DEI Resource Library
The MLQ DEI team has compiled our favorite articles, videos, podcasts and other resources with the goal of educating our community and promoting diversity, equity and inclusion. These resources aren’t just for MLQ, either! Any organization can use these resources to create an equitable environment.
Have a favorite resource and don’t see it in our library? Email inclusivity@mlquadball.com the link and a brief description.
11 Ways Leaders Can Develop Empathy
Forbes
How might leaders work on developing empathy either on their own or with the support of their company? Are companies currently supporting leaders enough in this process? Members of Forbes Coaches Council explain.
7 Tips for Coping with Anxiety and Supporting your Well-Being in a Crisis
Booth Andrews
This podcast provides 7 tips for coping with anxiety, including signs and symptoms of anxiety, the impact anxiety has on our executive functioning, and how we can down-regulate our nervous system in support of not only our executive functioning, but also our overall health and well-being.
Authenticity in a Community Setting: A Tool for Self Reflection and Change
Dionardo Pizaña, Michigan State University Extension
The process of change from a multicultural perspective will ask individuals and organizations to consider many new and exciting thoughts, ideas and processes.
Barriers to Sports and Physical Activity Participation
Northern Ireland Assembly
Paper examining barriers to participation and how they affect specific socio-cultural and socio-economic groups.
Black Health and Wellness Resources
Lauren Valenti, Vogue
A list, curated by Vogue, detailing 17 different Black creators to follow centered on health and wellness.
Black History Field Trips
Ernest Crim III
A playlist aimed at teaching viewers about different aspects of Black History in short, easily digestible videos.BIPOC, Black, Race, Reflection
Black Yearbook (UT)
Adraint Bereal
A student set out to document the experiences of his Black classmates on their predominantly white campus. These are some of their stories.College, Black
Burn It All Down Podcast
Burn It All Down, Quadball Canada
Sports journalists Shireen Ahmed and Jessica Luther, along with several others, started a podcast called “Burn It All Down” to create sports media that runs counter to the problematic mainstream neglect of women’s voices in sports.
Champions of Inclusion
Athlete Ally
Free, comprehensive online curriculum for coaches on LGBTQ respect and inclusion within athletics. Designed to educate coaches, athletic directors, Senior Women Administrators, trainers, and captains at the collegiate, club, and K-12 level across the U.S., Champions of Inclusion aims to eliminate geographic and financial barriers to LGBTQ education.
Culture and Sport
Council of Europe
Culture and sport are both human rights and related to various other human rights. They are also the grounds on which human rights are often challenged and abused, including those of young people.
DEI Awareness Checklist
eXtension Organizing Committee
A resource/checklist curated by Shatomi Luster-Edward with eXtension outlining the importance of DEI awareness.
Do I Need to Call the Police?
Michael Hobbes
In America in 2020, calling the police to report anything but the most urgent, severe threats has a significant chance of making things worse. This is a series of scenarios and questions to help you better understand the problem, the potential consequences and the immediate alternatives.
Four Myths About Trans Athletes, Debunked
Chase Strangio, Gabriel ArklesArticleUpholding trans athletes' rights requires rooting out the inaccurate beliefs underlying harmful policies sweeping through state legislatures.
Gender Triangle Education Guide
GLSEN, interACT
GLSEN and interACT developed the Gender Triangle as an educational tool to highlight the main components that revolve around gender identity—our bodies, how we use our bodies to express ourselves, and how the world around us reads our bodies based on the cultural and social codes of our time and place.
Guide to Allyship
Amélie Lamont
An open source starter guide to help you become a more thoughtful and effective ally.
How the 'natural talent' myth is used as a weapon against black athletes
The Guardian
Slurs and racism are routinely hurled at minority athletes, and the media often help fan the flames of abuse.
Impact in a Minute
Impact.
"Impact in a Minute" is an email newsletter that provides you with petitions to sign and funds to which to donate.
Implicit Bias Test
Project Implicit
The Implicit Association Test (IAT) measures attitudes and beliefs that people may be unwilling or unable to report and the strength of associations between concepts (e.g., black people, gay people) and evaluations (e.g., good, bad) or stereotypes (e.g., athletic, clumsy).
Indigenous Ally Toolkit
Montreal Urban Aboriginal Community Strategy Network, Quadball Canada
When it comes to creating a positive and sustainable impact on the lives of Indigenous Peoples, it is important to understand the role that an individual occupies and plays within the collective experience.
Microaggressions and the Student-Athlete
Jen Fry
Microaggressions give the idea that being white is better than being black, speaking another language means you aren’t from the US, student-athletes aren’t intelligent enough to attend the school they are enrolled, and many other things.
Pronouns 101
Queer Events
Pronouns are words that are used in place of nouns. If you say "That's Raina, She is nice," the word "she" is the personal pronoun which is being used in place of "Raina". This guide will help you better understand pronouns.
Racial Equity Toolkit
Seattle Government
Racial equity tools are designed to integrate explicit consideration of racial equity in decisions, including policies, practices, programs, and budgets. It is both a product and a process. Use of a racial equity tool can help to develop strategies and actions that reduce racial inequities and improve success for all groups.
The Black Book
Black Renaissance Group
A list of Black-owned businesses curated by the Black Renaissance Group.
The Importance of Recognizing Bias and Intersectionality in Quidditch
Lulu Xu
USNT and MLQ veteran Lulu Xu shares some of her experiences and bring attention to the unique impacts of intersectionality from the perspective of being a woman of color in quadball.