In partnership with students and student organizations, the Office of Student Diversity Programs works to create a socially just and welcoming campus. Through formal and informal dialogues, workshops, multimedia events, programs, and initiatives, opportunities are created for continuous and deep growth in individual and collective awareness around all aspects of diversity; including (but not limited to) race, ethnicity, disability identity (both apparent and nonapparent), sexual orientation, gender identity, religious/spiritual identity, social/economic class identity, age, and parenting status. SDP works to move beyond simple diversity (numeric representation), to infuse multiculturalism (transformation of norms, values, and priorities) and social justice (transformation at policy and resource allocation levels) into all dimensions of campus life. We offer two annual retreats: a social justice retreat, typically offered fall semester; and a women of color retreat, typically offered spring semester.

For more information about Student Diversity Programs, check online, email diversity@mills.edu, or visit us in the Cowell building.

Solidarity Lounge
Following a year of intensive activism and broad-based alliances, the Solidarity Lounge opened in September 2003, as an empowering space for women of color and their allies. Used both formally and informally as a gathering space, the S-Lounge is the home-away-from-home of many students, and frequently hosts student group meetings, discussions, films, receptions, and events. The S-Lounge also houses two computers and is used between meetings as a study space. 

The Solidarity Lounge is open daily from 8:00 am until 12:00 midnight, and the computer room is open by request from the Department of Public Safety. To suggest S-Lounge programs or ideas or for more information, visit Student Diversity Programs in the Cowell building, call 510.430.2387, or email s-lounge@mills.edu.