Pacific College of Health and Science (PCHS) students, alumni, staff, and supporters hereby notify Campus Directors and Board of Trustees of our complaint/grievances: 

The signed request: “Optional face coverings, no mandatory vaccination, no mandatory testing, optional testing provided on campuses of CA, IL, NY.  Allowance of religious and medical exemptions, and provide, as required by law, accommodation.  Optional non-invasive screening, such as temperature scan, with option to take at home and make informed decision to stay at home if fever is present, and verbal health screening questionnaire.” 

We the students on campus, have experienced:

1a) Hostile Environment

2a) Discrimination

3a) Harassment

4a) Offended Observer

5a) Retaliation

6a) Infringement of Student Rights

7a) Trespassing

8a) Medical Breach of Contract

9a) Death threats

STUDENT CATALOG:

PCHS defines Student Rights as: “the right to express concerns and complaints without retaliation.” “The right to an orderly review of complaints and concerns to the administration and, if needed to campus director and/or state or accreditation regulatory body.” “The right to make a report to local law enforcement and/or state police.” “The right to make a decision about whether or not to disclose a crime or violation and participate in the judicial or conduct process and/or criminal justice process free from pressure by the institution. “The right to participate in a process that is fair, impartial, and provides adequate notice and a meaningful opportunity to be heard.” “The right to be treated with dignity and to receive from the institution courteous, fair, and respectful health care and counseling services, where available.” “The right to be free from any suggestion that the reporting individual is at fault when these crimes and violations are committed or should have acted in a different manner to avoid such crimes or violations.” “The right to be protected from retaliation by the institution, any student, the accused and/or the respondent, and/or their friends, family, and acquaintances within the jurisdiction of the institution.” “The right to be accompanied by an advisor of choice who may assist and advise a reporting individual, accused, or respondent throughout the judicial or conduct process including during all meetings and hearings related to such process.” “The right to exercise Exercise civil rights and practice of religion without interference by the investigative, criminal justice, or judicial or conduct process of the institution."

PCHS defines Discrimination as, “slurs, epithets, threats, derogatory comments, visual depictions, unwelcome jokes, and teasing.”

PCHS defines Harassment as, “harassment is verbal, written or physical conduct that denigrates or shows hostility or aversion toward individuals because of their veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, citizenship, medical condition including genetic characteristics, pregnancy status, or any other characteristic protected by law, or that of his or her relatives, friends or associates, and that: a) has the purpose or effect of creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive work or school environment, b) has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s work or study performance, or c) otherwise adversely affects an individual’s employment or education opportunities.”

PCHS defines Hostile Environment as, “so severe, persistent, or pervasive that it affects a student’s or an employee’s ability to participate in or benefit from an educational program or activity or work, or creates an intimidating, threatening or abusive educational or working environment. Hostile environments can be created by one or multiple persons and can have one or more intended and unintended targets.”

PCHS defines Offended Observer as, “a person who is not the direct target of the offensive conduct, rather is a witness to the harassing behavior and to whom the conduct is offensive. Both targeted individuals and offended observers can initiate the anti-discrimination/harassment process.”

PCHS defines Retaliation, as “It is extremely important to note that Pacific College will make certain, to the best of its ability, that no harm comes to a student or staff member for reporting incidents of harassment or discrimination. The school will take steps to prevent any retaliation by the alleged harasser or person who has displayed discrimination against another or anyone else at the school. Students and staff members can be sure that the school will take strong responsive actions, should any act of retaliation occur.”…and “encourages reporting of all incidents of harassment and discrimination regardless of whom the offender may be, or the offender’s relationship to the college.”

PCHS defines Sanctions as, If the school discovers an incident of harassment or discrimination, it has an obligation to stop it and make sure that it does not happen again. Sanctions may include appropriate disciplinary and/or remedial action, warning, censure, suspension, or dismissal from employment or from the program.”

PCHS STUDENTS CORE VALUES and VISION

These signed signatures, respectfully, followed in the path of growth from PCOM to PCHS, supporting the changing times. We provided our support and voice behind PCHSs Values and Vision.

WE have empowered and given our voice and support, empowering individuals, the team, the demographics, the underdog, the unheard, the silenced, the minority, and to the institution and stood behind our community in all of our daily actions.

