FLIP National
”FLIP” is an acronym; it stands for First-Generation Low-Income Partnership. This advocacy work was done through a student group called Columbia FLIP.
FLIP National is a national non-profit organization that does advocacy work on behalf of first-generation and/or low income college students at colleges & universities across the country. FLIP National acts on its mission by building a community for first-generation and/or low-income students, alumni/ae, faculty, and administrators within and across institutions of higher learning; by crafting, im
08/09/2023
Happy ! Our friends at The D. E. Shaw Group will be hosting a virtual event for students on September 12th & 13th to learn more about their firm, their recruiting process, and their team. The D. E. Shaw Group has been a tremendous partner to FLIP National and is highly interested in recruiting FGLI students.
The deadline to register for this event is TODAY. Don't wait; check out the link below to register for this event! You can also find the link to the event website below for more information about the event.
Registration Link: https://campus.events.deshaw.com/K5wAaB
Event Website: https://campus.events.deshaw.com/m9OoPr
27/06/2023
Usually nonprofits aren't in the habit of asking its supporters to donate to other nonprofits, but one of our partners needs our help.
Our friends at Class Action are in jeopardy of having to cease operations this fall unless they raise $50K by the end of this month. Class Action does a lot of good work on FGLI student issues as part of their larger mission to eradicate classism & extreme poverty.
Please consider donating to Class Action before June 30th to help them continue their great work!
How we feel watching all of these National First-Gen Day/Week celebrations:
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Don't forget to join us for FLIP National's annual meeting tomorrow! Here are the meeting details for the annual meeting tomorrow:
Topic: FLIP National 2022 Annual Meeting
Time: Jun 18, 2022 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 839 7527 4568
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There's also still time to nominate someone for election to FLIP National's Board of Directors for the 2022-2023 fiscal year as well as our Advisory Council. You can do so by filling out this form:
https://forms.gle/BqTnpkEnHWt5iK1U7
The nomination form offers more information on who would be a good candidate for nomination to our board or our advisory council. The deadline to submit your nomination is today at 11:59 PM ET. We can't wait to see you tomorrow!
10/06/2022
If you were to describe FGLI students in one word, what would it be?
Check out how Vanderbilt First VU answered that question during their GEN Week celebration!
09/06/2022
Here are some more highlights of GEN Week celebrations! Check out how UMass First-Generation Low-Income Partnership celebrated GEN Week on their campus!
08/06/2022
As we continue sharing highlights of GEN Week celebrations, check out how Furman FGSA, the *student organization of the year at Furman University*, celebrated GEN Week on their campus!
07/06/2022
In April, we brought back GEN Week for the first time in three years. We said during GEN Week that we'd be sharing photos of the different GEN Week celebrations that happened through the week, but we had some delays in getting the photos from GEN Week participants. Once we got the photos together, we decided that we also wanted to give graduation season the space it deserves. (Congratulations to all the FGLI students that graduated this spring!)
Now that graduation season has passed, we wanted to be sure that we shared the GEN Week celebrations of our participating chapters. So throughout this week and next week, we will share the highlights of all the GEN Week celebrations that happened during GEN Week in April. We are going to start with First-Generation Student Association; check out how they celebrated GEN Week!
25/04/2022
One sign that things are getting back to normal? The return of 1vyG.
The 1vyG Conference is the largest FGLI student conference in the country. Our friends at EdMobilizer are currently accepting applications to host the next 1vyG Conference, which will be held in the fall of 2022. Check out the link below for more information and to apply to host 1vyG; the deadline to apply is Monday, April 25th at 11:59 PM ET!
https://forms.gle/DtBPnvyPcJV3yRz69
22/04/2022
Our theme for GEN Week is "Reclaiming Our Identity", and there are few better ways to do that than giving FGLI students a platform to share their experiences. That's exactly what we do in the newest episode of the FLIP Side, “New Season, Same Demands”!
Listen to the episode today on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, or iHeart Radio!
20/04/2022
It's GEN Week, so there's no better time for us to highlight FGLI student experiences than this week.
In our next episode of The FLIP Side, “New Season, Same Demands”, we spotlight one of our beloved FLIP National chapters, First-Generation Student Association. We also highlight that while it may be a new season, FGLI students' demands of institutions haven't changed.
Be sure to stream the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts & iHeart Radio on Friday (4/22) at 12:00 PM ET!
20/04/2022
🚨PAID FELLOWSHIP ALERT🚨
Our friends at The D. E. Shaw Group are currently accepting applications for their Discovery Fellowship, which is happening from May 24th to May 26th! Sophomores from all academic disciplines are welcome to apply. Prior finance experience isn’t required (in fact, many of D. E. Shaw's employees hadn’t even considered a career in finance before joining the firm).
