Affinity groups

Affinity groups are identity or shared interest groups where faculty and staff can foster a community of collegiality and support. Whether you share in a group’s identity or interest or not, affinity groups are open to everyone to build relationships with colleagues. If you intersted in starting an affinity group, please reach out to diversity@umassmed.edu.

 

 

The name represents African American, Latinx, Asian and Native American. The AALANA faculty network seeks to support and advance faculty of color through collaboration, celebration, and knowledge. The network will provide mentoring opportunities for faculty of color, as well as professional development and networking events. AALANA is open to all.

 

Colorful Voices Network is a POC centered affinity group dedicated to supporting UMass Chan employees’ growth both personally and professionally. Colorful Voices is a DIO and employee-led networking community established to provide a forum for employees to develop skills, network, and support key DEI initiatives. This group aims to enhance leadership and development opportunities, cross-departmental idea sharing, and multicultural understanding—while strengthening relationships among employees from marginalized backgrounds. Colorful Voices is open to all.

 

The Disabilities Group supports UMass Chan's long-standing commitment to a welcoming and accessible environment to assure that individuals with disabilities may participate in all of the benefits and opportunities afforded to the university community. TheDisabilities Group is open to all.

 

The LGBTA Group (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Allies) supports LGBTA faculty, staff and students in the university community. The group works to create a visible network of support and serves as a resource for the UMass Chan LGBTA community. The LGBTA is open to all.

 

The Professional Women's Group seeks to create an inclusive team-based environment which is conducive to cross-cultural collaboration, promotes salary equity, and creates synergies to encourage and foster professional and personal growth and development for women. The Professionals Women's Group is open to all.

 

The UMass Chan Post-doc Assocition (UMPA) promotes network building among current and former postdocs to foster community and belonging at UMass Chan and in the Worcester community.

UPMA is open to all.

 

The mission of the UMass Chan Veteran's Affinity Group is to embrace our proud community of employee veterans and spouses of veterans at UMass Chan. The group’s purpose is to encourage each other through shared experiences, veteran recruitment, career development, outward engagement, professional growth and retention. Bringing together our unique background of military service, we seek to harness these strengths to better serve UMass Chan, our community and our country.  Veterans group is open to all.