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KKC Student Student Clubs and Organizations
There are several student clubs and organizations that have been officially recognized to operate as an organization at Kennedy-King College. All students are invited to join the various organizations or to inquire about starting their own organization.  For more information please contact the KKC Student Government Association.

Cheerleading Team
Kimberly Brown, Advisor
Office Location: W264
Phone Number: 773.602.5355

The Chess Club
Mission Statement:
Our mission is to teach, inform, advise, and correctly demonstrate the rules and regulations of "chess"as played on a international level.
Also, we will help students gain strategic knowledge, that may help them gain real world knowledge.

Derrick Shoemate, Advisor
Office Location: W240
Phone Number: 773.602.5278

Christian Student Association (C.S.A.)
Mission Statement:
The mission of the Christian Student Association is to prepare students for Christ-centered service and leadership; inspiring them to lead ethical and community-focused lives, while fostering a positive, affirming climate on campus centered on social, academic, and personal development.

Ted Williams, Advisor
Office Location: Y141
Phone Number: 773.602.5169

French Club
Mission Statement: La Voix du Francais:
The French club has been in existence for five years and the purpose of this club is to encourage the French club and class members to make use of the French language, become familiar with French and francophone cultures, enjoy fellowship with others proficient French speakers and have somewhere to call home.
The club members get a chance to get tutored and get help with homework or anything they may seem to find difficult during the French class.
Being apart of this club the students get a chance to go for cultural events/field trips, watch French movies, go to various events, make francophone friends at other colleges get a change to experience the French cuisine, etc.

Dr. Sonia Delgado, Advisor
Office Location:
Phone Number: 773.602.5224

Humanities
Janet A. Berardo, Ph.D, Advisor
Office Location: Y180
Phone Number: 773.602.5196

Latin American Student Organization (L.A.S.O)
Mission Statement:
Kennedy-King’s Latin American Student Organization, L.A.S.O will be to celebrate and introduce the diversity of all Latin culture. It’s purpose will also be recognize and encourage scholarships among latinola college students.
To achieve this purpose, Kennedy-King L.A.S.O shall provide opportunity for the development of leadership, for lively fellowship among students, and for stimulation of interest in continuing academic excellence.

Kevin Cato, Advisor
Office Location: W110
Phone Number: 773.602.5112

The Law Club
Mission Statement:
Our mission as the Kennedy-King Law club is to teach, inform, advise and correctly demonstrate the applications of law. Also, It will give students a change to know their rights they have in school, and outside of school. Students will also understand the Criminal and Juvenile Justice System.

Lewis Myers, Advisor
Phone Number: 773.602.5166

The Mathematics Club
Mission Statement:
Our mission as the Kennedy-King College Mathematics Club is to teach, inform advise and demonstrate the subject of Mathematics. Not as a tool to help other subjects, but as a subject in itself independent of all applications.

Ralph Rutherford, Advisor
Office Location: Y-273
Phone Number: 773.602.5326
Email: rrutherford@ccc.edu

Media Communication Association
Mission Statement:
To establish a creative haven for Kennedy-King College Students. To give its members practical media experience and an opportunity to showcase their talents in a positive, productive, and polished environment.

Kiana Battle, Advisor
Office Location: U15
Phone Number: 773.602.5556

National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCCHE)
Mission Statement:
NOBCCHE is committed to the discovery, transmittal, and application of knowledge in the fields of science and engineering. The mission of NOBCCHE therefore, is to build an eminent community of scientists and engineers by increasing the number of minorities in these fields.
NOBCCHE will achieve its missions through diverse programs designed to foster professional development and encourage students to pursue careers in science and technical fields. To this end, NOBCCHE will establish educational partnerships with school districts, municipalities, businesses, industries, others institutions and organizations in the public and private sectors.
Sharonda Benson, Advisor
Office Location: Y-250
Phone Number: 773-602-5474

The Performance Arts Club
Mission Statements:
The K.K.C.C.P.A. would like to reestablish itself as a gateway to the performing arts for the Englewood Community. We are an ensemble of the aspiring directors, writers, actors, and other performing artists dedicated to presenting American classics and student works that illuminate the American experience.
As interest and diversity grows, we will take occasional forays into world theatre. Ultimately we aim to take different performing arts such as; dance, music, film screening, readings, gallery exhibits and public lectures, show their connection to theater and reestablish a gateway to the arts for the Englewood Community.

Derrick English, Advisor
Office Location: Y-172
Phone Number: 773.602.5176

Phi Theta Kappa
Mission Statement:
The purpose of Phi Theta Kappa shall be recognize and encourage scholarship among two-year college students. To achieve this purpose, Phi Theta Kappa shall provide opportunity for the development of leadership and service, for an intellectual climate for exchange of ideas and ideals, for lively fellowship for scholars, and for stimulation of interest in continuing academic excellence.

Meryl Junious, Advisor
Office Location: Y178
Phone Number: 773.602.5187
Email: mjunious@ccc.edu

Social Justice Committee
Mission Statement:
The Social Justice Committee (SJC) has organized to create stronger connections between Kennedy-King Students and the social justice concerns of the larger community-including local, state, national, and global social concerns. The organization works to create a higher level of engagement in civil society by bringing speakers, workshops, and other programs to the school along with and in association with other campus and civil service organizations. The SJC is sponsored by The Social Science Department and the Criminal Justice. It also includes advisors from throughout the City Colleges and the community, including and advisory committee composed of local, state, national, and global leadership.

Bonnie L. Harrison, Advisor
Office Location: Y131
Phone Number: 773.602.5173
Email: bharrison9@ccc.edu

Social Work Club
Mission Statement:
The Social Work Club’s mission is to offer alternatives to children and families in the ongoing struggle against poverty, drugs, and domestic violence. To give the members’ practical experience in working with people from different populations through community events and volunteer work.

Larry E. Ross, Advisor
Office Location: Y137
Phone Number: 773.602.5339
Email: lross@ccc.edu

The Theatre Club
Mission Statement:
The Humanities, Fin Arts/Theatre Club’s missions is to provide students with experiences that enhance their understanding of ideas presented in Philosophy, Religion, the Visual Arts, Literature, Music and Theater. The club activities will foster creativity, intellectual integrity, and an appreciation in a cultural diversity setting. The club sees itself as a learning environment in which students and faculty interface with each other and the community at large. Students who join the Humanities club shall successfully complete project/art works and become sensitive to diverse cultures and acquire the ability to function at practical levels and in world situations, and to develop a strong commitment to the “examined life”.

Kristen Wilson, Advisor
Office Location: Y185
Phone Number: 773.602.5388
Email: KWilson@ccc.edu

Umoja Club
Mission Statement:
To ensure that all persons of African American descent experience wholistic wellness mentally, physically, spiritually, and socially and economically.
We the student of the Umoja club will work with the students on campus and the individuals in the community and in the city as we as our state and our nation and with person’s of African descent worldwide to unite the ¾ of a billion people of African descent worldwide.
We the students of the Umoja club will help our student body to get in touch with our original cultural and historical knowledge in order to provide a platform for out future and current success fostering a climate of high self-esteem and a action oriented and goal oriented program for our people to create institutions and organizations that will educate and empower African people and people of African descent worldwide. We sill expose our students and club members to the full array of African knowledge.

Professor Leland Jackson, Advisor
Office Location: W252
Phone Number: 773.602.5371
Email: LJackson@ccc.edu