Category: Executive Director ISDI

What happens after the marching stops? Dr. Kirk Adams on turning energized resistance into lasting power through community, strategy, and the ISDI coalition.

Quiet concern isn’t enough anymore. Dr. Kirk Adams on storytelling as leverage, defending hard-won rights, and turning moral clarity into collective action.

On May 21, Cultural Diversity and Global Accessibility Awareness Day share the calendar. Dr. Kirk Adams on why the walls between our movements were never meant to last.

Equity work too often runs in silos. Dr. Kirk Adams on leading with intersectionality as strategy—and building ISDI’s Community Coalition from silos to synergy.

You know what needs to change but lack the authority? Dr. Kirk Adams on building influence without positional power through ISDI’s Community Coalition.

Polarizing tensions don’t stop at the door of your workplace, they walk right in and make inclusion harder. On Thursday, May 14, 2026 (9-11 AM PT / 12-2 PM ET), join the Institute for Sustainable Diversity & Inclusion for NWDLS Workshop #2: Working with Polarizing Tensions: Practicing Inclusion with Compassion and Care, led by Bernardo Ferdman, editor of Diversity at Work: The Practice of Inclusion (Jossey-Bass/Wiley) and the person who originated the idea of framing inclusion as a practice, not a status.

This summer, ISDI builds the Community Coalition for Sustainable Diversity and Inclusion. Dr. Kirk Adams invites founding members to move from optics to measurable impact.

Feeling like the only DEIA champion in the room? You are not alone. Dr. Kirk Adams on building cross-sector community and collective power through ISDI’s coalition.

Confusion is freezing DEIA progress. Dr. Kirk Adams on why clarity is power—and how the Community Coalition for Sustainable Diversity and Inclusion restores it.

When DEIA rules feel blurry and risk feels everywhere, community becomes the compass. Dr. Kirk Adams on turning confusion into clarity and collective power.