Mission Statement

Through the efforts of passionate members of the Society of Physics Students at UCSD, undergraduate students have organized into the committee Advocating for and Representing Minority Students (ARMS) and share this mission statement and an educational resource list.

Why ARMS? ARMS was created to address the lack of advocacy for and engagement of underrepresented groups in the Physics Department at UCSD. ARMS strives to hold themselves, peers, and faculty members accountable for fostering and enforcing an anti-racist environment to combat the history of discrimination and exclusion in the field of physics.

The mission of ARMS is to cultivate a supportive space for minority and underrepresented students, provide undergraduate students with a voice on issues of diversity and inclusivity in the Physics Department, and educate our scientific community on the minority experience in physics.