Professional Organizations

Black Student Leadership Caucus

The Black Student Leadership Caucus offers the opportunity for black student organization and leaders to voice their opinions about campus programming, event planning, effective leadership, and role modeling. The members of the Black Student Leadership Caucus represent the black student population on campus. They work collaboratively to create a holistic experience that focuses on academic, professional and personal success.

The following student organizations participate in the Black Student Leadership Caucus:

  • African Students Union
  • Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
  • Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
  • Black Female Development Circle
  • Brothers Overcoming Negativity and Destruction
  • Caribbean Students Association
  • Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
  • Future Black Communication Professionals
  • Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
  • National Association of Black Accountants
  • National Pan-Hellenic Council
  • Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
  • Organization of Jamaican Unity
  • Planet Kreyol
  • Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
  • Strong Women, Strong Girls
  • United Black Students
  • Yellow Rose Society

Brothers Overcoming Negativity & Destruction

Brothers Overcoming negativity and Destruction (B.O.N.D) assists multicultural males in becoming role models for the community, promotes individuals to achieve success and sets a new standard and image for the urban male in today’s society. B.O.N.D upholds the principles of:

  • Promoting male pride by self-enrichment and self-education
  • Providing general academic, social and leadership support for males by incorporating all aspects of student life
  • Establishing leadership to provide political and social change on the University of Miami campus
  • Promoting academic achievement in the classroom as well as increase knowledge of self-outside the classroom
  • Removing all negative stereotypes associated with males by maintaining a positive image
  • Serving as exemplary models for males on campus and in the broader community
President:

Christian Williams

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Future Black Communication Professionals

Future Black Communication Professionals is an organization that promotes cohesion among the hard-working communication students of the University of Miami. FBCP provides an outlet for minority opinion as well as a vehicle for professional enrichment via various workshops, service projects and networking opportunities for students.

For more information, please email um.fbcp@gmail.com


Speak What You Feel

Speak What You Feel (S.W.Y.F.) is a student-run organization that focuses on gathering people who are interested in all forms of poetry for social, practice, and competitive purposes. Our main focus is spoken word, but we encompass dance, painting, drawing, writing, music, photography...any and ALL forms of artistic expression!

Chair:

Tiara Smith

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Unity Roundtable

UNITY Roundtable brings together student leaders from the diverse cultural groups that the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs (MSA) works with. Meetings are held every month and provide an opportunity for students discuss issues pertinent to the multicultural community, such as career planning, collaborative programming, support and guidance for multicultural student organizations, leadership development training and sharing of knowledge and resources. For additional information, please contact MSA at multicultural.studentaffairs@miami.edu.

Chair:

Shamir Cetoute

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The following student organizations participate in the Unity Roundtable Consortium:

  • African Students Union
  • Alliance of Latin American Students
  • Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
  • Asian American Students Association
  • Black Awareness Month Committee
  • Black Female Development Circle
  • Brothers Overcoming Negativity and Destruction 
  • Caribbean Students Association
  • Colombian Students Association
  • Federación de Estudiantes Cubanos
  • Filipino Students Association
  • Francophone Association of Ibis Students
  • Hispanic Heritage Month Committee
  • Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
  • National Association of Black Accountants
  • National Pan-Hellenic Council
  • Organization of Jamaican Unity
  • Russian and Eastern European Club
  • Planet Kreyol
  • STRIVE
  • Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
  • United Black Students
  • Umiami SPARK
  • UPride
  • Veteran Students Organization
  • Yellow Rose Society