If you have any questions or would like to start a new CLORG, please reach out to the Office of Student Engagement [email protected]
Cultural/Identity-Based/Religious housed under the Scripps Communities of Resources and Engagement (SCORE) Office
Asian American Sponsorship Program (AASP)
The Asian American Sponsor Program (AASP) is a student-run organization that provides resources- in the form of programs, events and individual support- to Asian American first-years and trains upper-term students to develop their mentorship and facilitation skills. The mission of AASP is to create a supportive network of students at Scripps and in the 5Cs and to promote sustained dialogue and action on Asian American issues (intersected with dynamics of class, sexuality, ethnicity, ability, etc.) that affect our students
Instagram: @KickAASP | Contact: [email protected]
Asian American Student Union (AASU)
The Asian American Student Union (AASU) at Scripps College aims to foster community among students of diverse Asian and Pacific Islander descent while providing a safe space for exploration of intersectional identities and organizing for equity and anti-racism. Through programming in collaboration with other affinity groups and academic departments, AASU seeks to decolonize Asian American histories, promote solidarity with other marginalized communities, and ensure its curriculum meets the needs of its diverse membership.
Instagram: @ScrippsAASU | Contact: [email protected]
Blend
Our purpose is to support, empower, and grow the community of students who identify as mixed race/ethnicity, transracial adoptees and/or third culture students at Scripps college. Through discussion, art, and education, we intend to provide a space that students will feel welcome to be their whole selves in. As Scripps’s Mixed Race Affinity group, we are a collection of different communities!
Instagram: @BlendScripps | Contact: [email protected]
Café Con Leche (CCL)
We seek to provide a forum for the discussion of social, political and economic issues that affect folks, particularly those of Latinx descent. We intend to raise awareness of diversity and its implications in our immediate community and surrounding areas. We dedicate ourselves to social justice by developing a critical lens through which we can analyze ourselves and the world. We welcome all members of the Scripps community regardless of racial and cultural heritage to join us in this pursuit.
Instagram: @CafeConLecheSCR | Contact: [email protected]
Family
Family is Scripps’ Queer Affinity group. We intend to provide a space for queer and allied students to form a community that fosters self-love, acceptance and support. We commit to supporting our members in every way they need. We also work to challenge our own thinking and work together towards queer liberation in our community and surrounding communities.
Instagram: @FamilyatScripps | Contact: [email protected]
Scripps First-Gen Club
The mission of the Organization shall be to create a safe space for Scripps first-generation students to gather as a community to promote growth and development, and to provide essential resources for first-generation students to learn from one another through various means for their academic, personal, and professional lives.
Contact: [email protected]
Scripps International Community (SIC)
SIC aims to build and support a diverse and inclusive space at Scripps as well as the Claremont Colleges. The programme intends to cater to foreign passport holders/visa-holding students, cross-cultural/third culture kids, and U.S. passport holders/permanent residents/green card holders who have lived abroad and consider themselves to be on the international student spectrum, regardless of citizenship.
Instagram: @Scripps.International | Contact: [email protected]
Scripps Questbridge Chapter
Scripps Quest Scholars Network works as a support system for high- achieving low-income students. We cultivate an environment where students can openly discuss issues related to being low-income students at a top-tier liberal arts college. Scholars also commit to raising awareness about socioeconomic diversity on campus and the growing presence of low-income students.
Instagram: @ Scripps_questbridge | Contact: [email protected]
Watu Weusi
The membership of Watu Weusi consists of students of Scripps College who self-identify as being of black and African descent. Watu Weusi functions as a collective to support people of African descent at Scripps College, and beyond, in endeavors of socio-political, cultural, personal, and spiritual existence and resistance. Watu Weusi believes that all people are equal in worth, yet unique in what they bring to the world. As such, we shall strive to champion the rights of communities who have been historically oppressed. We shall strive to foster empowerment of students of African descent by encouraging our members to critically engage with the legacies of black history and black feminist liberation.
