African American/Black Diaspora Resource Guide
Contact Student Engagement & Leadership Development for student organization information at studentengagment@csumb.edu or 831-582-4686. A full list of CSUMB Inter-Club Council Clubs can be found at the Inter-Club Council Club Directory Check out the Sports Club Council Club Directory to see a current list of all Sports Clubs on campus. The Greek Organization Directory is also great to be involved in Greek Life.
Alpha Kappa Alpha
The Alpha Kappa Sorority, Incorporated chartered on April 16, 2017, at CSUMB had its humble beginnings as the vision of nine college students on the campus of Howard University in 1908. Since then, the sorority has flourished into a globally-impactful organization of over 300,000 college-trained members, bound by the bonds of sisterhood and empowered by a commitment to servant-leadership that is both domestic and international in its scope. As Alpha Kappa Alpha has grown, it has maintained its focus in two key areas: the lifelong personal and professional development of each of its members; and galvanizing its membership into an organization of respected power and influence, consistently at the forefront of effective advocacy and social change that results in equality and equity for all citizens of the world.
Contact: jafields@csumb.edu
For more information, please see their website.
Associated Students
Make a difference and have a voice on campus! Gain leadership and professional experiences. Network with campus administrators and other student organizational leaders. Be an advocate in representing student concerns on university committees, as well as, local and statewide legislative bodies. Compensation includes a monthly stipend. Apply for an elected position with Associated Students (AS), your student government.
Contact: president@ascsumb.org
For more information, please see their website and visit their Facebook
Black Students United
Black Students United provides a voice for Black students, promotes social and cultural awareness in the community, improves and maintains relationships between Black students and students of other ethnic backgrounds, and takes an active part in the activities of other ethnic backgrounds, and of the University. BSU is a diverse club that offers membership to any race.
Contact: blackstudentsunited@csumb.edu
Adviser: Shanieka Jones, (831) 582-3154, shjones@csumb.edu
For more information, please see their Instagram.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Delta Sigma Theta (ΔΣΘ) is a private, non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide assistance and support through established programs in local communities throughout the world. The sorority is currently a sisterhood of more than 200,000 predominantly African American college-educated women. This includes over 900 chapters located in the U.S., England, Japan (Tokyo & Okinawa), Germany the Virgin Islands, Bermuda, the Bahamas, and the Republic of Korea. The sorority uses its Five-Point Programmatic Thrust of economic development, educational development, international awareness and involvement, physical and mental health, and political awareness and engagement to create its national programs. Delta Sigma Theta is the eighth sorority to be chartered at CSUMB; the first historically African American sorority established on campus. The Upsilon Xi chapter was chartered on April 27, 2014, with seven members; Diamond Gaskins, Shiyla Goodie, Nancy Her, Bridgette Johnson, Tyler Posey, Courtney Thomas, and Tiffany Williams.
Contact: greeklife@csumb.edu
For more information, please see their website.
First Gen Friends Club
The purposes of this organization are to promote diversity, unity and create another support system for students that identify as first-gen. Some of our goals are to spread the knowledge to incoming students about the services that the school offers, create an educational, supportive and welcoming environment to first-generation students, gain confidence and create leadership opportunities for others, and lastly to give back to our community through community service.
Contact: eopclub@csumb.edu
Adviser: Aimee Sanchez, asanchez@csumb.edu
Harambee African Heritage Men's Group
A support group for Black male students to foster pride in their African heritage through the celebration of accomplishments and community. The Group Facilitator is Steven Goings at the Personal Growth & Counseling Center. He can be reached at the phone number and email below.
Contact: Steven Goings, 831-582-3969; sgoings@csumb.edu
For more information, please see their website.
International Club
The purpose of the CSUMB International Club is to create a community for international students and CSUMB students to interact and have more opportunities to meet one another. We want to better the experience of international students at CSUMB and foster more cultural awareness for CSUMB students.
Contact: internationalclub@csumb.edu
Adviser: Julio Castro, jcastro@csumb.edu, (831) 582-4752
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
Kappa Alpha Psi (KAΨ) was founded on January 5th, 1911 on the campus of Indiana State University. The Rho Beta Chapter was founded on the CSUMB campus on June 5th, 2011. The fraternity was created to form a brotherhood of African American Males to ban together and promote leadership and achievement in all fields of human endeavors. Since then Kappa Alpha Psi has expanded to include members from different backgrounds who share the same values as their great founders. The fraternity has over 125,000 members with 700 undergraduate and alumni chapters in every state of the United States, and international chapters in the United Kingdom, Germany, Korea, Japan, U.S. Virgin Islands, Nigeria, and South Africa. Kappa Alpha Psi sponsors programs providing community service, social welfare, and academic scholarship through the Kappa Alpha Psi Foundation and is a supporter of the United Negro College Fund and Habitat for Humanity. Kappa Alpha Psi is a member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) and the North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC). The fraternity is the first predominantly African-American Greek-letter society founded west of the Appalachian Mountains still in existence and is known for its “cane stepping” in NPHS organized step shows.
Contact: kappaalphapsi@csumb.edu
For more information, please see their website.
Make sure to check the class schedule, catalog, or academic advisor to make sure the classes are available.
HCOM 346: African American Life/History
HCOM 348: Race, Colonialism, and Film
MPA 345: Jazz Improvisation
Deja Blue
500 Broadway Ave
Seaside CA, 93955
For more information, please see their website.
Divorce with Dignity, Monterey
484B Washington Street
Ste. 508
Monterey, CA 93940
For more information, please see their website.
GEO Cuts
1137 Broadway Ave
Seaside, CA 93955
For more information, please see their website.
Michelle’s Soul Food Kitchen
2087 Del Monte Blvd.
Seaside, CA 93955
For more information, please see their website.
Seaside Beauty Salon
785 Broadway Ave.
Seaside, CA 93955
(831) 889-3736
Shear Heaven
1534 Del Monte Ave.
Seaside, CA 93955
For more information, please see their website.
Ord Market
2700 Imjin Pkwy
Marina, CA 93933
For more information, please see their website.
Side Affects
630 Obama Way
Seaside, CA 93955
For more information, please see their website.
Solyana Beauty Supply (Northridge Mall)
796 N Main St Suite 1252
Salinas, CA 93906
831-394-8773
California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. (CRLA)
Salinas Office: 831-757-5221
Watsonville Office: 831-724-2253
For more information, please see their website.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Monterey Peninsula Alumnae Chapter
PO Box 1154, Seaside, CA 93955
For more information, please see their website.
Kappa Gamma Omega
P.O. Box 804
Seaside, CA 93955
For more information, please see their website.
Kiwanis Club of Monterey
18619 McClellan Circle
East Garrison, CA 93933
Lions Club International Marina
3116 Del Monte Blvd.
Marina CA, 93933
For more information, please see their website.
Monterey Peace and Justice Resource Center
1364 Fremont Blvd.
Seaside, CA 93955
For more information, please see their website.
NAACP Monterey County Branch
P.O. Box 782, Seaside, CA. 93955
E-mail: mcbnaacp1049@att.net
For more information, please see their website.
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
Omicron Nu Chapter
P.O. Box 864, Seaside, CA 93955
For more information, please see their website.
Pause the Calls
Email: nolackms@yahoo.com
For more information, please see their Facebook.
The Village Project
1069 Broadway Avenue, Suite 201
Seaside, CA 93955
For more information, please see their website.
YWCA Monterey County
236 Monterey Street
Salinas, CA 93901
For more information, please visit their website.
References to nonCSUMB products, services, or organizations do not imply Otter Cross Cultural Center or University endorsement of such products, services, or organizations.