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:
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
- School of Theology Students of Color- aliciavs@bu.edu
- Association of Black Seminarians (ABS)- aekimble@bu.edu
- Raíces Latinas -- Theology- sthhlsa@gmail.com
- Native American Law Students Association (NALSA)- ccarini@bu.edu
- Black Law Student Association (BLSA)- blsa.at.bu@gmail.com
- BU Latin American Law Student Association (BULALSA)- BULALSA@gmail.com
- Latin American MBA Association (LAMBA)- lamba@bu.edu
- Questrom Graduate Students of the African Diaspora (GSAD)- sawhite@bu.edu
- Black, Latino, and American Indian MBA Association- blambaa@bu.edu
Faculty, Staff, and Administrator Allies
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
Inclusive campus spaces
- Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground
- Room for more
Local Black and Latinx Societies
Local Black and Latinx Societies
Please send information about local chapters of fraternities and sororities, alumnae and alumni associations, social groups
- National Council of Negro Women (NCNW). Meets the 3rd Saturday of every month -- https://www.gbsncnw.org/
- National Alumnae Association of Spelman College (NAASC) - Boston Area Chapter. Meets the 4th Sunday of every month -- www.naascboston.org
- This is the most legit compilation of Black Professional Groups in Boston: http://www.liteworkevents.com/blackprofessionals/
- Room for more
Off Campus Activities
Off Campus Activities
African American Patriots Tour (Freedom Trail Foundation)
Sojourner Truth Memorial Statue and Sojourner Truth's House
www.sojournertruthmemorial.org