WE have been taught that we are the catalyst for change, and we are steadfast in our morals in our desire to do no harm.

WE have been taught that our integrative health and science principles play a critical role in treating the sick and keeping life in balance.

WE acknowledge the adoption of new mandates, but not at the cost or expense of our own health, or that of our patients.

WE are a group that wholeheartedly believes in the adoption and expansion of traditional medicine and integrative health science principles.  Our beautiful Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has worked for thousands of years instilling little fear in humans. TCM exists side-by-side in modern medicine with little drug interaction or side effects. Class upon class, podcast upon podcast, clinic shift upon clinic shift, we learn about the success of TCM. 

WE are coming together by supporting health and wellbeing through our actions, not to divide, segregate, harass, intimidate, scoff, discriminate, retaliate, or offend, but to support TCM. We believe in TCM as the history, annuals, textbooks, and writing has timelessly proven their efficacy. 

WE are a thunder-house of researchers through PCHS teachings. After taking what we have been taught and reviewing the data, we cannot, nor will not, accept incomplete and ever-changing data and ignore the big picture.

WE have learned additional critical thinking, even before arriving at PCHS. We understand that if something comes with a warning, we are acutely and universally aware that WE will suffer a consequence. Every vaccine and swab test comes with a warning. 

WE do not only speak for ourselves, we speak for our patients. The patients we attend feel that they have no voice. They are in pain. They are mentally broken down. So are we.  

WE all offer, and we all partake, in our beautiful herbal medicine, acupuncture treatments, bodywork, as well as provide a shoulder to cry on, to each other, and to our patients. We have discovered the best medicine is compassion and a hug. Even as children, we learned that if you squeeze hard enough, the broken pieces will stick back together, long enough for us to push through another day or a lifetime. If we are to compassionately attend to our fellow humans, we must also uphold moral values and work with integrity. Yet, we do not notate reportable findings for the patients who state they are injured from the vaccine, we dismiss them. 

WE no longer play. We use our Qi to defend our rights and freedoms, and pushing back against segregation, but it is worth it.  WE believe in bodily freedom and freedom of religion. This is not your choice to make, it is ours. 

If WE are to improves lives, we cannot disconnect the body from the spirit, or yin from yang. We must nourish, support, and balance each. Our spirits have been crushed by a hostile environment, discrimination, harassment, offensive comments, retaliation, and infringement on our rights and we feel disconnected. 

WE are failing to maintain health at many levels and sinews, and we are not willing to vaccinate or test at the expense of our health. We believe in TCM, and we also believe in bodily freedom. We may choose to take the vaccine (we are not all anti-vaxers) at a later date when more data is available, we may choose to leave PCHS, we may choose to take legal counsel, and many of us may continue to be the voice of future generations. Or, it may be that all of us will no longer have the right to choose in the future.

WE embody the intention of improving lives exponentially. If WE continue ignoring our inner voice, our patient's voice, and our own voices, and if we ignore the data and the warnings, we not only hurt ourselves, but we hurt our future generations. It is in these moments that we gift our history and actions to our children and pass along our story to everyone who may follow in our footsteps. 

WE are part of the transformation of the structure and economics in healthcare, at PCHS and beyond.

WE are taught to bring education to people and to continue to learn. Through our critical thinking, practices, and research. PCHS has taught us that science is a moving target, ever-growing and that we all still have a lot to learn. 

WE desire to lead by example, to work, to enjoy life, live, and study together harmoniously, with compassion, with a fierce desire to expand our knowledge, and above all…live with kindness.

WE are your PCHS community and we believe in this TCM medicine. 

MAY WE REMIND YOU OF YOUR VALUES and YOUR VISION, ECHO YOUR WORDS, REMIND YOU, and REASSURE YOU…WE ARE ON THE SAME SIDE:

PCHSs Core Value Statement and Core Values state: “All members of the Pacific College community embody the intention of improving lives exponentially by supporting health and wellbeing through our daily actions. We may lead by example and by practicing the values of: Integrity, Mindfulness, Compassion, Critical Thinking.

PCHS Vision states: “Pacific College is a catalyst for the adoption and expansion of traditional medicine and integrative health science principles, practices, and research, empowering individuals to gain and maintain health and enjoy life. Pacific College is contributing to the transformation of the structure and economics of healthcare by bringing education and integrative health science to where people live, learn, and play.”