All-purpose guide to campus ethnic and minority resources

The Yale Women's Center, a base for several on-campus groups concerned with women's issues, organizes discussion forums, hosts speakers, and holds weekly coffee hours. Staffed weekdays from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., the Center also maintains a small library and archive.

Cultural Organizations

Organizations that support and promote the interests of Africans, African Americans, and people of African descent include the Yale College African Students Association, the Black Students Alliance at Yale (BSAY), the Black Political Forum, and the Yale Chapter of the NAACP.

The Latin American Students Organization (LASO), Despierta Boricua (DB), and Movimiento Estudiantíl Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA) are all campus groups that work to unite and represent the voice of Latino students at Yale.

Asian-American students can find support in a number of organizations dedicated to furthering the interests of specific Asian and Asian-American ethnic groups. These include the Chinese-American Students Association (CASA), the Hong Kong Club, the Yale College Japan Association, Kasame (the Society of Filipino and Filipino-American Students at Yale), the Korean-American Students of Yale College (KASY), the South Asian Society (SAS), the Yale College Taiwanese Club, and the Vietnamese Students Association (ViSA). Other on-campus groups are concerned with the interests of the Asian-American community as a whole. The Asian-American Students Association (AASA) serves as an umbrella organization for many other groups, and the Asian-American Women's Group works to further the interests of all women of Asian descent.

Other cultural groups include the Yale College Chapter of the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee, the Association of Native Americans at Yale College, the Yale College Carribean Club, the Yale College Hellenic Society, and the Yale College Italian Society.

The Ethnic Community Relations Council (ECRC) exists to promote cross-cultural interaction and learning at Yale. The International Students Organization represents over 50 countries and supports international students as they face the challenge of attending a foreign university.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Organizations

The Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgendered Co-op (the Co-op), a cooperative group dedicated to fostering and encouraging an environment in which members of the Yale community can express themselves freely, sponsors various confidential discussion groups for the Yale community. The Co-op also monitors Yale policies by both protesting and presenting alternatives to those policies that discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation.

YaLesbians and GAYalies address the concerns of women and men of differing sexual orientations at Yale. Prism, based in the Women's Center, is a confidential discussion group that addresses the intersection of race and sexual orientation.

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