Instagram: @Watu.Weusi | Contact: [email protected]
Academic/Professional
Scripps College Economics Society (SCES)
The Scripps College Economics Society (SCES) is a community-driven space for Scripps students interested in economics — whether you’re a major, a minor, or simply curious about the field. We connect members through networking, skill-building, and collaboration, helping you develop meaningful relationships, practical experience, and the confidence to explore careers in finance, consulting, data analytics, marketing, and beyond. Look at our website for more information.
Instagram: @ scripps.econ.society | Contact: [email protected]
Scripps College Mock Trial
Scripps College Mock Trial allows undergraduates to engage in trial simulations and competitions with teams from other institutions, students develop critical thinking and public speaking skills as well as knowledge of legal procedures. We aim to foster a collaborative environment of folks who are excited to challenge themselves and be a part of a supportive team.
Instagram: @ScrippsCollegeMock | Contact: [email protected]
Scripps Pre-Law Society (SPLS)
The Scripps Pre-Law Society is founded for the purpose of improving our undergraduate’s comprehension of the study and practice of law. Furthermore, the Scripps Pre-Law Society strives to assemble and manage networking opportunities with other potential future lawyers, alumnae in the field, and the broader legal community.
Instagram: @ScrippsPreLawSociety | Contact: [email protected]
Scripps Psi Chi Chapter and Psychology Club
The mission of Scripps Psi Chi is to promote fellowship amongst students interested in psychology. This mission is achieved by hosting informative events about courses, professors, and various opportunities on and near campus, bringing researchers and alumnae to campus, and facilitating communication and building relationships between the psychology faculty and students.
Instagram: @ScrippsCollegePsiChi | Contact: [email protected]
Scripps Student Investment Fund (SSIF)
SIF teaches members the essentials of investing through active management of our stock portfolio. Our fund has reached $600,000 in value and each year, we give back to Scripps CLORGS by distributing 2-6% of our portfolio. Throughout the semester, we pitch stocks to our fellow board members and participate in the annual Cascade (formerly BMGI) Asset Management Pitch Competition against the other 5C Student Investment Funds. We are looking for students with strong logical thinking, creativity/design skills, and diverse backgrounds
Instagram: @Scripps_SIF | Contact: [email protected]
Interest
American Sign Language Club
We practice ASL, host fun events, and spread awareness about deaf culture & history.
Instagram: @scrippsaslclub| Contact: [email protected]
Babes & Blankets
The purpose of Babes and Blankets is to provide a place of community and relaxation for Scripps students through gathering on a weekly basis to knit and crochet while watching movies and shows. Babes and Blankets intends to share the skill of knitting and crocheting by teaching new members and continuing to support all members regardless of skill.
Instagram: @Babes_and_Blankets | Contact: [email protected]
Book Club
club is for anyone interested in books! We encourage people to join even if they haven’t picked up a book for fun since they were a kid. We meet a few times a month for casual chats and activities centered around books chosen together.
Instagram: @scrippsbookclub | Contact: [email protected]
Claremont Cinematic Universe (CCU)
The CCU will create a space for the Scripps community to gather and share an appreciation of the superhero genre through discussions, film screenings, comic book readings, and possible conventions/outings.
Instagram: @ScrippsCCU | Contact: [email protected]
Plant Futures Initiative Chapter
The Plant Futures Initiative at Scripps College is a broader chapter within the Plant Futures Initiative non-profit organization, an international community of students working to make plant-based food systems widely accessible. Join us for community-building events, opportunities for professional networking, or if you’re interested in learning about making plant systems more sustainable. Open to all Scripps students! You don’t need to be vegan, vegetarian, or a certain major to get involved!
Instagram: @plantfutures_scripps | Contact: [email protected]
Scripps Cheese Club
The mission of our club is to bring together the Scripps community with a shared love of cheese. We want to facilitate a welcoming space where Scrippsies can enjoy cheese together.
