US Rowing

Welcome to our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resource Center! We've gathered a dedicated team to work on sharing valuable resources with the rowing community and beyond. We are committed to actively building our online resource center, so we can help make our community truly feel like home. Our resource committee is a new group, and like any novice rower, we are learning, adapting, and growing in order to produce the best virtual home for us all. We are not afraid to 'catch a crab' or make a mistake, and we encourage everyone to join us in doing the same. This is a living webpage, and we will continue to add more resources and tools. We are open to feedback, so if you have any questions, want to submit a resource, or have any comments, please email jennie.trayes@usrowing.org.

USRowing is committed to making diversity, equity, and inclusion a priority, and we are dedicated to continue to grow and evolve as we invest more in these efforts. We pledge to devote time and resources to make a lasting impact and be an agent of positive change in our rowing community and broader society. We invite our membership to join us in this commitment and continue to hold us accountable.
 

Before implementing change, it is important to identify our own privilege and biases. If you are looking for a place to start, feel free to join us in using the following tools:

Implicit Bias Assessment
Racial Equity Self-Assessment
Glossary from Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality


Gender Identity Policy (Updated 2/21/2023)

• Gender Identity Policy FAQ

2021 USRowing Annual Convention

• RowCon 2021 DEI Sessions

2020 USRowing Annual Convention

• Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity Training
• KEYNOTE: Making Our Youth and Collegiate Rowing Programs More Diverse and Inclusive
• Intersection of Inclusion: LGBTQIA* in Rowing
• DE&I Panel with Arshay Cooper
• Rowing Related Microaggressions that Need to Stop
• KEYNOTE: Looking Back at 2020 & Lessons from the Boathouse with Arshay Cooper

Adaptive

• Move United
• Let's Talk About Adaptive Sports

Age
Youth

• Positive Coaching Alliance
• Advocates for Youth

Collegiate

• Coaching Student-Athletes

Masters

• Coaching and the Masters Rower

BIPOC

• Juneteenth Resource and Celebration Guide
• Statement on the Rise of Anti-Asian Violence (3/19/21)
• The Power of One - Black Olympians Webinar (3/10/21)
• Race Foward
• Racial Equity Tools
• Rowing in Color

Cultural Competence
From the glossary linked above, "Cultural competence is achieved when an individual has a great deal of empathy and is able to navigate interactions with people of different backgrounds (race, gender, age, religion, culture) in an effective manner."  

• Getting Over Your Fear of Talking About Diversity
• What Is Intersectionality, And What Does It Have To Do With Me?

LGBTQIA+

• LGBTQ+ Inclusion Recommendations
• Play To Win: Improving the Lives of LGBTQ Youth in Sports  
• Athlete Ally
• TransAthlete.com
• Get The Facts: Trans Equity in Sports

Women in Rowing 

• Coaching Through a Gender Lens: Maximizing Girls' Play and Potential
• Women's Sport Foundation: Her Life Depends On It III & Girls and Women of Color

**Last Updated: June 1, 2021