African Student Union The African Student Union is an organization committed to educating the community about Africa and African Cultures through community service projects, educational programs, several social activities and our Annual African Night. E-mail: uga.asu@gmail.com Facebook: @ugaasu Twitter: @UGA_ASU Arab Cultural Association (ACA) The Arab Cultural Association is an organization at the University of Georgia that intends to provide cultural education and awareness of Arab traditions, history, customs, culture, and language. The Arab Cultural Association is committed to debunking myths and changing the stigma around Arab culture, while providing a space for students to create a close community for both Arabs and non-Arabs alike. E-mail: ugarabs@gmail.com Facebook: @ugarabs Instagram: @ugarabs Asian American Student Association (AASA) The Asian American Student Association (AASA) at the University of Georgia is organized for the purpose of promoting and providing a cultural and political awareness of Asian and Asian American customs and diversity within the University and the local community. We also act as a support group for those of Asian descent as well as those interested in participating in the association’s activities, helping to achieve its principles and objectives. E-mail: aasasec@gmail.com Facebook: @UGAAsianAmericanStudentAssociation Instagram: @uga_aasa Bangladeshi Students Association Bangladeshi Students Association at UGA was established by the Bangladeshi students studying in the UGA to help each other, to share knowledge and experiences. E-mail: BaSAintheUGA@gmail.com Facebook: @UGA.bangaledshi.students Bengali Cultural Organization The Bengali Cultural Organization is a student group promoting unity and friendship among Bengali and non-Bengali students here at the University of Georgia. The association is meant for any student wanting to learn more about Bengali culture. Our goal is to help bring everyone together through cultural and social events. E-mail: ugabengaliculturalorg@gmail.com Instagram: @bengaliculturalorg Black Affairs Council The Black Affairs Council (BAC) of the University of Georgia serves to assist the University in meeting the needs of the Black student body. BAC works to preserve, enhance, examine, and celebrate Black culture at the University of Georgia. To these aims the Black Affairs Council shall encourage cultural diversity, articulate the concerns of Black students, and cultivate relationships with other student organizations and the Athens-Clarke County community. E-mail: bacuga@gmail.com Instagram: @bac_uga Twitter: @BAC_UGA Black Felicity UGA The Black Felicity Student Association is a new multi-cultural organization at UGA that will be focusing on political advocacy and strengthening relationships with the Athens community. Our main goal is to aid the well-being and advancement of Black people by providing resources for growth and development and ensuring self-sufficiency. E-mail: blackfelicityuga@gmail.com GroupMe: https://web.groupme.com/join_group/60860051/OqQBMcFD Instagram: @bfsaatuga Twitter: @BFSAatUGA Caribbean Student Association (CaribSA) The purpose of the Caribbean Student Association shall be to promote awareness of the Caribbean, to provide an outlet to experience its culture, economy, and history within the University and Athens community, to provide a support structure for Caribbean students, and to provide educational and social opportunities for its members. E-mail: ugacaribsa@gmail.com Facebook: @UGACarribeanStudentAssociation Instagram: @ugacaribsa Twitter: @UGACaribSA The Catholic Center at UGA The Catholic Center at UGA is a Eucharistic Community that seeks to live the Gospel of Jesus Christ, through the Roman Catholic Church. Email: secretary@ccatuga.org Facebook: @ccatuga Instagram: @catholicdawgs Chabad Chabad is a Jewish student center providing social, educational, recreational, and spiritual programming for students. E-mail: rabbi@jewishdawgs.com China Friends Now that you are in the U.S. you are the 外国人 “wàiguórén” or 老外 and this has its difficulties. Our China Friends staff, Joe May and Dorothy Boothe, and volunteers want to help you feel at home and learn about American culture! Wechat: maydaysasia (Joe May) Wechat group: 20 CF@佐治亚大学UGA QQ group: 2020佐治亚大学-COM@UGA- # 293763743 Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) We are working on promoting Chinese culture, general awareness of China, communication and friendship within Chinese community and with people from all over the world! Instagram: @uga_cssa Cru Cru at the University of Georgia is a non-denominational campus ministry that serves both the students (and professors!) at the University of Georgia. Cru at UGA exists for students to know