A Week for Life (E-mail: aweek4life@yahoo.com)

This organization is for those students committed to educating themselves and their peers on issues related to HIV/AIDS by promoting the appreciation of life through diverse programming which encourages students to reduce at-risk behaviors by making positive choices. Our week, which will be from Mon. April 16 to Sun. April 22 this year, usually includes an AIDS Vigil, an AIDS walk, a Safe Sex Carnival, an Educational Forum, a Barbecue and Free AIDS Testing.

Alpha Phi Omega ( APO ) (E-mail: umalphaphiomega@yahoo.com, http://www.apo.org)

APO is a national co-ed service fraternity who's mission is to prepare campus and community leaders through service. Its purpose is to develop leadership, to promote friendship, and to provide service to humanity. Throughout the semester, we do different service events, such as the AIDS Walk.

Amnesty International (E-mail: amnestyinternationalum@gmail.com)

Amnesty International is a non-profit, international organization, with over 1.8 million members in 150 countries, and is the recipient of the 1977 Nobel Peace Prize. The aim of the organization is to raise awareness of human rights abuses across the globe, and to catalyze change though activism. Our current campaign is the genocide in Darfur , Sudan along with various other projects for this year like the annual Die in this March. In addition, the group writes letters each week to governments about their illegal detention of prisoners of consciousness, or those who are jailed merely for expressing their views of freedom.

Be the Change: National Gandhi Day of Service (E-mail: umgandhiday@yahoo.com)

A national day of service sponsored by the South Asian American Leaders of Tomorrow (SAALT) that commemorates the works and ideals of Mahatma Gandhi. This year's National Gandhi Day of Service on Saturday, September 30 th , hopes to include over 800 volunteers, as we collaborate with other Miami college campuses and high schools.

Best Buddies (E-mail: umbestbuddies@gmail.com, http://www.miami.edu/studorgs/bestbuddies)

The mission of Best Buddies is to enhance the lives of people with intellectual disabilities by providing opportunities for one-to-one friendships and integrated employment.

Big Brothers Big Sisters (E-mail: UMBBBS@yahoo.com, http://www.miami.edu/studorgs/bbbs )

Our mission is to promote positive character-building in children ("Littles") through one-on-one relationships with a mentor ("Big"). We have two types of volunteering opportunities. As an In-school "Big," you will visit your "Little" once a week for an hour and help them with their homework, eat lunch together, play outside, etc. If you don't have a car, we provide free transportation to the school. As a Community "Big," you visit your "Little" twice a month after school or on the weekends and do fun activities together. UM's BBBS club provides FREE monthly activities for Community ?Bigs.? This is an enjoyable, mutually rewarding opportunity and it's as simple as being a friend to a child!

Body Image for Girls and Guys (B.I.G.G.) (E-mail: abdul.chaudhry@gmail.com)

This student organization promotes body image awareness with a focus on eating disorders. The impact that images in the media have on young people is realized by presenting discussion-oriented workshops. Any member is welcome and past experience is not necessary to present and develop innovative ways to promote awareness of self beyond the body.

Brothers Overcoming Negativity and Destruction (BOND) (E-mail: BOND1095@yahoo.com, http://www.miami.edu/studorgs/bond)

BOND is a multifaceted student organization with many purposes. Primarily, we serve as a source for minority male involvement in the UM community. We also give back to the minority community through community service aiding in education and other social causes.

Canes for Cancer Awareness (E-mail: canes4cancerawareness@yahoo.com, http://www.freewebs.com/canes4cancerawareness/)

The purpose of Canes for Cancer Awareness is to continually promote cancer awareness in the university community, focusing on the types of cancer that affect college students.

Canes Emergency Response Team (CERT) (E-mail: rescuecanes@gmail.com, http://www.umcert.com)

The purpose of CERT is to maintain a trained team of members that will rapidly respond to assist the local responders at the University, surrounding Coral Gables community, private agencies and/or state and federal agencies during a large-scale emergency or disaster.

