We are the most successful intercollegiate debate team at UVA. We compete primarily on the American Parliamentary Debate League - predominantly among other schools on the East Coast, as well as Stanford and Chicago. We are the only debate group at UVA that provides the opportunity to travel every weekend.Follow us on Instagram @parlidebateatuva for more information and updates!

PIH Engage is the method through which the global nonprofit, Partners in Health is able to organize local communities toward building a global movement for the right to health. As an organization, we recruit, train, and equip dedicated teams of volunteer community organizers who mobilize their communities in the fight for health equity. With each campaign, petition, and event, we generate new resources, foster public discourse, and advocate for policies that advance the right to health worldwide. On the local or college level at the University of Virginia, our goal as an organization is to organize the University and local communities toward building a global movement for the right to health. Through advocacy, community building and education, and fundraising, we will recruit, train, and equip dedicated teams of volunteer community organizers. Furthermore, it is our aim to build a community around this mission and collaborate with other CIOs, as well as institutional collaborations including with the Center for Global Health Equity. It is our aim to host global health, social, and health justice themed events on grounds. We also aim to continue this work through partnerships with community organizations within Charlottesville to further the “right to health” movement.

The mission of Peanuts and Crackerjacks, or PCJ for short, is to provide Charlottesville children with positive role models through weekly tutoring and playing with the kids. We look to improve the faculty-to-student ratio during after school programs at some of Charlottesville's underfunded elementary schools. We are a low commitment club requiring 1-2 hours of volunteering a week and travel to the schools Monday-Thursday afternoons. Through various fundraisers we intend to raise money in order to purchase new sporting equipment, school supplies, or gift cards to host small events for each school we work with. 

The Peer Advisors at UVA Law (PAs at UVA Law) serves to help ease 1L and LL.M. students into life at theUniversity of Virginia School of Law. PAs at UVA Law is designed to function as a community-building space for 1Ls and LL.M.s from all backgrounds, and members of the organization will do so by providing  mentorship, peer support, and guidance to the 1L and LL.M. class each year to help them acclimate to the law school community.

PHE

Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity at UVA is the premiere pre-law organization on Grounds. Each year, we welcome numerous guest attorneys, LSAT prep companies, and admissions consultants to speak at our bi-weekly Chapter meetings. We participate in many service initiatives on Grounds, as well as create some of our own. Additionally, our coed Brotherhood boasts a strong community and support network of other future lawyers with various fun social events.

Phi Sigma Pi Gender-Inclusive National Honor Fraternity strives to personify and encourage three ideals: 1. Scholarship: The acquisition and dissemination of information and knowledge. 2. Leadership: The application of professional skills and the fostering of leadership qualities by promoting and advancing the welfare of humanity. 3. Fellowship: The fostering of non-discriminatory, fraternal fellowship within Phi Sigma Pi's ranks.

PLAVA supports law students interested in plaintiffs’ side law by educating students on different varieties of plaintiffs’ work, career opportunities in plaintiffs’ law, and the benefits of pursuing a career representing plaintiffs as a societally enhancing endeavor.

Planned Parenthood Generation Action (PPGA) at UVA exists to educate the University community about reproductive health and rights, serve as a coalition partner to state, national, and international reproductive rights efforts, and translate increased awareness into pro-choice activism on Grounds. PPGA is a nationwide program that seeks to energize a new generation of pro-choice Americans. PPGA mobilizes young people in support of reproductive freedom, increases their awareness of threats to reproductive health and rights, and cultivates their long-term involvement in the pro-choice movement. 

The UVA Plant club is focused on connecting fellow plant enthusiasts across the UVA community, and giving them a place where they can show off their collections, give advice to others, create a centralized catalog, and more. At our meetings members are strongly encouraged to bring their plants, extra nursery pots, and cuttings they would like to give away. At our meetings we will also have a short care presentation or plant showcase presentation by one of our members. We are creating a central catalog of all unique plants that our members have, so please update us when you get a new plant!