God, grow in their faith, and go to the world. Our vision is that UGA students will build a legacy for Christ (in Athens and beyond) rooted in a gospel transformed life. E-mail: contact@cruuga.org Facebook: @ugacru Instagram: @cruatuga Christian Grads Fellowship E-mail cgf@uga.edu Facebook: @cgfuga Dawgs for Israel Since 2001, Dawgs for Israel has been engaging, educating, and empowering UGA students to discuss, engage with, and celebrate Israel. We are a student-led organization that offers a non-partisan, multi-ideological home for understanding Israel and its place in the Middle East. E-mail: dawgsforisraeluga@gmail.com Facebook: @dawgsforisrael Instagram: @dawgsforisrael Filipino Student Association (FSA) The University of Georgia Filipino Student Association (UGA FSA) promotes the culture and customs of the Philippines at UGA and establishes a sense of family between our diverse members. Through events and gatherings, we learn more about the Filipino culture and share it with family, friends, and the surrounding Athens-Clarke County community. E-mail: fasa.uga@gmail.com Facebook: @ugafsa Instagram: @ugafsa Twitter: @UGA_FSA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmfJybjgjKa_p0p-QJ58hmw GLOBES GLOBES is a diverse organization of faculty, staff, graduate students and administrators, whose mission is to advocate for, develop, and nurture UGA’s LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) communities. E-mail: ugaglobes@gmail.com Facebook: @ugaglobes Graduate and Professional Scholars (GAPS) The purpose of this organization is to utilize the collective resources available to the organization, including members, alumni and friends, for the creation and maintenance of an academic environment that is conducive to the successful matriculation of historically underrepresented graduate and professional students through the University of Georgia. E-mail: gaps@uga.edu Facebook: @UGAGAPS Instagram: @uga_gaps Twitter: @UGA_GAPS Hillel UGA UGA Hillel is the focal point for more than 1000 Jewish undergraduate and graduate students. Our mission is to enrich the lives of these individuals so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world. Our primary goal is to significantly increase the number of Jewish students who have meaningful Jewish experiences at UGA. Jewish Grad Students and Young Professionals at UGA E-mail: roey@ugahillel.org Facebook: @ugahillel Instagram: @hillelatuga Twitter: @HillelatUGA Hispanic Student Association The Hispanic Student Association (HSA) of the University of Georgia serves to assist the University in meeting the needs of the Hispanic and Latino student body. HSA works to preserve and promote the richness and diversity of the Hispanic / Latino-American culture. To these aims the HSA shall encourage cultural diversity, articulate the concerns of Hispanic and Latino students, and cultivate relationships with other student organizations and the Athens-Clarke County community. E-mail: hsa@uga.edu Facebook: @hsaatuga Instagram: @hsaatuga Twitter: @HSAatUGA Indian Cultural Exchange (ICE) The Indian Cultural Exchange (ICE) of the University of Georgia serves to assist the University in meeting the needs of the Indian student body. ICE works to bring the Indian community as well as others together through many social, cultural, political and community service events held throughout the academic year. To these aims the Indian Cultural Exchange shall encourage cultural diversity, articulate the concerns of Indian students, and cultivate relationships with other student organizations and the Athens-Clarke County community. E-mail: icepublicrelations@gmail.com Facebook: @ugaice Instagram: @ugaice Twitter: @UGAICE Indian Student Association (ISA) ISA hosts several events which include Ice breakers for new students, India Night (the annual cultural extravaganza), India's Independence and Republic days, Indian festivals. We act as a liaison between Indian students at the University of Georgia and the Indian, international cultures including students, community and faculty members. E-mail: isa@uga.edu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/isauga/ Instagram: @uga.isa Lebanese Student Organization Lebanese Student Organization at the University of Georgia is focused on gathering the Lebanese and non-Lebanese student body at UGA to help spread information and appreciation of Lebanese heritage, culture, and history. We will do this through discussion, taking part in Lebanese culture, such as dances and folk music, and other means of teaching about the Lebanese culture. Lebanese history and culture is one that has been incredibly important to ancient and modern history of both the East and West. We seek to help the student body at UGA learn about this