The Multicultural Center acknowledges, celebrates, and promotes the diverse cultural experiences that each member of Bates College brings to the community. The Center acts as a catalyst for exploring critical issues on campus by initiating discussions about race, class, ethnicity, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, and the historical and current realities that impact understanding of these topics.
Seminars, off-campus study experiences, cultural celebrations, speakers, workshops, art, other media exhibits and the like are developed by both the Multicultural Center and its affiliated student organizations. These programs explore and support the intellectual, social, cultural, political, and spiritual development of the entire campus.
The Center is open to the entire Bates community and the public. However, the Center has a unique role with regard to the support of students from marginalized communities and cultures.
