BIPOC Professional Associations
Professional and trade associations are a wonderful way to start building your professional network. You can use associations to follow industry news, learn new skills, find fellowships and scholarships, discover leadership training and conferences, and locate relevant job/internship postings. Identity-specific associations also let you explore the intersection between your identity and your career and frequently provide a greater degree of mentoring for young professionals (that’s you!).
Here are a few sample associations to try. Find more on Directory Of Associations‘ website!
Arab + Middle Eastern American
- Arab-American Business + Professional Association
- The Arab + Middle Eastern Journalists Association
- BIPOC TV + Film
- Network of Arab-American Professionals
- Radius of Arab American Writers
- Rise Up Animation
- The Arab Daily News also has a list of Arab American Groups + Organizations
Black + African American
- Many Black + African American Professional Associations are included on this list, compiled by JobStars. Others include:
- African Artists’ Association
- BIPOC TV + Film
- Black Artists + Designers Guild
- Black Marketers Association of America
- Black Theatre Network
- Black N’ Animated
- National Black MBA Association
- National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
- Rise Up Animation
Hispanic + Latine
- BIPOC TV + Film
- The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
- Culture Marketing Council: The Voice of Hispanic Marketing
- Hispanic/Latino Professionals Association
- Latinas Represent
- Latino Political Network (based in Des Moines, and founded by Grinnell alum Rob Barron ’02)
- LXIA (Latinx in Animation)
- MANA: A National Latina Organization
- National Association of Hispanic Journalists
- The National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures
- National Hispanic Leadership Agenda has a list of leading Hispanic civil rights and public policy organizations
- Prospanica
- Rise Up Animation
- Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics + Native Americans in Science
- Society of Hispanic Human Resources Professionals
- United States Hispanic Leadership Institute
- There are more Hispanic/Latine associations on this list from Monster.com
Indigenous/Native American
- Advance Native Political Leadership(Advance): Native Leadership Institute (NLI) – A national training institute created by and for Indigenous peoples, focused on building pathways to leadership at all levels of government and political organizing in the United States.
- American Indian Business Leaders
- American Indian Science + Engineering Society
- BIPOC TV + Film
- National Alaska Native American Indian Nurses Association
- National Native American Bar Association
- Native American Journalists Association
- Rise Up Animation
- Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics + Native Americans in Science
Pan-Asian/Pan-Asian American
- National Council of Asian Pacific Americans has a directory of Asian Pacific American organizations
- 3AF Asian American Advertising Federation
- Ascend Pan-Asian Leaders
- Asian American Architects + Engineers Association
- Asian American Arts Alliance
- Asian American Journalists Association
- Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
- Asian American Women Artists Association
- Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance
- Association for Asian Performance
- BIPOC TV + Film
- The National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP)
- Rise Up Animation
- South Asian Journalists Association