Black Students
Below are resources our CPD team has collected to help support Black Students. You’ll find many more helpful resources in our Handshake Resource Library. Our CPD Career Coaches can also provide additional resources, support, and advice customized to meet your unique interests. Schedule an appointment on Handshake.
If you wish to receive information about career-related events and opportunities and self-identify as a black student, please sign up on Handshake (self-identified diversity interests are only accessible by CPD and Thayer ECS staff and all information will be kept confidential).
Access currently offered DEI events in Handshake by clicking here, or use the Filter feature in events and click the label “dei-focused”.
- American Association of Blacks in Energy (AABE) ensures the input of African Americans into the discussion and development of energy policies, regulations, R&D technologies and environmental issues.
- National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) provides career development as well as educational and other support to its members worldwide.
- National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
- Women of Color Collective (WoCC)
- DiversityInc
- INROADS – The mission of INROADS is to develop and place talented minority young people in business and industry and prepare them for corporate and community leadership.
- McKinsey Diversity Connect
- Pfizer Breakthrough Fellowship
- The Getty Foundation Undergraduate Internship
- McNair Scholars Program
- Congressional Black Caucus
- CBS Writers Mentoring Program
- Department of Energy Minority Educational Institution Student Partnership Program
- American Association for the Advancement of Science Minority Writers Science Internship
- Being A Black Woman In A White Workplace
- How To Survive In A Mostly White Workplace
- 4 Career Hacks For Navigating The Workplace As A Black Woman
- Black Men Describe What It’s Like To Be In The Gender Majority and Racial Minority at Work
- Job Boards and Career Advice For Black Students
- Black Career Women’s Network
- Black Career Network
- Jopwell is a career platform that connects folx of color with employers. Students and new professionals can create a profile and search for internships or jobs with companies with a proven track record of creating more equitable work environments and a firm commitment to DEI from hiring and beyond. Check out Jopwell today!
