A variety of organizations on campus have been formed by students, faculty and staff. If you know of a campus group that should be on this list or have any other comments about it, please let us know.
The Princeton Progressive Coalition is a collective of progressive students and causes on campus brought together under this umbrella in order to act collaboratively and sustain the movements for progressive change. To get involved, email Rowan Johnson '27 at rj1548@princeton.edu.
The mission of the Princeton Progressive Law Society is to present progressive juridical approaches and constitutional interpretations to the Princeton community. To this end, our team sponsors lectures, roundtable discussions, debates, dinners, conference trips, and much more. While our focus is distinctly legal, we draw on experts of many disciplines to inform our understanding of American law and institutions.
The Progressive Law Society is an undergraduate chapter of the American Constitution Society (ACS), America’s leading progressive legal advocacy organization. Princeton joins an expansive network of law school and lawyer chapters who share in our mission to ensure that the fundamental principles of human dignity, individual rights and liberties, genuine equality, and access to justice are in their rightful, central place in American law.
Princeton Young Democratic Socialists of America is an autonomous and democratically organized youth chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. It serves as one of the organizational loci on campus, working to foster student engagement with leftism in order to resist authoritarianism and capitalist exploitation, both locally and nationally. YDSA is involved with workplace organizing, community support, and political education, and in facilitating community tax relief clinics, anti-authoritarianism protests, and speaker events that bridge theory and practice. For more information, go to https://princeton.dsanj.org/ or email yds@princeton.edu.
Founded at Princeton University in 2012, SPEAR is an undergraduate student run group that seeks to advocate against mass incarceration and solitary confinement, provide educational opportunities in New Jersey prisons, and educate members of the Princeton community about the challenges in our criminal justice system. In addition to full group meetings, SPEAR has four active committees that meet independently to accomplish different aspects of SPEAR’s mission. The four committees are: Education, Sentencing, Prison Conditions, and Post-Incarceration. SPEAR also has a graduate student liaison who coordinates efforts with our allies in Princeton’s graduate programs.
Sunrise Princeton is the University's only student climate activism organization. Sunrise is fighting for a Green New Deal for Princeton to save and invest in climate research, cut ties with the fossil fuel industry, and expand access to careers in the environment - resisting the Trump administration’s attacks on Princeton and the climate in the process. For more information, go to https://sunriseprinceton.org/ or email sunrisemvmtprinceton@gmail.com.
