Through training and education, the Beyond Diversity Resource Center strives to make our society free of all forms of oppression (racism, sexism, classism, ableism, antisemitism, ethnocentrism, heterosexism, transphobia, etc.).At the Beyond Diversity Resource Center, we believe that to address diversity issues well, we must do two things: (1) focus on cultural issues with a keen anti-oppression framework, and (2) inspire compassion in ourselves and others. Compassion and anti-oppression work together: compassion motivates us to make our society a better place for people who suffer; anti-oppression is a tool for transforming our motivation into action.