The following is a list of organizations placed under the “Societal Awareness” block budgeting classification.

Note: Many of the officer contacts on this website are outdated and will be changed as soon as information is submitted for the 2009-2010 school year. If you would like us to change the information now, please submit a Leadership Change Form, found here.

ACACIA (Africans Creating African Consciousness and Interest Abroad) is an organization dedicated to uniting Africans and students interested in Africa, to celebrate African culture. In addition, we aim to educate students of Lafayette College and other LVAIC colleges, about issues concerning Africa, and to promote open dialogue about the continent and her people, culture, religions, traditions, and politics, amongst other topics. Some of the programs included on our agenda for 2004-2005, include our second annual conference on Africa, a number of brown bag lunches, potluck dinners, receptions for performing artists, educational trips to LVAIC schools and trips to conferences and seminars addressing matters pertaining to Africa and the African diaspora. ACACIA is open to all students interested in Africa, and registration forms, along with other information, are available online at our website.

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Amnesty International is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote universal human rights. In pursuit of this mission Amnesty undertakes, research, advocacy, and educational campaigns to protect human rights. Amnesty International’s work is accompslished in many ways through student support. In the past at Lafayette our group held a brown bag about the Convention to End Discrimination Against Women, had a film screening and discussion of Darfur Diaries, brought Ali Dinar a professor at UPenn and native to Darfur to speak about the genocide, and also had a trip to the rally in Washington D.C. against the genocide in Darfur Sudan.

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ACA strives to share cultural experiences of its Asian members with the entire Lafayette community. It organizes various cultural events such as Deepawali, Chinese New Year celebration and also organizes discussions and brownbags. Membership is open to anyone interested in Asian cultures.

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The Association of Black Collegians aims to create an atmosphere that is conducive to the intellectual, cultural, and social growth of Black and Multicultural students as well as the erntire Lafayette College community. Through open forums for discussion, cultural events and mentoring, many prevalent issues affecting the Black community in particular, on campus and world-wide are addressed.

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An organization dedicated to educating the Lafayette Community about the protection and enforcement of women’s and other minorities’ rights. This organization sponsors such events as The Vagina Monolouges, the proceeds from which benefit women’s shelters, Take Back the Night, which battles violence against women, and other varied events dealing with topics like body image, a woman’s right to choose, and other global and local issues.

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Alternative School Break provides students with the opportunities to participate in service trips that range from sustainable living in Honduras to environmental issues in Tennessee. Students learn about and serve individuals from different culturals and communities, while working within a group setting that includes both faculty members and other students.

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This organization has three purposes: 1) To seek out a social project focusing on economic, political, cultural or social dynamics 2) provide brown bags or other campus-wide awareness raising events 3) spend money and/or time working to ‘fix’ the social problem.

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Collaborative Freedom was initiated to create greater awareness of the poverty dilema that our world suffers today. The organization has two primary mandates: First to raise awareness around the Lafayette and Easton community about what poverty is, how it is changing and hurting the world, and that it is a relative concept that exists in every economy. Secondly, it aims at assisting other organizations that support people living through poverty either by initiating projects with them, or helping current projects through fundraisers, organization and human labor.

The purpose of the Hispanic Society of Lafayette is to promote the awareness of Hispanic and Latin people, their contribution to the campus, to the United States, and to the World. We sponsor events that integrate the culture into the Lafayette experience and into the surrounding community, educating objectively about Latin American politics, history, geography, language, celebrities, music, traditions and any other sphere relevant to Hispanic and Latin cultures. Some of our activities include: performances, brown bags, spanish socials, poetry jams, dance lessons, art shows, lectures, films, parties.

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The Lafayette African and Caribbean Students’ Association exists to educate the Lafayette community abou the African and Caribbean culture and way of life. We promote activities with a Caribbean or African focus while providing entertainment for our members. LACSA helps incoming African and Caribbean freshmen adjust to their new environment by personally getting to know them and offering advice.

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Nia is a multi-cultural women’s support group on campus. Our organization provides an opportunity for women from various backgrounds and nationalities to join together and provide a sense of sisterhood within the Lafayette community. – Our goal is to attract new members who are dedicated, influential people who are willing to work together with other organizations. – Nia not only provides a forum for open discussion of women’s issues, but we are also interested in actively engaging our surrounding community through volunteering, organizing events, and group trips.

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Quest is dedicated to educating the Lafayette student body about gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues, building campus community, and improving the lives of GLBT people.