Our Mission
Dedication and Service
Sophia Refugee Support Group (SRSG) is a student-led volunteer group founded in 2017, led and advised by Professor David H. Slater. It was originally created based on a research project at Sophia University called Refugee Voices Japan. Now SRSG is consisted of about 100 members, with diverse background and faculties, and we have not only exchange and postgraduate students but also students from other universities in Tokyo.
Our support initiatives are to realize our vision of a Japanese society that is more open, multicultural, and welcoming regardless of one’s nationality, ethnicity, race, religion, and gender.
Our Members
Get to Know the Faces of SRSG
Since our founding in 2017, SRSG has developed and grown exponentially.
We’re very proud of the expertise of our staff and their abilities to contribute their own unique experience and skills to our success.
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Professor David H. Slater
Advisor Professor
David Slater has been teaching at Sophia University since 1997. He is a cultural anthropologist by training, having worked on urban studies, youth culture, capitalism and labor, 2011 disaster and recovery, homelessness. Since 2017, he has been working with and for refugee asylum seekers here in Tokyo.
He can always be reached by email: dhslater@gmail.com
Mira
Co-President
Ayaka
Co-President
Faculty of Law
3rd Year Spring Semester
(法学部国際関係法学科3年)
Faculty of Liberal Arts
3rd Year Fall Semester
(国際教養学部国際教養学科3年）
Sana
Manager
Christina
Manager
April 2023 Graduate of Faculty of Liberal Arts
Working as a Teaching and RA for Refugee Voices Japan
(2023年度 国際教養学部国際教養学科 卒業）
Junya
Co-Vice President
Faculty of Science and Technology
2nd Year Fall Semester
(理工学部機能創造理工学科2年)
Hinano
Co-Vice President
Faculty of Liberal Arts
3rd Year Fall Semester
(国際教養学部国際教養学科3年）