For a bit of background, D. E. Shaw's fellowships are unique educational programs that give students insight into our firm and industry. During these three-day virtual events, fellows will:
- Participate in a curriculum of interactive seminars led by notable speakers and D. E. Shaw group analysts
- Hear from senior firm leaders and recent hires about their experiences and career paths
- Connect with other students from schools across the country
- Receive a $1,500 stipend
Applications are due on Sunday, April 24th. Check out the link below for more information about the Discovery Fellowship & to apply today!
https://fellowships.deshaw.com/
19/04/2022
It's day 2 of GEN Week, and there's no better time to add to the FLIP National family.
FLIP National is proud & excited to announce the establishment of another chapter at Northeastern University! Shout out to NU First Generation & Low Income Student Union; we are super excited to have FGLI-SU as a FLIP National chapter! Check out FGLI-SU's page as well as their Instagram & Twitter below to keep up with what FGLI-SU is doing! Welcome to the FLIP National family, FGLI-SU!
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18/04/2022
Our friends at AL1GN are launching their first-ever STEM cohort!
Are you a college junior or senior looking to connect with other STEM-focused students for professional development and community building? Apply by April 30th, 2022 using this link:
https://tinyurl.com/al1gnstemcohort
FLIP National is excited to announce that we will be holding our annual meeting on Saturday, June 18th, 2022 at 12:00 PM EST! This meeting is open to anyone who wants to join us. During this meeting, we will be highlighting the accomplishments of both FLIP National and its chapters, including the new chapters that were added this year.
We will also be electing the new board of directors of FLIP National for the 2022-2023 fiscal year. As part of the election process, we are putting out a call for nominations to the FLIP National Board of Directors for the 2022-2023 fiscal year, as well as our Advisory Council. If there is anyone that you feel would make a great addition to our Board of Directors or our Advisory Council, please submit their name as a nominee for next year’s board using this form:
https://forms.gle/Z2swE2aB8SqEdmuZA
You can find more details pertinent to the nomination process in the description on the nomination form. Anyone can nominate someone for our Board of Directors or our Advisory Council, but nominations submitted from people affiliated with schools that have established FLIP National chapters will be given preference. However, all submissions will be considered. You also must be nominated by another person (i.e., you cannot nominate yourself).
We hope you will join us on June 18th!
18/04/2022
Today marks the first day of GEN Week! GEN Week is an international day of awareness & visibility of the FGLI identity.
Our theme this year is "Reclaming Our Identity." We are reclaiming our identity from administrators & institutions that try to co-opt our efforts to advocate for ourselves as FGLI students for the benefit of their public image, that engage in performative allyship by "celebrating" us when it's convenient for them but mistreat us when it's not, and that use FGLI students to make themselves look better so that they can market themselves as a friendly institution for FGLI students. National First-Gen Day, which has caught on in recent years, was an idea that was stolen from us, a student-centered organization, by 2 administrator-centered organizations. So we are reclaiming our identity. We are reclaiming the mantle of what it means to be FGLI and to have pride in being FGLI.
Along with the GEN Week theme, there is also a GEN Week hashtag for this week. You will see the GEN Week hashtag in all of our social media posts for GEN Week as well as the posts of all of the schools participating in GEN Week. This year's GEN Week hashtag is . This hashtag refers to a number of things. It can refer to the fact that GEN Week came before National First-Gen Day. It can refer to the fact that students showed pride in their FGLI identity before institutions realized that celebrating FGLI students was good for their public image. It can refer to FGLI students getting to & through college before anyone else in their family. It can refer to the fact that FGLI students were the ones that first focused on the struggles that they faced before institutions paid lip service to those struggles.
Throughout this week, various school all over the country & the world will be having GEN Week celebrations on their respective campuses. Stay tuned to our social media to see how FGLI students are reclaiming their identity!
07/04/2022
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06/04/2022
HUGE shoutout to Furman FGSA for being named Student Organization of the Year on their campus! In winning this award, Furman FGSA is a prime example of what happens when students are driving the conversation around FGLI student advocacy and support, a core tenet of FLIP National's mission. It also demonstrates how being a FLIP National chapter can help an FGLI student organization be as effective as possible in making change on their campus. This is what effective STUDENT advocacy looks like.
Are you an FGLI student organization that wants to have this kind of impact on your campus? Contact us today!
29/03/2022
FLIP National is proud to announce our partnership with CareerSpring, a FREE career platform exclusively for FGLI college students! All FGLI students in FLIP National's network can take advantage of CareerSpring’s resources, especially to sign up as internship season approaches.
Check out the infographics to see just some of what CareerSpring has to offer. And be sure to use the link below and use the passcode "FLIP" to sign up!
https://platform.careerspring.org/registration/passcode
24/03/2022
Missed CO-FLAN's webinar? We got you covered!
