Equity Statement
General Statement
RISE Adaptive Sports (RA) celebrates equity, diversity, and inclusiveness. We embrace these pillars of excellence as crucial to healthy people and healthy communities. Value Statements RA believes that:
• Its core values are strengthened when all members have voice and are encouraged to contribute.
• Every member of humanity has a contribution to make to the whole. It is our duty to encourage and promote that contribution.
• Equity, diversity, and inclusion are an active process that requires continuous commitment to promote healthy people, healthy communities, and the overall success of present and future generations. Action Statements Our values are realized through or by: • Fostering a culture of open-mindedness, compassion, and inclusiveness among individuals and groups. • Actively building a community whose members have diverse cultures, backgrounds, and life experiences. • Providing effective leadership in the development, coordination, implementation, and assessment of a comprehensive array of programs and services to promote diversity and understanding of differences. • Creating and maintaining opportunities for engagement, education, and discourse related to issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion.