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Service and Justice Student Organizations

Service can be social. Focusing on a wide range of issues and causes, service clubs are a great way to meet other students interested in improving the community around them.

Check out the variety of student organizations you can join at Saint Louis University that are dedicated to helping others and the pursuit of social justice.

Student paints a wall as part of a service project

Students have the opportunity to participate in a variety of service types and sites. 

Alpha Phi Omega

This co-ed service fraternity focuses on service, leadership and friendship. There is a membership fee and a pledging process.

Alpha Phi Omega Website

Best Buddies

Dedicated to facilitating inclusive, intentional friendships for individuals with and without disabilities.

Best Buddies Website

Billikens Against Cancer

Dedicated organization focused on supporting those battling cancer and their families.

Billikens Against Cancer Website

Billikens for Clean Water

This student organization raises awareness on issues of clean water accessibility and environmental justice, both locally and globally.

Billikens for Clean Water Website

Camp Kesem

Kesem is the largest national organization dedicated to supporting children impacted by a parent’s cancer, at no cost to families.

Camp Kesem Website

Dance Marathon

Year-round fundraising and awareness effort on campus and in the St. Louis community for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals of Greater St. Louis.

Dance Marathon Website

Diabetes Link

Connects college students with and affected by juvenile diabetes to create a mutual support network.

Diabetes Link Website

Engineers Without Borders

Organization that uses engineering to improve people's lives around the world by helping them meet their basic human needs.

Engineers Without Borders Website

Gateway to the Great Outdoors

Empowers underserved youth to access the natural environment through classroom and field-based environmental education and leadership development.

Gateway to the Great Outdoors Website

Global Brigades

SLU participates in this nationwide grassroots movement that shares in the goal to support health care and infrastructure solutions in the world's poorest countries.

Global Brigades Website

Green Billikens

Aims to educate the SLU community about sustainable issues, lead sustainability initiatives on campus, provide volunteer opportunities, and create a space where people can hang out with like-minded individuals.

Green Billikens Website

Habitat For Humanity

Our campus branch of this organization partners with Habitat for Humanity of St. Louis to build homes for low-income families.

Habitat For Humanity Website

LABRE

This student organization prepares sack dinners and brings them to homeless people living on the streets of St. Louis, spending time with those they serve.

LABRE Website

OneWorld

OneWorld is a bi-annual, student produced magazine designed to emphasize unity by raising awareness of social injustice, inspiring action and transforming hearts, minds and society.

OneWorld Website

Overground Railroad

Student group that provides literacy and academic support for Saint Louis Public School students, formed around a mission of achieving literacy in academics, literacy with one another, and a better understanding of our communities.

Overground Railroad Website

She's The First

Independent SLU chapter of She’s the First, a not-for-profit organization that sponsors girls’ education in low-income countries.

She's The First Website

SLU Wishmakers

This chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation raises funds to grant the wishes of children facing life-threatening diseases while promoting community in and around SLU's campus.

SLU Wishmakers Website

Special Olympics

Promotes inclusion of all individuals, regardless of race, ethnicity, sexuality, or ability, through a variety of sports and recreational activities.

Special Olympics Website