Check out the recording of the webinar using this link:
https://flipnational-org.zoom.us/rec/share/QBDm7g6jC4A6n13Y8esQ4LDVns3H6v_M-JxeNa3H-VebO-gq5RJwZ1VJOzlz1TxZ.eB25Fqc0QOXdyKPN?startTime=1646268084000
Also, don't forget to follow COFLAN on social media:
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You can also connect with COFLAN on their website:
https://www.flipnational.org/coflan
01/03/2022
Were you the first in your family to graduate college? Are you a college alum who identifies as being first-generation and/or from a low-income background (FLI)? Interested in creating a FLI alumni group at your alma mater, or growing one that already exists? To celebrate their establishment, join our friends at Co-FLAN for their first webinar: Building a FLI Alumni Group!
In this webinar, FLI alumni leaders from various schools will share benefits of building a FLI alumni group, how they created an alumni organization at their schools, and an overview of the challenges and success they’ve experienced since founding. They’ll then have time for Q&A and connection building among attendees. The event is free and will be held via Zoom on March 2nd at 8:00 PM ET. Register today using the link below!
bit.ly/COFLANMARCH
Harvard First Generation Alumni Stanford First Gen and/or Low Income Alumni Network Columbia First-Generation and Low-Income Alumni Network (CFLAN) UCLA First Gen Alumni Network 1stGenYale 1stGenYale UVA First-Generation and/or Low-Income Alumni Network UVA First-Generation and/or Low-Income Alumni Network Holy Cross First Gen Alumni University of Houston First Generation Alumni Association
28/02/2022
FLIP National is proud to announce our partnership with Co-FLAN ! What is COFLAN, you ask? The Collaborative of First-Generation and/or Low-Income Alumni Networks is a group of first-gen and/or low-income (FLI) alumni networks across the country that convene to establish and share best practices for alumni assisting FLI students with the challenges they face while in school and post-graduation. COFLAN hopes to serve as a resource to those interested in creating similar alumni networks at their alma maters. Through these connections, COFLAN will establish connections with and support each other, while celebrating those who are first.
Be sure to follow COFLAN on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & LinkedIn. For more information on COFLAN, or to connect with COFLAN, visit COFLAN's new page on our website using the link below!
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Co-FLAN-110102814927910
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COFLAN website: https://www.flipnational.org/coflan
Harvard First Generation Alumni Stanford First Gen and/or Low Income Alumni Network Columbia First-Generation and Low-Income Alumni Network (CFLAN) UCLA First Gen Alumni Network 1stGenYale 1stGenYale UVA First-Generation and/or Low-Income Alumni Network UVA First-Generation and/or Low-Income Alumni Network Holy Cross First Gen Alumni University of Houston First Generation Alumni Association
24/12/2021
It’s the twelfth and final day of our ! You’ve heard about so many of FLIP National’s initiatives over the past two weeks, and we wanted to finish up with a big one: national conferences. FLIP National doesn’t just provide tons of direct support to FGLI student-run organizations nationwide; we’re an influencer and a key support to stakeholders across the country. We have a significant presence at every national FGLI student conference: the 1vyG Conference put on by EdMobilizer, the Stanford FLI Conference, the Duke LIFE Conference, the AL1GN Conference, or most recently, the Class Action First-Gen Summit. Our presence at these conferences allow us to connect with FGLI students and shape attendees’ perspectives on what FGLI student support should look like. Our Executive Director, Chris Sinclair, has presented at every one of these conferences and has been able to have a major influence on how this work is done all around the country. Check out what attendees of FLIP National workshops have to say about how attending FLIP National workshops at conferences influenced them.
We’ve given you 12 big reasons to donate to FLIP National’s work. But that’s just the beginning. We hope you join us on our journey to make sure that FGLI student voices are heard, respected, and represented on all kinds of campuses. We are immensely grateful to all of our donors & supporters; we couldn’t possibly do any of this work without you! So if you’re searching for an organization where your dollars will make a real difference, look no further than FLIP National. Thanks so much for all of your support!
https://gofund.me/96ae5cbd
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On the eleventh day of our , we spotlight another FLIP National chapter, UF First Generation Organization! Check out what their president, Lara Vargas Alvarez, has to say about how FLIP National has made a difference for them!
FGO is a great example of one of the benefits of becoming a FLIP National chapter: institutions take our chapters more seriously than they otherwise would because they are affiliated with our organization. In the time we’ve been working with FGO, they have been able to get much more institutional support and be taken much more seriously than when they first started out.
During this campaign, we have spotlighted just a few of our nearly 30 chapters across the country. All of our FLIP National chapters are doing absolutely amazing work, and we here at FLIP National are so proud of each and every one of them. Your continued support of our organization will help us to continue providing support to our FLIP National chapters so that they all can make similar progress and help even more FGLI students on their campuses.
https://gofund.me/96ae5cbd
On the tenth day of our , we return to one of our favorite things to do: spotlight our wonderful FLIP National chapters! Today we spotlight FLIP at Texas State! TXST FLIP was so excited to become a FLIP National chapter that they decided to celebrate for an entire week! Check out what TXST FLIP’s president, Lin Tran, has to say about how FLIP National has transformed their organization.
