Inaugurated in November 2013, THE PURPLE PARADE is a unifying national platform to promote awareness and celebrate abilities of Persons with Disabilities. The core of The Purple Parade movement is to ensure that Persons with Disabilities are included in the main chapter of Singapore’s growth and have equal access to education, employment, transport and social networks. It is a ground-up movement spearheaded by various organizations from the People, Public and Private, and supported by the Central Singapore Community Development Council (CDC).
SMU being the first inclusive university in Singapore had always shown its support towards Purple Parade. Annually SMU had participated actively in various events such as Purple Parade Marching, submitting of pledges and disability related videos, purchasing of purple parade merchandise and supporting the various other activities which was held on the actual event day.
29 October 2022, SMU Purple, some postgraduate students from Lee Kong Chian School of Business and Disability Support Services office staff came together to form a marching contingent as one SMU and participated in the Purple Parade which was held at Suntec City to support inclusion and celebrate abilities of persons with disabilities.