Running Industry Diversity Coalition

The Running Industry Diversity Coalition envisions a running industry committed to racial justice where Black, Indigenous, and people of color are welcomed, valued, and amplified. Our mission is to unite the running industry to provide resources, measure progress, and hold the industry accountable to equitable employment, leadership, and ownership positions and improve inclusion, visibility, and access for Black, Indigenous, and people of color. 

Our core values

• Love of running: We are united by a passion and commitment to running and its ability to bring people together and serve as a tool for healing. 
• Anti-racism: We will address, call out, and interrupt systems of oppression and marginalization tied to white supremacy, anti-Blackness, and racism that manifest in the running industry. 
• Power shifting: We center, listen to, and learn from voices that have been historically left out of conversations to create space for new leaders and shift the way decisions are made in the running industry. 
• Learning and self-reflection: We promote open, honest, and difficult conversations that meet people where they are in their learning journey. We welcome the willing, create multiple points of entry and provide adaptive support to make progress.
• Transparency: We can only address what we know, so we encourage information sharing, openness in communication and decision making, and collection of data to measure progress.
• Action: Progress is made when we acknowledge harms, commit to act when we see injustice, implement ideas for improving equity, and put into practice what we learn from new perspectives.