WGI Diversity, equity, and inclusion roundtable
The WGI Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee invites you to attend the Inaugural WGI DEI Committee Roundtable on Sunday, January 12th at 9:00 PM EST on Zoom’s Webinar platform.
This is an excellent opportunity to come together, discuss DEI Committee updates and projects, and share what’s ahead. Our members will highlight the latest WGI DEI news and answer community questions and concerns. To streamline the Q&A session of the town hall, committee members will answer previously collected questions from members of the WGI community.
You can submit your questions to WGI via one of our pre-event polls on Instagram. These polls will be available for 24 hours each on Wednesday, December 12, and Monday, January 6.
Questions may also be asked in the chat during the Q&A session of the event. We encourage all color guard, percussion, and winds community members to attend this important event and look forward to seeing you there!
WGI DEI Mission Statement
We strive to foster relationships across race, age, gender, religion, identity, and experience for our performers, directors, staff, and spectators, which yields an environment rich in creativity, strong in diversity, and fortified by our love of the marching arts.
We strive to foster relationships across race, age, gender, religion, identity, and experience for our performers, directors, staff, and spectators, which yields an environment rich in creativity, strong in diversity, and fortified by our love of the marching arts.
WGI DEI Mission Statement
We strive to foster relationships across race, age, gender, religion, identity, and experience for our performers, directors, staff, and spectators, which yields an environment rich in creativity, strong in diversity, and fortified by our love of the marching arts.
With the FLP, we now have a program that can harness performers talents far beyond the competition floor.
With the FLP, we now have a program that can harness performers talents far beyond the competition floor.
WGI Initiatives
& Resources
The I AM WGI: Future Leaders Program aims to lay the groundwork for mentorship of aspiring leaders from within the WGI community. This program is a comprehensive mentorship and leadership opportunity designed to foster the next generation of leaders in our activity.
The I AM WGI: Emerging Voices Award is a community-funded monetary award that strives to reduce financial barriers for historically underrepresented participants with high artistic skills, and leadership promise as well as individuals who show promise to be a beacon for positive change in their communities and WGI.
The WGI Board of Directors; WGI Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee; and the WGI Future Leaders Program (FLP) are proud to announce the promotion and education of Inclusive Costuming.
CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND VIEW THE INCLUSIVE COSTUMING RESOURCES
WGI proudly supports LGBTQ+ Pride this month and throughout the year. We have compiled the following resources (accessible year-round) to help inform and educate on the challenges that LGBTQ+ individuals face, highlighting a few of the many programs and organizations that are working to make a positive impact on the LGBTQ+ Community.
- William Martin: Diversifying the Student Experience
- Andre Williams: What You Have To Offer
- Sabine Francois: Being Undeniably YOU
- Rodney Bailey: An Educator’s Perspective
- Black History Month: Tykeem Rainey
- Marlieta Matthews: The Activity That Raised Her
- Black History Month: Nicole Younger
- Cichele: Putting Your Experience to Work
- Jeleesa Levy: Claiming Your Space
- Liz Bannon: Team Culture and Character Education
- South Shore Drill Team: A History of Diversity
- Lex Holland-Albaugh: Diversity in the Marching Arts
- WGI Board of Directors Complete Diversity Training
- WGI Revises Mission Statement
- AMP Winter Guard Develops Diversity Training Program
- WGI Announces Inclusive Costuming Resource
- Nicole Younger Joins WGI Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
- DEI Committee Adds Four New Members
- WGI Collaborates With Pepwear for Pride Month Initiative
- 2022 Class of Future Leaders Program Announced
- Dayton Convention & Visitors Bureau Contributes Funds to WGI’s Emerging Voices Award
- WGI: Making Future Leaders In the Activity
