Coogs' All-In Mission Statement:
To cultivate, foster and promote a diverse and inclusive culture of excellence through accessibility and equity in opportunities, education and resources for University of Houston Athletics.
Goals:
- Provide UH Athletics administrators, coaches, staff, student-athletes and the campus community with diversity and inclusion-related programming and resources on a year-round basis
- Collaborate with various communities on and off-campus to help ensure equitable participation in scheduled and new athletics and non-athletics events in efforts to support the personal and professional development of our administrators, coaches, staff, and student-athletes
- Ensure the embracement of differences remains an important aspect of UH Athletics through ongoing department-wide, dialogues about relevant issues including race, ethnicity, gender, language, background, physical challenges, religious beliefs, sexual orientation and lifestyle
Coogs' All-In Initiatives:
- Annual Diversity and Inclusion training for all student-athletes, coaches, and staff
- Bi-monthly workshops available to student-athletes, coaches, and staff focused on inclusive language, privilege, and implicit bias
- Provide student-athletes and staff with flexible scheduling options to vote on Election Day
- Continue to focus on availability of mental health services and support for student-athletes, coaches and staff
- Take the UH Athletics Department's pledge against racism
- Facilitation of two or more multi-sport team on and off-campus community service events
- Raise awareness of equal justice, and equal opportunity and encourage inclusiveness, including during Pride Awareness Month and others
For questions or concerns, please DeJuena Chizer at
dchizer@central.uh.edu.
