Karuth Silver Disability Community Space
A Disability Community Space Located on the UMass Amherst Campus
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Mission Statement
Mission Statement
The Karuth Silver Community Space brings to light disabled perspectives on disability justice, education, and liberation through the hosting of events, dissemination and organization of resources, and advocacy for systemic change. We aim to create a justice oriented and supportive campus community for disabled people and allies where our voices are heard and our oppression recognized.
Who Are We?
Who Are We?
The Karuth Silver Community Space is a community space for disabled students, faculty, and staff at UMass Amherst as well as for people in the Five College communities and broader geographic region. We position ourselves to be a safe, intersectional, comfortable, and inclusive space that is separate from Disability Services and Accessible Workplace.
To achieve this work, we ally ourselves with cultural centers on campus, share resources, and create opportunities for mentorship and conversations around disability identity.
The KSCS is an organization of disabled people to explore what it means to be disabled in society while supporting and empowering one another. It is not a service organization to "work with disabled folks." We are here on our own terms in our own space.
Everyone is welcome - including allies!
Our Current Goals
Our Current Goals
Obtain funding opportunities to support our goals and long term sustainability [In Progress]
Obtaining an official and long term space for KSCC. [Accomplished!]
Alter perceptions of accessibility on campus via a publicly driven accessibility map. [Accomplished!]
Creating a comprehensive disability history of UMass. [In Progress]
Designing a campus climate survey for disabled students on campus. [In Progress]
Please reach if you would like to be involved on any of these projects!
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