The mission of the Students of Color Affinity Group is to:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Foster strong networks with SPH mentors (formal and informal) by making consistent and productive use of the Connecting Talent program.
5. Promote inclusion of students of color’s input in SPH hiring pipeline and;
6. Generate ideas to help guide programming from the School that is responsive to this group of student's capacity-building needs