About Us

The group is meant to provide an affinity for disabled, neurodivergent, and/or chronically ill students within our Soka community. We want this space to exist in order to ensure we are collectively taken care of and supported in our endeavors while here at Soka. Disabled students within academia, especially those who are also BIPOC, Queer, Trans, First-Gen, Low-income, etc... have an especially harder time at universities and it is our intention to make a space for us by us.

Statement of Purpose: The goals of this group are to provide care, aid, and resources to disabled students here at Soka. We want to support all disabled students throughout their time here whether it be with their health, academics, career, study abroad experience, etc... There are many disabled folks that exist globally and disability shouldn't be something that is taboo or hardly discussed. We also want to educate the campus on topics relating to disability and how to best support us. One cannot be a global citizen, or give back to their communities, if they do not acknowledge that disability is very real and ableism has to be undone and challenged in order for disabled folks to thrive and succeed like their non-disabled counterparts do.