. We pay respects to the members and elders of these communities, past and present, who remain stewards, caretakers, and advocates of these lands, river systems, and the waters and islands of the Santa Barbara Channel. Additional resources

Additionally, PEMBH is secular, we wish to acknowledge that the root of mindfulness has Buddhist philosophy, which emerged in the context of an ancient India where Hinduism, Jainism, yoga, asceticism, and other traditions were practiced. Certain practices and ideas have evolved and been carried across time and geography and have been adapted for a foundational and interdisciplinary study.