Earth Alert (E-mail: earthalert@hotmail.com, http://www.miami.edu/studorgs/earthalert)

Earth Alert is the environmental group on campus. We focus on issues affecting the student body, such as recycling and energy conservation. Our main activities revolve around volunteering; however, we also have several nature outings and picnics to appreciate the world as much as we try to make it better. We also work to encourage environmental practices on campus.

FunDay

The mission of FunDay is to provide a day dedicated to the special citizens of Miami . We invite many mentally handicapped citizens to campus for a day and have a myriad of events for them including a carnival style event, a BBQ, music therapy, mystery theater, and arts and crafts. There are three different ways you can participate in FunDay. If the fall, you can either join the executive board or be a group leader. We also take as many student volunteers as possible on the day of FunDay, which will take place on Saturday, February 17, 2007.

Greenpeace UM (Email: greenpeaceum@gmail.com )

The objectives of Greenpeace UM are to raise awareness of and take action against environmental destruction, mobilize the student body, and educate students about the environment through grassroots organizing.

Hands for the Homeless (http://snipurl.com/handshomeless)

This is a group of passionate students dedicated to lending a helping hand to the least, the last and the lost: the homeless community in Miami . We volunteer our time around the city serving, tutoring and inspiring the homeless. We make a difference in the lives of hundreds of homeless people every year, and you can too!

Hurricanes Help the Hometown (E-mail: hhth2006@yahoo.com)

As part of the Homecoming festivities in the fall semester, faculty, staff, students and alumni come together for a day of service. Typically, we will place upwards of 750 people at 35-40 sites throughout the campus and surrounding community. Service projects range from cooking meals for the homeless to landscaping to painting murals in schools. This year's Hurricanes Help the Hometown will take place on Saturday, October 28, 2006.

IMPACT

IMPACT (Individuals Maximizing Potential And Creating Tomorrows) is the premiere leadership immersion experience on campus.  At this leadership weekend retreat, a carefully selected cohort of emerging and established leaders travel to an off-campus location where they are exposed to an intense leadership development curriculum and serve as a campus think-tank for new initiatives and current campus challenges.  During IMPACT, participants also explore their personal leadership style and network with other emerging and established campus leaders.  In addition, the Center will work with individual students to craft leadership experiences that emphasize strengths and incorporate the desired outcomes expressed by the student.

Kids and Culture (E-mail: kidsandculture@gmail.com)

Our organization is committed to supporting the educational prospects of students living in low income areas of Miami through the non public sector. Student mentors will be serving these children several times a week through visits and with a curriculum designed to challenge students in various subjects catering to individual learning styles.

Kids Demonstrating Worth (KDW) (E-mail: kidsdemonstratingworth@aol.com or KDWMENTORING@aol.com)

KDW, as it is commonly referred, is focused on mentoring children between the ages of 5-18 who are in the foster care system to help instill positive self-image. We mentor them and encourage them to apply to college. Currently, we are working with the Children & Youth Law Clinic and the South Miami Community Center.

LINK (E-mail: LINK.studorg@miami.edu, http://www.miami.edu/studorgs/link)

LINK is a service organization that provides UM with a variety of one-time volunteer events as well as awareness events on campus about the issues affecting the Miami community. We have events almost every week called Feel Good Fridays and Service Saturdays. We also host a number of special events and help new groups grow to fruition.

Marine Mammal Stranding Team (E-mail: mmstumiami@yahoo.com)

The MMST dedicates itself to the enrichment and education of students and the public through rescues, rehabilitations and releases of marine mammals. We are a volunteer organization that adds to student life by providing education to students through marine related activities (beach clean-ups, snorkeling, and trips to marine facilities). We hope to provide our members with a chance to gain knowledge of the marine environment as well as social links with their peers.

