The Center for Social and Environmental Justice acts to fulfill Washington State University's land grant mission by engaging community capacities to address poverty, inequality, discrimination, and unequally borne environmental dangers. To eliminate poverty, inequality and environmental degradation, we must address the intersections of racism, sexism, classism, and heterosexism. The Center supports interdisciplinary approaches to positive cultural, political, social, economic and environmental change. University, nonprofit, non-governmental, grassroots, and tribal groups will all benefit from overcoming multiple barriers in order to achieve solutions that are sustainable and effective. We believe the most useful collaborations will be suggested and initiated by non-university groups articulating their needs and directing research or service projects.