Latinx Clubs and Organizations

MAPS

The Minority Association for Pre-Medical Students has been at the University of Oregon since 2011. MAPS is a club for pre-medical students, which is open to all UO students but is traditionally tailored for minority students. Their mission is "to provide resources to underrepresented students on the UO campus, in an effort to help them reach their professional goals in the health field” – Tom Hernandez, UO MAPS President 2014-2015.

SACNAS at UO

The Society for the Advancement of Chincanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) at UO exists to create a supportive community of STEM students at the University of Oregon. SACNAS is the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science. Students of all backgrounds are welcome to join our community in support of this mission. Find events here.

Latinx Male Alliance

The Latinx Male Alliance organization (EST 2017), sponsored by the Division of Equity and Inclusion, intends to support Latinx students in their UO college experience. Through this organization, students can benefit and contribute to the development of a welcoming, inclusive, and safe student organization focused on the unique needs and interests of Latinx male college students. Additionally, in tandem with student leadership, Latinx Male Alliance will provide academic, cultural, social and leadership development, as well as personal support for UO undergraduate students.

Unidos

Founded in 2021 by two public relations majors, Unidos is the UO student chapter of the Hispanic Public Relations Association (HPRA). Unidos is only the second student chapter in the country.The student organization’s stated goal is to lay down a pathway for Hispanic- and Latine-identifying students at UO to form connections within the public relations sectors.

UO Muxeres

Mujeres was established in 1995 to the purpose of empowerment of Chicanas within MEChA and those that belong to other women’s groups of color. Mujeres creates a safe space in which women of color are able to communicate with each other on issues that are pertaining to us. We work on Issues that affect us on campus and outside the campus community. We are an organization that helps retain Latinas on campus due to the fact that we create a family.

MECHA DE UO

Our student union originated with an organization started by Chicanx and Latinos in 1964, known as the Chicanx Student Union. The union took on the MEChA identity, five years later, at the Santa Barbara Conference, as an attempt to unify with other Chicanx student unions along the West coast. Now there are about 300 MEChA Chapters in existence nationwide. The state of Oregon composes our region or Aztlan del Noroeste, formally known as Mictlampa Cihuatlampa.