Project Sunshine (E-mail: UMProjectSunshine@yahoo.com, http://www.projectsunshinemiami.tk

Project Sunshine is a national organization whose main purpose is to bring smiles to hospital patients who suffer from loneliness and pain. Project Sunshine's University of Miami chapter provides UM students with the opportunity to volunteer at Miami Children's Hospital as ?Bedside Buddies.? ?Bedside Buddies? volunteer once a week for two and a half hours at the hospital. They are equipped with board games, cards, arts & crafts, and other fun activities that can make a child's stay at the hospital more enjoyable.

Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) (E-mail: umrakmail@yahoo.com, http://www.umrak.tk)

Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) is a new student organization that began in the spring of 2006, completely dedicated to making people on campus feel good- through simple acts, big and small- that do not necessitate reward. Just when you least expect it, RAK members can be seen outside your classroom giving away free pizza as part of their "Have a slice 'cuz we're nice!" campaign. During stressful times, RAK members give away free donuts and cookies as part of their "Feeling beat? Have a treat!" campaign. We shamelessly sport "You like my RAK?" t-shirts. And there's more to come!

Rotaract Club of UM (E-mail: rotaract_um@yahoo.com, http://www.rotaractum.com )

Rotaract is a Rotary International-sponsored service club. Through the Rotaract program, young adults not only augment their knowledge and skills, but they also address the physical and social needs of their communities while promoting international understanding and peace through a framework of friendship and service. Service Above Self!

Service & Leadership Advisory Board

Starting in the fall of 2006, the Service & Leadership Advisory Board is a specially selected group of students who assist the Center with special initiatives and policy development. Representative of a cross-section of different student demographics, perspectives and involvement, the group gives critical insight into the programs and services to ensure that programs provided are relevant to student needs. While guiding the philosophical direction of the Butler Center for Volunteer Service and Leadership Development, they will also work to promote networking among the student organizations and advocate for the inclusion of civic engagement / servant-leadership on campus. Special projects include Tunnel of Oppression and Outward Bound outdoor challenge courses.

SpectrUM (E-mail: glbc.studorg@miami.edu, http://www.miami.edu/spectrum)

We are a student organization at the University of Miami that promotes and celebrates diversity in sexual orientation and gender identity. We provide a safe place for everyone, but we are geared more towards the GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual, Transgendered) community. Besides our weekly meetings, we have several events on campus throughout the year including Coming Out Week, Spring Education Week, and Transgender Day of Remembrance. We also have a political branch for the political-minded called OUTspoken.

STRIVE (Serving Together Reaching Integrity, Values & Engagement) Community

New to the University of Miami, the STRIVE Community is the first on-campus housing experience that focuses on leadership, civic engagement, and provides a unique opportunity for incoming students to live with and be mentored by seasoned campus leaders.  Housed exclusively on campus in Building 34 of the Apartment Area, each member of the STRIVE community formally agrees to attend educational programs for self and skill development, serve the community through direct service and campus leadership endeavors, and participate in a common academic experience focused on finding one's leadership voice in the context of the larger community.  Through this living experience, STRIVE participants will learn and apply the critical skills to develop as an agent of change in a global community. 

Students Together Ending Poverty (S.T.E.P.)

Our organization takes thoughtful actions and promotes awareness to decrease local, national and worldwide poverty. Through fund-raising events, volunteering and awareness campaigns, we are helping put an end to impoverishment. With your enthusiasm, creativity and dedication we can decrease poverty. Take a S.T.E.P. and make a difference.

Students Toward a New Democracy (S.T.A.N.D.) (E-mail: standum@gmail.com, http://www.standum.org)

We are a student organization that strives to create an activist culture in a historically apathetic student body. We aim to create a foundational activist culture and social network which extends beyond the walls of the school and into the local community. We work in collaborative efforts with existing progressive student organizations to consolidate our resources, collective knowledge, and social capital. Our issues range from Living Wage, to environmentalism, to gay rights and to race issues. Our purpose is simple. We are here to nurture and maintain a culture of progressive activism; a social and political foundation on which we may build a better society. By educating each other of our respective struggles, we bridge the gaps that divide us.

