Continuing Bridgewater College’s long-standing commitment to diversity and tolerance, Common Ground’s mission is to:

• To promote and support discussion and engagement with pressing social concerns on campus and beyond. These issues include: tolerance, women’s rights, sexuality, ethnic diversity, conflict resolution and class/economic diversity.

• To provide opportunities for discussion and social interaction for those concerned with and impacted by diversity issues.

• To work together to devise meaningful solutions about the issues we raise for ourselves, our campus, and the broader community.

• To pursue these solutions in the College and beyond.

Common Ground’s Unique Contribution to Bridgewater College:

• Through its diverse membership and issue orientation, Common Ground will have the flexibility to address issues outside the scope of other single issue/theme organizations already existing on campus.

• Common Ground will consider these issues through a combination of thought and action — i.e. academic discussion and activism for change.

• Common Ground will provide an opportunity for discussion and support on diversity issues not currently addressed by other organizations including sexuality, economic class and religion.

• Common Ground, through its mission to promote diversity, will also actively seek to encourage collaboration among other cultural and diversity organizations.