Grove House

The Grove House is home to the Grove House Cafe, a small library, club spaces, rooms for studying or relaxing, and so much more! The Grove House was bought from auction for $1 in 1976, and moved from its original location about a mile away, saving it from demolition and making it the oldest building on Pitzer's campus.

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Affinity Groups

🌏 Affinity Groups

Affinity groups are very important clubs at Pitzer! From providing physical spaces for marginalized groups to fun retreats, each affinity group offers a space for its members to be comfortable and build a supportive community!

Middle Eastern Student Association (MESA)

To provide a gathering place for students of Middle Eastern origin or descent to come together for the purposes of organizing, learning, sharing, and healing together as a community. MESA is a safe space that aims to be inclusive and welcoming to all students, especially those who self-identify with Arab, Persian, Kurdish, Turkish, Egyptian, and other middle-eastern ethnicities. Although it is a secular non-affiliated organization, it also aims to provide a community safe space for Muslim students on campus.

The Indigenous Peer Mentoring Program

The Indigenous Peer Mentoring Program is a 5C First Year Mentoring Program that is based out of Pomona College. The program is focused on creating community among Indigenous students of the 5Cs. For First years, we encourage a positive transition from home and high school to College here in Claremont. We host weekly events including a weekly community dinner and study sessions and try to engage native students with the local community by encouraging their involvement in programs like IndigeNations and the Saturday Tongan Education Program (STEP). Our group is open to all 5C students who identify as Native American, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander.

Latinx Student Union (LSU)

The purpose is to provide a forum of current political, cultural, and social awareness, as well as involvement and support in the Latinx community and the surrounding Claremont College community.

Asian Pacific American Coalition (APAC)

The Asian Pacific American Coalition aims to create and maintain a community, which integrates and celebrates A/AAPI cultures at Pitzer College. APAC often collaborates with the Center for Asian Pacific American Students (CAPAS) located in Pitzer's campus. CAPAS is a center that seeks to enrich and develop social, intellectual and personal growth in students by providing Asian American resources as well as a welcoming, supportive environment. The Center serves as an advocate for the Asian and Pacific Islander community and promotes an educational dialogue that embraces the unique experiences of ethnic communities, the cultural fabric of our institution.

Rainbow 🌈 People Collective (RPC)

Rainbow People is Pitzer's LGBTQ+ and everything in between and beyond identity group. It is a community-forming group that seeks to create an open and inclusive space for students who want to discuss sexual identity, gender, and other forms of queer identity and culture and provide interpersonal and communal support for queer students. Meetings rotate between facilitated discussions and club bonding activities.

First-Gen Club

The First-Gen Club works to create an open, inclusive, and safe- space on Pitzer’s campus for students who identify as the first person in their family to attend college in the United States. The club works to create a stronger network of diversity as well as be in extension of the first-gen mentor program.

We Are Living History (WALH)

A safe space for Black, Indigenous, and Womxn of Color.

Pitzer International Student Association (PISA)

A safe space for international students attending Pitzer.

South Asian Student Association (SASA)

For students who identify as South Asian or South Asian American.

Black Student Union (BSU)

BSU is an organization that is committed to creating, promoting, and maintaining both an educational as well as a comfortable environment at Pitzer. Moreover, it is the organization's objective to ensure that this environment is conducive to the retention and emotional well-being of all students of Black and African American descent.

Spoonie Alliance

For students with disabilities of any kind.

Mixed Identity Exchange (MIX)

The purpose is to create an inclusive community for people who identify as mixed race, bi/tri/multi-racial, and/or multicultural. The organization provides a space for students on campus with similar identities and backgrounds as well as visibility for a marginalized, and often invisible, group of students. MIX will allow for a more diverse perspective to be heard and engaged with both within and outside of the group.