Student Campaign for Child Survival (SCCS) (E-mail: SCCSMiami@hotmail.com, http://www.supportchildsurvival.org)

The Student Campaign for Child Survival (SCCS) is a national grassroots organization concerned with child survival issues and global child health. The issue is that 11 million children are dying globally each year due to easily preventable and treatable diseases. Thus, SCCS motivates students to take action and stand up for children. Some of the yearly events include a National Conference in Washington D.C. , where students meet with Senators and Representatives to discuss child survival. In addition, we take part in fundraising, lectures, and direct action. SCCS is looking forward to having another strong year and is excited about making a difference in our world.

UM Alternative Breaks (E-mail: umalternativebreaks@yahoo.com, http://www.miami.edu/studorgs/umab)

Our organization has been in existence for about thirteen years. We are a student group committed to "providing participants with meaningful and enjoyable experiences by immersing participants in a different way of life, providing lessons in working cohesively as a group, as well as an avenue for making new friends, challenging stereotypes, and providing immediate relief with a potential for long-term solutions, in order to foster a life-long commitment to social action." And participants have indeed claimed that their Alternative Breaks trips have been "life-changing experiences" through service to local, national, and international communities.

UM Habitat for Humanity (E-mail: umhabitat@gmail.com, http://:www.miami.edu/studorgs/umhabitat)

The University of Miami chapter of Habitat for Humanity works in coordination with the Habitat for Humanity Chapter of Greater Miami. We organize build dates, where UM students are able to put their hard work into making a home for people less fortunate than themselves. In addition, the UM chapter of Habitat holds fundraising and awareness events throughout the school year.

UM Relay for Life (E-mail: umrelay4life@gmail.com)

Relay For Life® is a fun-filled overnight event designed to celebrate survivorship and raise money to help the American Cancer Society save lives, help those who have been touched by cancer, and empower individuals to fight back against this disease. During the event, teams of people gather at schools, fairgrounds, or parks and take turns walking or running laps. Each team keeps at least one team member on the track at all times. Relay is much more than a walk around a track. It is a time to remember those lost to cancer and celebrate those who have survived. It is a night for people who have shared the same experience to comfort and console one another. Relay gives you the power to help accelerate the Society's advancement toward a future where cancer doesn't take the lives of our friends and family. Together we can accelerate the progress to a cancer-free future.

United Students Against Sweatshops (E-mail: u.s.a.s.um@gmail.com, http://www.studentsagainstsweatshops.org)

The abuse of sweatshop labor is among the most blatant examples of the excesses and exploitation of the global economy. We recognize, however, that the term "sweatshop" is not limited to the apparel industry as traditionally conceived; sweatshop conditions exist in the fields, in the prisons, on our campuses, in the power relations of a flawed system. Thus, we consider all struggles against the systemic problems of the global economy to be directly or by analogy a struggle against sweatshops. Join United Students Against Sweatshops to fight for the struggle.

Up ?Til Dawn (E-mail: umuptildawn@yahoo.com, http://www.miami.edu/studorgs/uptildawn)

Up 'til Dawn is a campus-wide letter writing campaign which raise s funds to benefit the patient care and medical research of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis , Tennessee . Students get involved by being on the Executive Board and by writing pre-drafted letters to their families and friends asking them to donate money to St. Jude.

Yellow Rose Society (E-mail: yellowrosesociety@miami.edu)

Yellow Rose Society is a community service student organization at the University of Miami . As young minority women who recognize the need for change, the Yellow Rose Society strives to promote female pride by self-enrichment and social education. Every year, Yellow Rose Society demonstrates this goal through the annual production of Genesis, a play that shifts focus from year to year to spread awareness about a wide array of issues that afflict women in our society. Yellow Rose Society's commitment to community service is further demonstrated through volunteering on a weekly basis with the McLamore Shelter for Children and the CHARLEE Program for girls.

Youth Music Campaign (E-mail: youth_music_campaign@yahoo.com)

We are dedicated to fostering musical opportunities for youth in Miami through the talent and leadership volunteered by University of Miami students.