Welcome to the SWE Affinity Groups!
The SWE Affinity Groups (AGs) mission is to bring together communities that share similar interests and backgrounds that support the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) strategic goals of SWE. The SWE Affinity Groups framework includes Build Community, Professional Development, and Member Empowerment.
Goals:
The Business and Interests Affinity Groups are grassroots communities focused on social and networking opportunities around common interests. The focus of these Affinity Groups is loosely centered around the members' business environment and experiences.
The Career Stages Affinity Groups represent members at different stages of their working life, from higher education, to starting off in the workplace, and advancing from there. The focus of these Affinity Groups is centered around a particular career stage, and the groups are well positioned to mentor each other.
Goals:
- Develop a sense of community in the Affinity Groups fostering an inclusive environment where people discuss experiences in their engineering career, online and offline.
- Provide professional development opportunities enabling and sponsoring leadership experiences, networking and mentorship.
- Empower members through highlighting accomplishments and supporting diversity in the SWE Leadership pipeline, Awards, and Scholarships.
The Business and Interests Affinity Groups are grassroots communities focused on social and networking opportunities around common interests. The focus of these Affinity Groups is loosely centered around the members' business environment and experiences.
The Career Stages Affinity Groups represent members at different stages of their working life, from higher education, to starting off in the workplace, and advancing from there. The focus of these Affinity Groups is centered around a particular career stage, and the groups are well positioned to mentor each other.
Join us!
To join an individual affinity group, see the page for that group, which is linked in the menu above.
To join the Affinity Group Committee, email us at affinitygroups@swe.org.
To join the Affinity Group Committee, email us at affinitygroups@swe.org.
Here is a video about the Affinity Group Committee:
Affinity Group History
- 2007 - Formed out of Multicultural Committee
- 2016 - The Business/Industry, which became Entrepreneurs and Members in Small Business, African-American, Latinos, LGBTQ+ and Allies, Indigenous Peoples, Global Women Engineers were the first 7 affinity groups formed
- 2017 - Women in Government
- 2019 - Asian Connections and Late Career and Retiree
- 2020 - HeforSWE
- 2021 - Technical Career Path, Community Colleges, Early Career
- 2022 - GradSWE, Mid-Career Professionals, and Public Policy
- 2023 - Disability Inclusion, First Generation, Military and Veterans, and SWE Athletes
This brings the total number of affinity groups to 21!
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