Instagram: @Scripps_Cheese |Contact: [email protected]
Scripps Fan Studies Club
The mission of the organization shall be to create a safe space for Scripps students to gather as a community to promote media literacy and provide resources for students to learn from one another through discussions about fan culture.
Contact: [email protected]
Writers Bloc
Writer’s Bloc welcomes authors, poets, and all kinds of creative writers who want a supportive community surrounding their projects. We have weekly meetings which involve tracking our progress, discussing successful and unsuccessful devices used in the content we consume, the optional sharing and workshopping of work, making friends in a chill community, and motivating each other to conquer writer’s block. Whether you have a long-term project, or want to write for fun, Writer’s Bloc offers a relaxed environment where you’re free to let your creativity shine.
Instagram: @writersblocscripps |Contact: [email protected]
Philanthropy and Service
Ink & Empathy
Our mission is to collaborate with hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities to deliver handmade watercolor painted cards to patients and residents
Contact: [email protected]
Ocean Initiative Club (OIC)
The OIC is dedicated to educating the Scripps community about ocean preservation and conservation while providing a supporting and fun environment for all ocean lovers of every background.
Instagram: @ScrippsOIC | Contact: [email protected]
Sustainabiteam Club
Sustainabiliteam’s mission is to make Scripps more sustainable by creating student-based environmental projects and holding admin accountable for moving forward with sustainability on campus. Join us!
Instagram: @sc.sustainabiliteam |Contact: [email protected]
Recreation/Sports
Casual Swim Club
The Casual Swim Club is dedicated to providing a supportive community for students to exercise, destress, gain confidence, and have fun through swimming. We saw a community of former swimmers with no swim programs to participate in, feeling too slow or under qualified for Varsity swim programs and feeling too “out of shape” to sign up for swim conditioning classes or just unable to find the pool schedule. The Casual Swim Club is an approachable program for swimmers at every level looking to socialize, exercise and maybe even improve while having fun at the pool.
Instagram: @CasualSwimClub | Contact: [email protected]
Outdoor Wilderness Leaders (OWL)
OWL aims to provide a supportive environment where students can have fun, challenge themselves, and build a community of people who want to explore all the beauty Southern California and beyond has to offer. OWL offers students opportunities to go on their own trips through gear rentals, along with hosting off-campus activities like hiking and camping!
Instagram: @ScrippsOWL |Contact: [email protected]
Scripps Student Garden
Our mission is to cultivate food and community through providing a space for students to learn, appreciate and participate in organic gardening and composting. We have weekly gardening meetings, drop in garden hours, and fun crafting and cooking events!
Instagram: @ScrippsStudentGarden | Contact: [email protected]
Scripps Athenas
The mission of the Scripps CMS Athletes Club is to form a stronger sense of community among Scripps CMS student athletes. Our goal is to integrate the Scripps community and CMS athletics community together into a space where CMS athletes at Scripps can feel welcomed by both.
Instagram: @Scrippsathenas | Contact: [email protected]
Media/Publication
La Semeuse
The mission of La Semeuse is to publish an annual yearbook celebrating the senior class and to provide students with a permanent memoir of their time at Scripps. Our publication shall highlight major on-campus events including but not limited to, CLORG events, Matriculation, OSE events, and student showcases as they occur throughout the academic year.
Instagram: @lasemeuseyearbook | Contact: [email protected]
The Scripps Voice
The Scripps Voice hopes to continue the tradition of outspoken feminist journalism that our school’s namesake was notorious for, while adjusting our feminist lens for a newer, more intersectional era.
More than a paper promoting neutrality and objectivity, we want to be a platform for radical voices, creative perspectives, marginalized identities, and uncompromising activism. Student journalism is crucial in today’s social and political climate and want to be leading the movement towards truth and justice.
Instagram: @ScrippsVoice | Contact: [email protected]