Equity, Diversity & Inclusion: A Resource Guide for Leaders in Collegiate Recreation

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Published: February 2019
Last Updated: July 2019

The publication, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion: A resource guide for Leaders in Collegiate Recreation, compiles foundational concepts, research-driven best practices, and case studies to help campus recreation professionals develop competencies around EDI – for their own personal and professional growth, as well as for their departments. The publication includes the following:

  1. Introduction to equity, diversity, and inclusion and the NIRSA EDI Identity Wheel.
  2. Definitions for a broad range of terminology associated with the nine identities focused on in this guide.
  3. Case studies to help you consider and grow your understanding of equity, diversity, and inclusion in campus recreation.

This resource was created by the NIRSA Commission on Equity, Diversity & Inclusion.Edited by Wendy B. Motch-Ellis


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Open to download resource. The publication Equity, Diversity & Inclusion: A resource guide for Leaders in Collegiate Recreation compiles foundational concepts, research-driven best practices, and case studies to help campus recreation professionals develop competencies around EDI—for their own personal and professional growth as well as for their departments. The guide first introduces the major concepts involved in EDI; it also introduces the Commission’s Identity Wheel, which is a model for understanding and advancing EDI. The second part of the guide focuses on providing a common language and terminology for the identities most frequently served by campuses and in recreation departments across North America. Recognizing that every person, department, and campus is at a different place in their journey and in their understanding of this work, each identity is also discussed in the context of three levels. Level I – Awareness This provides general terminology and shared language so that, by speaking the same language and deepening our understanding, we can begin to share conversations and move towards deeper dialogue. Level II – Inclusion This level provides probing questions and resources so that you can move from learning and understanding to actively working to include everyone on campus in your recreation center and program offerings. Level III – Advocacy This level provides resources and examples to help you empower others, eliminate barriers, and progress toward creating access and equal opportunities for others to be fulling included. The third part of this resource guide contains approximately 40 case studies—all based on actual examples of situations that have occurred in campus recreation departments in the US and Canada. Over 100 case studies were submitted by Commissioners and NIRSA members over the past few years. Thank you for your contributions to this work! The case studies are one of the most salient and practical parts of this resource guide. Campus recreation professionals can use these case studies in several ways: with their staff to create awareness around EDI-related issues that are occurring in collegiate recreation; in conversations with fellow NIRSA members on the relevance of EDI within our profession; and in their own personal development by identifying and understanding the many layers of EDI competencies necessary in our work. The full resource guide embodies much of the good work cultivated during the 2016 NIRSA Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Summit.
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