Cultural and Identity Student Clubs and Greek Organizations
Black Students United -Black Students United provides a voice for Black students, promotes social and cultural awareness in the community, improves and maintains relationships between Black students and students of other ethn
ic backgrounds, and takes an active part in the activities of other ethnic backgrounds, and of the University. BSU is a diverse club that offers membership to any race.
Contact: dthornton@csumb.edu
For more information, please see their Instagram.
Men of Color Alliance -The goal of the CSUMB Men of Color Alliance is to create systemic changes in higher education and improve outcomes and decrease equity gaps for Black, Latinx, Asian Pacific Islander and Native American males. Anyone is open to join as a male of color or an ally.
Contact: moca@csumb.edu
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. -The Alpha Kappa Sorority, Incorporated chartered on April 16, 2017, at CSUMB had its humble beginnings as the vision of nine college students on the campus of Howard University in 1908. Since then, the sorority has flourished into a globally-impactful organization of over 300,000 college-trained members, bound by the bonds of sisterhood and empowered by a commitment to servant-leadership that is both domestic and international in its scope. As Alpha Kappa Alpha has grown, it has maintained its focus in two key areas: the lifelong personal and professional development of each of its members; and galvanizing its membership into an organization of respected power and influence, consistently at the forefront of effective advocacy and social change that results in equality and equity for all citizens of the world.
Contact: https://myraft.csumb.edu/AKA/club_signup
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/csumb_aka/?hl=en
For more information, please see their website.
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. -Kappa Alpha Psi (KAΨ) was founded on January 5th, 1911 on the campus of Indiana State University. The Rho Beta Chapter was founded on the CSUMB campus on June 5th, 2011. The fraternity was created to form a brotherhood of African American Males to ban together and promote leadership and achievement in all fields of human endeavors. Since then Kappa Alpha Psi has expanded to include members from different backgrounds who share the same values as their great founders. The fraternity has over 125,000 members with 700 undergraduate and alumni chapters in every state of the United States, and international chapters in the United Kingdom, Germany, Korea, Japan, U.S. Virgin Islands, Nigeria, and South Africa. Kappa Alpha Psi sponsors programs providing community service, social welfare, and academic scholarship through the Kappa Alpha Psi Foundation and is a supporter of the United Negro College Fund and Habitat for Humanity. Kappa Alpha Psi is a member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) and the North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC). The fraternity is the first predominantly African-American Greek-letter society founded west of the Appalachian Mountains still in existence and is known for its “cane stepping” in NPHS organized step shows.
Contact: kappaalphapsi@csumb.edu
For more information, please see their website.