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Mission
We, the students of the Black Students' Union (BSU) at the University of Rochester was founded upon the intent to promote social and cultural awareness, to foster diversification, and develop community relations within the University. The Black Students' Union strives to provide a vehicle and forum for the articulation and expression of views and interests of the Black students at the University of Rochester, provide educational, cultural, and social programs relevant to the needs of Black students at the University, foster and maintain active relations amongst and between the Union, and its faculty and staff as well as enhance relations amongst the Union, and the University's student body. In addition to establishing channels of communication between the Union and that of the City of Rochester, the Black Students' Union fosters the recognition of the educational and cultural needs of Black students at the University by promoting Black cultural awareness in all areas, and to establish a platform which provides as such.

Membership Benefits
Our membership benefits include annual events such as BlackOut, Kwanzaa, our annual Step Show and more. These events are catered towards the black ad brown community at the University of Rochester, as well as our weekly general membership meetings in which we discuss topics that are prevalent within the black community.