Student Organizations of the University YMCA are provided with staff support, free space at the Y, printing, student board representation, and resources to support organizational development and leaders.
We know you have some radical ideas. Workshop with us! All Y workshops and trainings are free and open to all. Submit a workshop idea that will help support your work.
Contact Sydney Curts, Director of Student Leadership and Engagement, at sydney@universityymca.org or 217.337.3168.
Here you'll find practical resources to help advance your efforts.

Collected during our Fall 2024 Friday Forum series, these resources will help you to explore, engage, and help to promote an inclusive democracy worth living in.

Tips, templates, and tools to help student organization leaders with recruitment, club operations, and executive board work.

Interfaith in Action, one of our student organizations, has compiled a listing of free food resources for students in one easy-to-use website. Special thanks to Faizi Tofighi for leading this effort.
We are committed to ensuring our programs and facilities are safe and welcoming for everyone. We expect our staff, volunteers, members, guests, and board to report any concerns about something they've seen or experienced at the University YMCA.

With your support we offer and champion a diverse set of programs and student organizations committed to social justice, environmental protection, interfaith cooperation and global engagement by fostering dialogue, reflection and action.