ASUC Student Guide

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Student Initiated Service Groups (SISG) Native American Recruitment and Retention Center (NARRC)

Pilipino Academic Student Services (PASS)

National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)

Project RISHI

http://narrc.berkeley.edu/ Serves as cultural, social and academic support for students interested in Native American issues.

ncnwucberkeley.com Serves as a support group and community outreach organization for African–American women. Unites Black women on the campus by creating a network and a strong sisterhood. Provides retention for the Black community, specifically and primarily for young Black females.

Oakland Asian Student Educational Services

http://www.oases.org OASES provides tutoring services for children of Oakland Chinatown.

Open Computing Facility

http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu An all-volunteer, student-run, student-initiated service group dedicated to free computing for all University of California, Berkeley students, faculty and staff.

Pacific Islanders at Cal

Offers space for all students who are Pacific Islanders or who support Pacific Islander issues.

Peace Corp at Berkeley

peace.corps@berkeley.edu Recruits students and community members to serve Peace Corps and helps educate underprivileged population and improve infrastructure in underdeveloped regions around the world.

People’s Test Preparation Service (PTPS)

http://www.ptps.prg/ Provides free 10-week SAT classes to urban high school students.

Phi Delta Epsilon

http://dpe.berkeley.edu/ A co-educational, international medical fraternity that helps with bonding and networking among future physicians.

http://ucbpass.weebly.com/ An entirely student-run service organization formed in 1985 to address the educational concenrs of Pilipino students in pursuit of higher education. www.projectrishi.org/berkeley Provides for the basic, healthcare needs of rural Indian villages and provides UC Berkeley undergraduates with exposure to community service, international outreach, and rural healthcare.

Queer Alliance and Resource Center (QARC)

queer.berkeley.edu Works to create social events, educate the general Berkeley community about queer issues, and give voice and visibility to queer concerns. Various queer student groups on campus comprise Queer Alliance.

Queer Straight Alliance

queer.berkeley.edu Creates a safe, inclusive environment (space) in UC Berkeley for students to support each other and learn about homophobia and other oppressions such as but is not limited to sexism, racism, transphobia, and classism.

RAZA Recruitment and Retention Ctr. (RRRC) http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~rrrc Serves to increase the number of Chicano/Latino students in the UCB campus by carrying out a recruiting program in California high schools as well as working on retention of those recruited.

Reach! Asian Pacific American Recruitment and Retention Ctr.

http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~reach Committed to the service, empowerment, and mobilization of refugee, immigrant, and underserved Asian/Pacific Islanders by promoting higher education to empower these groups and challenge inequalities in these communities.

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