💙 Become a Founding Supporter of the Community Coalition for Sustainable Diversity & Inclusion Today
What if the most important thing we could do right now is simply refuse to stand alone?
Across the country, diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging efforts are facing unprecedented challenges. Programs are being dismantled. Leaders are being isolated. Communities that have fought for decades to gain a seat at the table are being told their voices matter less than they did yesterday.
Many people are feeling exhausted. Some are afraid. Others are wondering whether all the progress we have made can survive this moment.
I believe it can.
But only if we build something stronger than any one organization, employer, consultant, advocate, or movement can build alone.
That is why the Institute for Sustainable Diversity & Inclusion is creating the Community Coalition for Sustainable Diversity & Inclusion, a national online community where people can connect, learn, share resources, support one another, and organize for a more just and inclusive future.
The Coalition will serve as a digital home for DEIAB practitioners, community leaders, educators, advocates, allies, and people directly impacted by the rollback of inclusion efforts. It will be a place where people can find practical tools, strategic support, professional relationships, leadership development opportunities, and a sense of community during a difficult time.
In short, it will be the connective tissue our movement needs right now.
And today, I am asking for your help.
Earlier this week, ISDI Board Chair Dr. Joseph Marth and I made the first two donations to launch our fundraising campaign. Together, we contributed the first $1,000 toward our $20,000 goal.
We did that because we believe leadership starts with showing up.
We would never ask others to invest in something we were unwilling to invest in ourselves.
The funds raised through this campaign will help us launch and implement our national Circle community platform, create the Coalition’s digital infrastructure, onboard members, develop programming, build resource libraries, support outreach efforts, and create a sustainable foundation for future growth.
This is not simply a fundraising campaign.
It is an invitation.
An invitation to help build a community where people can find courage when they are discouraged.
Where practitioners can find support when they feel isolated.
Where advocates can find allies.
Where communities can find one another.
Where hope can be organized into action.
At ISDI, we often say:
“The Community Coalition for Sustainable Diversity and Inclusion will help members move from reactive, isolated survival mode to strategic, sustainable, collective power.”
That is exactly what this moment requires.
The forces working against inclusion are organized.
We must be organized too.
The forces spreading fear are coordinated.
We must coordinate hope.
The forces seeking to divide us are persistent.
We must be even more persistent in building community.
If you believe that diversity, inclusion, accessibility, belonging, fairness, equal opportunity, and human dignity matter, I hope you will join Joseph and me in supporting this effort.
Whether your gift is $25, $50, $100, $500, or more, you are helping create the infrastructure that allows people across the country to come together and build something bigger than themselves.
Most importantly, you are helping send a message:
We are still here.
We are not giving up.
And we are building what comes next.
Please consider making a contribution today and sharing the campaign with your networks.
Together, we can create a stronger home for inclusion, a stronger movement for equity, and a stronger future for all.
Every movement begins with people who decide that the future is worth building. Joseph and I have taken the first step. We hope you’ll take the next one with us.
With gratitude and hope,
Dr. Kirk Adams, Ph.D.
Advocate, Leader and Keynote Speaker on Disability Inclusion & Leadership
Leading the Way to Accessible Innovation
” Inclusion isn’t just the right thing to do — it’s a strategic advantage. “
Institute for Sustainable Diversity and Inclusion (ISDI)
Executive Director
Strengthening individual and organizational capability for creating diverse, inclusive and equitable workplaces.
Innovative Impact, LLC Consulting
Managing Director
Impactful Workforce Inclusion Starts Here
American Foundation for the Blind
Immediate Past President & CEO
To create a world of no limits for people who are blind or visually impaired.
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