Georgetown University

Student Organizations

The Center for Social Justice (CSJ) grants access to benefits to 41 student organizations at Georgetown University that work in the Washington, D.C., national, and global communities. 

CSJ Student organizations are overseen by the CSJ Advisory Board for Student Organizations (CSJ ABSO).

For more information about our student organizations or if you cannot find contact information for any of the student organizations below, please send a message to CSJ ABSO.

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Georgetown AIDS Coalition serves to foster campus awareness and student action in the fight against global AIDS.

Alpha Phi Omega is a student service organization dedicated to the principles of fellowship and service. APO members engage in a broad range of service projects in the DC community from providing companionship to Alzheimer patients to overnight staffing of a shelter for women in recovery.

Best Buddies enhances the lives of the intellectually disabled by promoting one-to-one friendships between Georgetown students and the intellectually disabled community of DC. Georgetown and community buddies engage in activities together on and off campus. 

Blanket New Orleans is committed to providing residents of the Seabrook neighborhood in New Orleans with blankets and other resources to provide relief from the impact of Hurricane Katrina.

Breast Cancer Outreach raises awareness of the risks and preventions of breast cancer, and supports related health programs. Students raise funds through social events and on-campus publicity.

Caring for Children with Cancer is a group that allows students to volunteer at the Pediatric Clinic in the Lombardi Cancer Center through a buddy program, holiday parties, social work, and fundraising.

Cristo Rey Tutoring is a tutoring and mentoring program with the low-income students of Don Bosco Cristo Rey.

Georgetown Donors sponsors a number of blood drives throughout the year, working to provide a constant blood source for the Washington DC area.

Georgetown First Book works with local literacy programs to distribute new books to children who have little or no access to books.

Georgetown Friends of Turning the Page brings together local community partners to provide parents with the skills and resources to foster within their children a life-long love of learning, thus increasing their children’s academic achievement.

Dance DC teaches ballet, tap, and step dance to underprivileged children in Southeast D.C.

Fashion for Education seeks to reach out students in the DC Public Schools and provide opportunities to learn about fashion to enrich the students’ education.

GU Habitat for Humanity draws attention to plight of nation’s homeless and fosters change in the community to better their situation. Habitat programs include homebuilding, and staffing shelters. The group raised enough funds to sponsor Georgetown’s first house in 2004 in Northeast DC .

GU Melody provides musical instruction to children living in low-income neighborhoods. Children are also introduced to various types of music through field trips and attendance at concerts or other local performances.

Georgetown University Math and Science Hands-On Enrichment (GUMSHOE) aims to instill in DC Public School students an understanding of and appreciation for math and science by tutoring students who struggle and challenging those who excel.

GU Urban Debate League (GUDLA) sends college students to act as judges for debate competitions in urban high schools, as well as assists in coaching those debate teams.

GU Young Scholars (GUYS) is a mentoring program for youth in Sursum Corda neighborhood. The GUYS program sponsors activities including a career day, speakers and field trips.

Girl Talk is mentoring program aimed at promoting awareness and support for secondary school girls in DC. Currently, Girl Talk is partnering with Duke Ellington School for the Performing Arts to provide training workshops and group discussions for high school girls on gender related issues, including eating disorders and sexual harassment.

Hoya Outreach Programs and Education (HOPE) is committed to the comprehensive support homeless and hungry adults, families and children. HOPE prepares meals, conducts clothing drives, distributes drug rehabilitation information, and supports targeted families with needed items such as school materials and bedding.

Hoyas Global Initiative strives to have students make personal commitments, thereby integrating awareness about international social justice issues with local and daily actions. The group organizes service projects and promote awareness about issues that include but are not limited to the annual elected four focus areas of the Clinton Global Initiative.

Hoyathon is a dance marathon to raise funds for the Children’s Hospital and the Georgetown University Care Clinic.

Just One Day is a one-day poverty awareness event that includes a Faces of the Homelessness panel and a sleep-out and reflection.

Male Development Association provides guidance and mentorship to male high school students regarding academic, health, social and cultural issues.

Native American Experience provides a week-long experience on a Native American reservation to learn about cultural aspects of rural Native Americans.

Oak Hill Outreach provides tutoring and mentoring to residents at the Oak Hill Youth Detention Center in Laurel, Maryland. Tutors develop individual lesson plans to foster academic growth while building positive relationships.

OurMoment is Georgetown’s first student organization that works specifically for awareness and action on issues related to international development. The broad topic of international development encompasses the interests of students, NGOs, academics and professionals alike. OurMoment serves as a locus for these diverse interests in hopes that this interaction will lead to mutually-beneficial relationships and coordination.

Prison Outreach provides prison inmates with one-on-one tutoring and exposure to literature and other academic disciplines. These weekly sessions enhance the inmates’ critical thinking, as well as written and oral communication skills.

ACS Relay for Life of Georgetown University fundraises on behalf of the American Cancer Society at the annual Relay for Life. Relay for Life of Georgetown also aims to educate our campus about the work of American Cancer Society is currently doing in the battle against cancer and to provide access to resources for those in the campus community currently engaged in that battle.

St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Outreach Program creates interactive relationships between Georgetown students and the mentally ill patients at St. Elizabeth’s hospital.

Spring Break in Appalachia (SBIA) performs community service and learning about the culture of rural Appalachia and other underserved communities. Sent in teams of fifteen students provide unskilled labor such as clearing brush, painting, and weather-proofing homes.

Students of Ailing Mothers and Fathers (AMF) is a support network of Georgetown students with a sick or deceased parent. Students raised awareness and funds for causes associated with their parent’s illnesses, provide support to children in the District who have recently lost a parent.

Students Stopping Trafficking of People (SSTOP) aims to raise awareness of human trafficking and to coordinate efforts at college campus’ to help end modern day slavery.

Sursum Corda Literacy Program provides tutors to the Sursum Corda community, a low-income housing complex located near the Capitol. In addition to tutoring children, the program sponsors field trips to the campus, basketball games and picnics.

Student Coalition Against Genocide (STAND) works to educate the student body about the crisis in Darfur , to engage the university community in dialogue and action, and to aid other students nationwide in taking action on their campuses.

Students Helping Honduras raises awareness of the problems in and fundraises for an orphanage and village construction.

Truth and Human Rights in North Korea works to educate the campus about the grave and often ignored humanitarian crisis that continues to afflict citizens of North Korea. We aim to be their voice at Georgetown by seeking and sharing reliable and up-do-date information on the acute hunger problem and inhumane persecution of these people, which requires the attention from the rest of the world.

UNICEF-Georgetown is a Georgetown chapter of an international organization that raises funds for underprivileged children around the world.