Promoting Affinity
Affinity and Registered Student Organizations
QUEER COALITION
The coalition grew out of the Triangle Association, the previous LGBTQIA+ faculty/staff affinity group on campus and has also taken on many of the functions of the former LGBT/Queer Studies and Services Institute.
Faculty-Staff Affinity Groups
Association of Black Academic Employees
Chair: Quanisha Kumi-Darfour, ABAE.IllinoisState.edu
AsiaConnect
Chair: Dr. Li Zeng, AsiaConnect.IllinoisState.edu
Multicultural Alliance in the Workplace
Chairs: Mayuko Nakamura and Will Lewis
Organization of Latino/a/x Employees
Chair: Rocío Rivadeneyra, OLE.IllinoisState.edu
Queer Coalition
Chairs: Byron Craig and Gavin Weiser
Equity-Focused Registered Student Organizations (RSO)—Spring 2021
African Cultural Association
Advisor: Ama Oforiwaa Aduonum
Asian Pacific American Coalition
Advisor: Crystal Jones
Association of Future Black Lawyers
Association of Latinx American Students
Advisor: Juanita Carillo
Association of Latino Professionals for America
Advisor: Maryam Melgar
Association for Women in Communications
Advisor: Stephanie Duquenne
Bangladesh Students Association
Advisor: Kaiser Ahmed
Black Artists League
Advisor: Laina Carney
Black Communications Association
Black Excellence
Black Greek Leadership Council
Advisor: Shawn Dowiak
Black Girl Code
Advisor: Touré Reed
Black Student Psychology Association
Black Student Union
Advisor: Dyrell Ashley
Braille Birds
Brown Boots
Business Acumen
Advisors: Ashley Hicks, Tina Williams
Capoeira Club
Chinese International Association
Advisor: Matthew Schwab
Feminist Led Activist Movement to Empower
Advisor: Gavin Weiser
First Gen Redbirds
Future Educators of Color
Advisor: Sandra Osorio and Cassie Herbert
Hear My Soul
Advisor: Shatoya Black
IGNITE ISU
Indian Student Association
Advisor: Pranshoo Solanki
Japanese Language and Culture Club
Advisor: Roger Thomas
Korean Student Union
Advisor: Jun-Hyun Kim
My Sister’s Keeper,
Advisor: Akilah Jones
Music Student Mutlicultural Association
President: Savannah Griffin
National Association of Black Accountants
Advisor: Jomo Sankara
National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs
Advisor: Angell Howard
National Stuttering Association
Onyx Connect Media
Pride
Progressions of Generations
Recovery for Redbirds
Society Advancing Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science
Advisor: Andrés Vidal-Gadea
South Asian Student Alliance
Advisor: Archana Shekara
Student Disability Network
Students Ending Mental Illness Stigmas
Students Ending Rape Culture
Taiwanese Student Association
Advisor: Miranda Lin
Teaching, Reviving, Indigenizing, Beautifying, and Equalizing
Women’s History Club
Women in Technology
Women in Technology and Science
The multiple religious and spiritual registered student organizations can be found at Redbird Life.
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Annual Report for Illinois State University