Burden Me Not Club

Hello friends. I’m Muhammad Mustafa Kemal Gökbulak. I’m an English preparatory class student at Başkent University, Department of Political Science and International Relations. Now I will introduce you to the Burden Me Not Club. Our club was established in 2013 to draw attention to the problems that people with disabilities experience in society and to raise awareness about these problems. We gather in the meeting hall of the Directorate of Cultural Services which is associated with Department of Health, Culture, and Sports on campus and in our meeting room which is located inside the library. Our membership count is approximately 300 people. Students who are open to change and development are welcome to join our community. I want to talk about activities that we have done throughout the year. We organized a painting exhibition hosted by the Autism Foundation. We also organized a concert for children suffering from down syndrome. We also organized a conference on the exploitation of children with disabilities, who were also disadvantaged, and considered to be the problem of our society. For this conference we invited a professor in the field of child abuse. Generally participation is quite high in the activities that we plan. But what was most important, which I already mentioned, was the huge participation in the conference on the exploitation of children with disabilities, both from members of our university or not. Our society is open to students, studying at our university. Our only criteria is to be a student at Başkent University. Participating in this club, participating in the events, provided us with a broader perspective on the problems that individuals with disabilities had experienced. At the same time, we as individuals, continue to be more sensitive, more open-minded individuals.