{"id":110843,"date":"2026-09-21T09:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T09:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=110843"},"modified":"2026-09-21T18:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T18:55:19","slug":"a-message-from-the-office-of-equal-opportunity-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/09\/a-message-from-the-office-of-equal-opportunity-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A message from the Office of Equal Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Sept. 21, 2026<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear URI Community,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each of us plays a vital role in creating and maintaining an environment free from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, in alignment with the\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/trustees\/university-mission-statement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>University\u2019s mission<\/strong><\/a>.\u202fAs you embark on a new semester, our team, which serves as the University\u2019s civil rights designee, is here to support you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As you begin this new semester, consider familiarizing yourself with <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/equal-opportunity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>our website<\/strong><\/a> and the many resources available to you.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What to expect next?<\/strong> Over the next weeks, you will receive messages offering resources and inviting you to lunch-and-learn events, designed to introduce you to institutional resources on the topics of <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/equal-opportunity\/ada-compliance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>ADA compliance<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/equal-opportunity\/equal-employment-opportunity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>equal opportunity,<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/equal-opportunity\/language-access\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>language access,<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/equal-opportunity\/discrimination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>anti-discrimination and retaliation<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Need to connect? <\/strong>We have moved to a fully accessible space, located in Suite 1 on the garden level of the Carlotti Building. To learn more about the scope and jurisdiction of the Office of Equal Opportunity, please visit\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/equal-opportunity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>our website<\/strong><\/a>\u202for contact a member of our team to schedule a <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/equal-opportunity\/consultations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>consultation<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We look forward to working with you during the 2026 fall semester and beyond.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sincerely,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dorca P. Smalley<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Director, Office of Equal Opportunity&nbsp;<br>ADA Coordinator&nbsp;<br>Language Access Coordinator&nbsp;<br>Equal Employment Opportunity Coordinator&nbsp;<br>Permissible Affirmative Action Program Coordinator&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sept. 21, 2026&nbsp; Dear URI Community,&nbsp; Each of us plays a vital role in creating and maintaining an environment free from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, in alignment with the\u202fUniversity\u2019s mission.\u202fAs you embark on a new semester, our team, which serves as the University\u2019s civil rights designee, is here to support you.&nbsp; As you begin this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1866],"tags":[1857,1858,1856],"class_list":["post-110843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-message","tag-audience-faculty","tag-audience-staff","tag-audience-students"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110843"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110883,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110843\/revisions\/110883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}