The mission of the Students of Color Affinity Group is to:
- provide a safe and confidential space for members of the SPH community to discuss relevant issues primarily pertaining to, but not limited to, diversity and inclusion;
- serve as a community that advocates for SPH students of color’s academic and mental well-being and needs, offering guidance and support for those who request it;
- bring in senior faculty and staff of color to share their experiences and provide advice as to how to best navigate graduate school as students of color;
- foster strong networks with SPH mentors (formal and informal) by making consistent and productive use of the Connecting Talent program;
- promote inclusion of students of color’s input in SPH hiring pipeline and;
- generate ideas to help guide programming from the School that is responsive to this group of student's capacity-building needs