ive been thinking...

[RangerRivet]

People are more accepting in post secondary for a few reasons.

A) You're paying to be there. Which means you're paying to learn, not piss people off.
B) It's an adult environment. You're there to qualify for a career path, and careers are for adults only.
C) That shit just don't fly in college. Discrimination will get you kicked out. In many cases, it will also make newspaper headlines "Local student expelled for being racist / sexist / etc."
D) By the time people join college, most people realize the childish trolling and discrimination is pointless. Unfortunately, many don't, but some pull their act together.

[Wereman]

Well Put Ranger, yet this is mostly true even though some degree of bullying feels to happen in college. Beware of the students who want to team up with you because they know you are smart and will do the work while they are too "lazy" to do it. Yet this is rare.

other than the groups previously stated who else should I advocate the group to and when i have some of those groups should I introduce them to the fandom?

Introduce it as a group who is open to different fan groups, cosplays including science fiction and fantasy. Once participants feel comfortable they start sharing their interest yet this may take several meetings.

[RangerRivet]

Actually wereman, I'd be more careful giving other fandoms the ability to join. Not saying its a bad idea, but it's also a potential method to getting your furry group quickly derailed into trekkies and league of legend players ;p

[Rake racoon]

that is exactly why i want to advertise to groups that are very similar only because I know for a fact that our fandom is a minority at my school and i don't want the group to be too diverse only to be slowly assimilated by a larger group

[Intrigued.Ishere]

How about starting a furry club at a community centre, backed up by your school? that way they can distribute the activity to the school board!.. i'm not sure what the costs would be but its an idea to explore