Mission

The mission of the LGBTQ+ Mines Community Alliance (MCA) is to foster a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive environment for all students, staff, and faculty across campus. We strive to align university and employee goals to promote engagement, professional development, cultural awareness, and meaningful community involvement. Through education, outreach, and partnership, we work to ensure that every member of the Mines community can thrive as their authentic self—on and off campus.

About the LGBTQ+ MCA

Join Mines LGBTQ Community Alliance and participate in a community where we combine university and employee goals to provide maximum benefit to all. We are working to ensure that Mines is a great place to work and welcoming to all with primary goals of:

•    Engagement
•    Professional Development
•    Networking
•    Raising Cultural Awareness
•    Community Involvement
•    Outreach and Recruitment Efforts
•    Education and Advocacy

The MCA wants to share news, spread education, and build a strong community where all students, staff, and faculty are able to be their authentic selves on and off of of campus. We are working to spread awareness and education to people across campus through sharing daily blasts, inviting speakers to campus to talk about LGBTQ+ issues and themes, and by joining together with student organizations like oSTEM to help bridge the gap between students and the people who can support them best on campus – from staff, faculty, and more.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS!

Interested in the MCA’s upcoming events and monthly holidays and observed days of celebration? Here is what we have coming up:

Summer 2026

June – Happy Pride!

June Events:

Pride Pack Assembly: Want to hang out with cool people, help campus get ready for Pride, and have free lunch from Anthony’s Pizza? Everything needed for our Pride Packs will be ready for you: no prep required. To help out, show up at the Library Boettcher Room on Tuesday, June 2nd from 12-2pm.

All MCA Year End Social: Meet new people and celebrate all the MCA’s (Mines Community Alliances) on campus! Join us at Chevront Commons (Behind the Student Center & Trad Halls) on Wednesday, June 3rd from 12-2pm.

Pops of Pride: Celebrate Pride and cool off from the summer heat! We will have good music along with free popsicles and ice cream! As always, everyone is welcome! Stop by the Spruce Treehouse on Tuesday, June 23rd from 1-2pm.

July Events: Taking some time to rest!

August Events: Upcoming and TBA! See you again next academic year

Every month the LGBTQ+ MCA hosts our “Queeriosity” event, a get together where we might learn a new skill, discuss a chosen topic, take some time for self-care, build relationships with each other, and more!