Community

Remember that this site is a work in progress. Please email us at ugsoBU@gmail.com to help contribute.

Below are BU campus and Boston-area organization and activities to build Black, Latinx, and Native community including: campus organizations, faculty and staff allies who you can call upon, local fraternities and societies, and off-campus activities.

Active BU graduate and professional organizations focused on underrepresented groups:

  • MED = Medical Campus
    • Minority and International Scientists Organization (MISO)- miso@bu.edu
    • Students of Color for Public Health- scph@bu.edu
    • Student National Medical Association (SNMA)- bu.snma@gmail.com
    • Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA)
    • Student National Dental Association (SNDA)
    • Hispanic Student Dental Association (HSDA)
  • CRC = main campus, Charles River Campus


Faculty, Staff, and Administrator Allies

  • Saidah Grundy, PhD -- Sociology
  • Tyrone Porter, PhD -- Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering
  • Irving Bigio, PhD -- Biomedical Engineering and Photonics
  • JO Welch -- Alianza Latina Advisor
  • Room for more


Inclusive campus spaces

  • Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground
  • Room for more


Local Black and Latinx Societies

Please send information about local chapters of fraternities and sororities, alumnae and alumni associations, social groups

Off Campus Activities

African American Patriots Tour (Freedom Trail Foundation)

pr@thefreedomtrail.org

Sojourner Truth Memorial Statue and Sojourner Truth's House

www.sojournertruthmemorial.org