Princeton Advocacy & Activism Student Organizations

Student advocacy and activism organizations provide undergraduate and graduate students with the opportunity to put their ideas into action. The Pace Center for Civic Engagement recognizes a wide range of advocacy organizations. An advocacy organization is a group of students who have come together, in the spirit of civic engagement, to lead and advocate on behalf of a social issue, and which may or may not incorporate a service component and/or a community partner to move their ideas into action. From advocating for prison education reform, to building a community around social entrepreneurship, to organizing to ensure fair and adequate health care, student organizations tackle a wide array of societal issues that affect our local and global communities. Student organization recognition signifies that the organization has been reviewed, approved, and is now sponsored by the Pace Center.
A list of student advocacy and activism organizations recognized and supported by the Pace Center is provided below. If you don’t see an organization that meets your interests, you can consider proposing and establishing a new group. New student organizations can be proposed by undergraduate and/or graduate students. To propose a new group, complete and submit the New Service Group Proposal Form. Staff review proposals on the first Monday each month. To ensure a review, your proposal must be submitted by 5:00 pm on the Thursday prior. If you have any questions as you develop your idea and proposal, email Evan Schneider, the staff adviser for student organizations.
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Student Advocacy & Activism Organizations
Acts of Kindness
Camp Kesem Princeton
Challah for Hunger
Finding The Match
I'm Not Done Yet Club
Letters to Strangers
One for the World
Princeton Against Slavery & Trafficking
Princeton Disability Awareness
Princeton Effective Altruism
Princeton Environmental Activism Coalition (PEAC)
Princeton for Health Literacy and Equity
Princeton Indigenous Advocacy Coalition
The Princeton Indigenous Advocacy Coalition (PIAC) is a student group that seeks to empower and advocate for Indigenous students and studies at Princeton. We work primarily on four core broad goals that we have identified as areas of growth for the university. They are:
Princeton Partners in Health Engage
Princeton Student Climate Initiative
Princeton Students Against Gerrymandering
Princeton Students for Data Rights (PSDR)
Princeton Students for Data Rights (PSDR) seeks to educate the university community about privacy and corporate and government surveillance, to raise awareness about the relationship between data and oppression, and to engage and empower the next generation of privacy leaders.
Contacts:
Princeton Students for Immigrant Empowerment
Princeton Students United Restoration Foundation (PSURF)
Princeton University Girl Up
SPLASH
Students for Prison Education, Abolition and Reform (SPEAR)
Students for Sensible Drug Policy
UNICEF Princeton
Policies and Practices
Student organizations are recognized and supported by the University and as such, abide by University, ODUS and specific Pace Center policies and practices.
Resources
Whether around activism, advocacy, civic dialogue, direct service or other forms of engagement, resources are available to support your success.