influential culture. Furthermore, we seek to create a family of students where everyone has a backbone of people to help in times of stress. We want to create a little Lebanese enclave at UGA where students can retreat to feel relaxed and at home. E-mail: lebaneseuga@gmail.com Instagram: @uga.lso Twitter: @LebaneseUga Muslim Students Association (MSA) The Muslim Students Association at the University of Georgia is a religious and social student organization that seeks to network the Muslim students on campus and serve as their voice in the community. MSA also reaches out to the student body in interfaith cooperation and works with other organizations to bring positive change within the UGA campus. By striving to adhere to the principles of the Quran and Sunnah, the MSA also seeks to uphold values of tolerance, sincerity, and brotherhood to build strong and understanding relationships with each other and outlying campus communities. E-mail: msaatuga@gmail.com Facebook: @MSAatUGA Instagram: @uga_msa Twitter: @MSAatUGA National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination. E-mail: uganaacp1998@gmail.com National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) The University of Georgia section of the National Council of Negro Women aims to empower, develop and unify Black female students, alumni, and faculty on the UGA campus. E-mail: ncnwuga15@gmail.com Instagram: @ncnw_uga Twitter: @ncnw_uga Nepalese Student Association (NSA) The purpose/mission of NSA@UGA shall be spreading the words about Nepal and its culture. It will also serve as a connecting organization for all the Nepalese students, staff, and faculty at UGA and their families and also for other people residing around Athens-Clarke County and showing interest in Nepal and Nepalese culture. It will organize programs to increase the knowledge of Nepal and Nepalese culture in the UGA campus and also for helping the new coming students. E-mail: tpa@uga.edu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2082268995420529/ Pakistani Student Association The Pakistani Student Association is an ISL organization that aims to promote and celebrate the rich and vibrant culture of Pakistan through educational and cultural events. E-mail: pakistanisatuga@gmail.com Facebook: @psaatuga Instagram: @psaatuga Twitter: @PSAatUGA Persian Student Union (PSU) The purpose of the Persian Students Union shall be to broaden Persian horizons via networking, interaction, and socializing amongst the community of UGA. The Society shall enlighten our fellow students as to our culture, diversity, and heritage, by becoming established as an influential student organization. E-mail: psu.uga@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2203863037/ Instagram: @ugapersians Russian Club Student organization designed to connect Russian speaking students and anyone interested in the Russian culture. Facebook: @UGARussianClub Sikh Student Association (SSA) The Sikh Student Association is an open and welcoming society of Sikh and non-Sikh students at UGA. We get together for sangat, seva, simran, active discussions, social gatherings, and Sikh events. E-mail: ugasikhs@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UGA-Sikh-Student-Association-2043815002616009/ Instagram: @uga_ssa Twitter: @SikhUga Taiwanese Student Association The Taiwanese Student Association (TSA) serves as an international organization at UGA. Our missions are to promote the Taiwanese culture, establish a sense of family between our diversity members, and increase cultural exchanges among different associations in US southeast regions. We are open to anyone interested in Taiwanese culture!!! E-mail: ugataiwan@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2207159478/ Turkish Student Association TSO aims to cherish and represent Turkish country and culture at The University of Georgia. Facebook: @tsoatuga Vietnamese Student Association (VSA) In 2002, the University of Georgia's Vietnamese Student Association (UGA VSA) was established in order to preserve the Vietnamese culture and heritage through cultural awareness and to educate those who are interested in learning our customs, practices, and interests. Our organization creates and stimulates awareness of the transforming Vietnamese-American cultural identity, while also fostering friendship, goodwill, and a sense of community among our members of all racial and ethnic backgrounds at UGA. E-mail: vsa@uga.edu Facebook: @ugavsa Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/people/138301464@N07/ Instagram: @ugavsa LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ugavsa/ Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/user95049513 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCImr5oLv8_SDRcTHD_sDjAg