By supporting our organization today, you will be helping FLIP National to continue supporting student leaders like Lin and chapters like TXST FLIP so that they can continue to make a difference for FGLI students on their campuses.
https://gofund.me/96ae5cbd
On the ninth day of our , we showcase another newly launched initiative, COFLAN! The Collaborative of First-Generation Low-Income Alumni Networks is a group of FGLI alumni networks across the country that convene to establish and share best practices for alumni assisting FGLI students with the challenges they face in school and post-graduation. Check out what COFLAN’s co-founder, Anh LyJordan, has to say about why she chose to team up with FLIP National to create COFLAN.
Being FGLI doesn’t end at graduation. COFLAN helps both FGLI students and FGLI graduates build their social capital so that they have all the support they need in order to accomplish their post-graduation goals. COFLAN also serves as a resource for those interested in creating similar alumni networks at their alma maters. Thanks to the community we’ve built at FLIP National, in addition to our 29 chapters, we also have 11 FGLI alumni networks represented in COFLAN!
With your support, we can continue to provide resources to FGLI students and alumni and help FGLI students and graduates bridge the gap from college to career and beyond. Please donate to FLIP National today!
https://gofund.me/daf3a003
CC: Harvard First Generation Alumni Stanford First Gen and/or Low Income Alumni Network Columbia First-Generation and Low-Income Alumni Network (CFLAN) UCLA First Gen Alumni Network 1stGenYale 1stGenYale UVA First-Generation and/or Low-Income Alumni Network UVA First-Generation and/or Low-Income Alumni Network Holy Cross First Gen Alumni University of Houston First Generation Alumni Association
On the eighth day of our , we are proud & excited to announce our FLIPmas gift: the establishment of our 29th chapter at UCLA! Shoutout to Association of First-Generation Undergraduates at UCLA; it's been a long time coming, but we are super excited to finally have AFGU as a FLIP National chapter! Check out AFGU's page as well as their Instagram & LinkedIn below to keep up with what AFGU is doing! Welcome to the FLIP National family, AFGU!
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/afguucla/
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/association-of-first-generation-students-at-ucla
Hey First Generation Student Union at USC: you gonna let UCLA beat you & have something you don't? Isn't that never supposed to happen? Hit us up; we'd love to have you all join us too!
FGLI students want to be part of our FLIP National family because they recognize that we can help them to achieve their goals as an organization. There is no stronger evidence of FLIP National’s impact than the constant growth of our chapter list. Your support today will help FLIP National provide even more resources to chapters like AFGU so that they can continue to advocate for FGLI students on their campuses.
https://gofund.me/96ae5cbd
19/12/2021
On the seventh day of our , we are celebrating our popular FLIP National Laptop Lending Library! Laptops are one of the big “hidden costs” of college in the US; you know, those costs that aren’t included in tuition/room/board but can make a huge difference in your quality of life on campus. FGLI students can’t always afford access to reliable computing equipment. This initiative meets that need by providing our chapters with laptops that can be lent out to FGLI students on a long-term basis. Thanks to our partner Revivn and their donation of laptops, the Lending Library has been launched at chapters on multiple campuses thus far, most successfully by Lehigh F1RST. Infact, Lehigh’s Laptop Lending Library was so successful that Lehigh University decided to match the initial donation, and they have designed a similar initiative at Lehigh for graphing calculators.
Lehigh is not the only school that has benefitted from this program; check out how this initiative has impacted an FGLI student from Cornell.
Your continued support of FLIP National will help us grow our Laptop Lending Library by expanding our partnerships and adding more laptops so that we can support FGLI students at all of our chapters across the country. Please donate to FLIP National today to lend a hand–and we’ll make sure to lend a laptop!
https://gofund.me/96ae5cbd
CC: First Generation Student Union
On the sixth day of our , we’re excited to showcase another FLIP National chapter, First-Generation Student Association! FGSA at UNC has blossomed since becoming a chapter, culminating in the first ever First-Gen Graduation ceremony at UNC Chapel Hill last spring and securing institutional funding for their organization for the first time in 3 years. Listen to what FGSA’s president, Lissie Rivera Fernández, has to say about how FLIP National has transformed their organization.
FLIP National chapters like FGSA at UNC do an incredible amount of work to make life better for FGLI students on their campuses, and we love to support these organizations in their efforts. Donate to FLIP National today to continue helping FLIP National support and provide resources for chapters such as FGSA at UNC!
https://gofund.me/96ae5cbd
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