Joint Council

Joint Council is a representative body of campus student organizations involved in and dedicated to promoting diversity, Inclusive Excellence, and/or social justice. The Center for Multicultural Excellence (CME) provides the structure and facilitation for the Council, with the goal of increased communication, outreach, and accountability among member organizations.

The Council meets monthly each quarter and provides a platform for collaborating on events and issues, avoiding programmatic competition, addressing campus climate concerns, and providing organizational development opportunities. Representatives are student leaders selected by their affiliated organization.

2012 Joint Council Leadership Development Retreat

Hosted by the Center for Multicultural Excellence the Joint Council Leadership Development Retreat was held Saturday May 26^th and Sunday, May 27th, 2012.  This retreat was designed to bring member organizations together to facilitate leadership development at an individual level, an organization level, and as a larger community. This year’s retreat focused on improving participants’ understanding of leadership within the context of their student organization including areas such as meeting management, self- care, public speaking, and action planning. Lastly, the program aims to promote collaboration between member organizations of Joint Council with a focus on Inclusive Excellence. 

Currently, involved groups include:

• Asian Student Alliance
• Black Student Alliance
• Hillel Jewish Student Center
• Latino Student Alliance
• Muslim Student Association
• Native Student Alliance
• Never Again
• Pi Lambda Chi
• Queer Straight Alliance
• Residence Hall Association
• Sigma Lambda Beta
• Sigma Lambda Gamma
• USG Chair of Campus Climate
• USG Diversity Committee
• Vietnamese Student Association

Student organizations who feel they would contribute to and benefit from active membership should contact us at igr@du.edu with an explanation of how their mission and activities relate.