Affiliated Student Organizations

Our Affiliated Registered Student Organizations

The Women's Resources Center accepts applications for Registered Student Organizations (RSO) affiliation on a rotating basis. More information on the benefits and responsibilities on WRC RSO affiliation can be found in the 2024-2025 Affiliation Agreement (pdf).

Benefits of Affiliation

  • Advising support from the WRC professional staff
  • Opportunities to co-sponsor events with the WRC
  • Visibility on the WRC website as an affiliated RSO
  • Publicity in the WRC newsletter and social media
  • Option to host meetings or events at the WRC, or assistance in reserving other spaces on campus
  • Assistance with archiving, by holding onto digital and hard copies of documents that would help conserve RSO history
  • Attending WRC RSO Coordinating Council meetings (an opportunity to meet and collaborate with students from other affiliated RSOs)

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2024-2025 WRC Affiliated RSOs

Amnesty International UIUC

Amnesty International’s vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights instruments. In pursuit of this vision, Amnesty International’s mission is to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of these rights. Amnesty International 124 strives to uphold the vision and values of Amnesty International through research, mobilization, and advocacy on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC).

  • Meetings: Tuesdays, 7 PM, University YMCA
  • Leadership:
    • Nina Stepaniants, President
    • Jessica Saavedra, Vice President
  • Links: Facebook

CodeRed UIUC

CodeRed is a philanthropic organization dedicated to working toward accessibility, education, and destigmatization of menstruation. We strive to provide a safe space for talks about women's health and the issues we face.

  • Meetings: Every other Thursday, 6:30 pm, WRC
  • Leadership:
    • Co-President, Dua Iftikhar
    • Co-President, Savannah Welch
  • Contact: codereduiuc@gmail.com
  • Links: Instagram

Gender and Women's Studies RSO

The mission of the GWS RSO is to connect students with an interest in topics related to Gender and Women’s Studies to campus- and community-wide opportunities. We want to provide a space to help inform people and connect them to Gender and Women’s Studies. The GWS RSO creates a safe space for all members to learn through academic support, social activities, and networking opportunities.

Students for Environmental ConcernS (SECS)

Students for Environmental Concerns seeks to educate students and the community on environmental issues and work toward positive environmental change on local to global scales including advocating for people of color and acknowledgment of their disproportionate environmental burden. Our goals are to:

  • Create an inclusive sustainable community on campus, and
  • Work to engage with the stability, integrity, and beauty of the natural world, and
  • Promote and participate in the sustainable food revolution, and
  • Pursue clean energy on and off campus, including holding the university accountable in their participation in the climate crisis, and
  • Advocate for environmental justice and communities of color

 

  • Meetings: Wednesdays, 6:30 PM, Channing Murray Foundation
  • Leadership:
    • President, Rudy LaFave
    • Vice President, Claire Sullivan
  • Contact: uiuc.secs@gmail.com
  • Website: secsatuiuc.web.illinois.edu

Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Incorporated

The purpose of Lambda Theta Alpha shall be to provide a sisterhood based on unity, love and respect in an effort to foster the development of strong leaders who will then provide and practice political, social and cultural activities. It shall also be the purpose of Lambda Theta Alpha to promote unity through charitable and educational programs, maintain a higher standard of learning and serve as a voice for all students.

It's On Us UIUC

It’s On Us UIUC is a chapter of the national It’s On Us movement, which aims to involve students of all identities in the fight against sexual assault. As a diverse student organization, the UIUC chapter aims to decrease rape culture at UIUC by hosting advocacy and awareness campaigns and events, cultivating a community for anti-sexual violence advocates, and providing free community prevention education programs that aim to be even more representative of our diverse student body than UIUC’s mandated workshops.

  • Meetings: TBA
  • Leadership:
    • President, Stormy Mosson
    • Director of Community Education - RSO, Vara Hattiangadi
  • Contact: TBA
  • Links: TBA

Women's Undergraduate Law Society

The purpose of the Women’s Undergraduate Law Society is to provide an environment/organization for prospective women lawyers. Concerns of women applying for law school, as well as concerns for professional careers will be discussed regarding how we can make an impact in the law field.

  • Meetings: 1st Thursdays, 7-8 pm
  • Leadership:
    • President, Maura Heneghan
    • Vice President, Ishani Patel
  • Contact: TBA
  • Links: TBA

Dressember

[The] mission [of the International Justice Mission and its constituent campaign, Dressember] is to protect people in poverty from violence by rescuing victims, bringing criminals to justice, restoring survivors to safety and strength, and helping local law enforcement build a safe future that lasts. The mission of our chapter is "to fight against human trafficking while building a supportive, engaging community for all club members."

Girl Up UIUC

Our mission is to educate and empower women on campus by helping raise awareness about pressing gender-related inequalities and provide a space for voices to be heard so we can uplift every girl toward success.

  • Meetings: Thursdays, 4-5 pm, Lincoln Hall (room # varies by availability but aim to meet in 1022)
  • Leadership:
    • President, Alyssa Medvedeff
    • Vice President, Zethiana Vargas
  • Contact: TBA
  • Links: TBA

IGNITE UIUC

To build the largest, most diverse movement of young women who are ready and eager to own their political power.

  • Meetings: TBA
  • Leadership:
    • President, Abigail Estrada-Hernandez
    • Vice President, Alondra
  • Contact: TBA
  • Links: TBA

Women in Psychology

The purpose of Women in Psychology - UIUC [WIP] is to empower people in the psychology and psychology-adjacent fields. We want to bring together students with similar interests to learn more about psychology and the many possibilities a psychology degree holds.

Women of Pride

Women of Pride is a student LGBTQ+ advocacy group led by and for queer and trans women, gender non-conforming folks and our allies as a safe space to gather and engage our campus community in our mission of LGBTQ+ liberation.

Campus Union for Trans Equality and Support (CUTES)

The Campus Union for Trans Equality and Support (CUTES) is an organization formed in order to provide a unique voice for the trans community at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, advocate for trans equality, discuss trans issues, and provide a safe space for support and discussion for the campus trans community. We welcome anyone who has a passion for trans equality and advocacy, or is just curious about the community in general.

Women of Color

The purpose of Women of Color is to educate, uplift, and unite minority women on the University of Illinois campus and in the greater Champaign-Urbana community.

Planned Parenthood Generation Action

Planned Parenthood Generation Action at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign exists to educate the university community about reproductive health and rights, to translate increased awareness into pro-choice activism on campus, and to serve as a coalition partner to state, national, and international reproductive rights efforts. Students for PPGA believe in the fundamental rights of every individual to manage their fertility. We support full access to comprehensive reproductive and complementary health care services in settings that preserve and protect the essential privacy and rights of each individual; advocate for public policies that guarantee these rights and ensure access to such services; and support access to medically accurate educational programs that enhance understanding of human sexuality.

  • Meetings: Every other Wednesday at 5 pm
  • Leadership: President, Emma Darbo
  • Contact: 
  • Links: Instagram

Past WRC Affiliated RSOs

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She's the First UIUC

She's the First is a nonprofit organization that supports girl-centered education programs in low-income countries. STF fights for a world where every girl can determine her own future and ensure girls are educated, respected, and heard.