You Are Not the Only One in the Room
By Dr. Kirk Adams Executive Director, Institute for Sustainable Diversity and Inclusion (ISDI) www.i4sdi.org You Are Not the Only One in the Room In February, during the State of the Union Address, Donald Trump declared, “We have put an end to DEI.” That sentence...
April Is Autism Acceptance Month — Let’s Build a Bigger, Brighter Constellation
By Dr. Kirk Adams Executive Director, Institute for Sustainable Diversity and Inclusion (ISDI) www.i4sdi.org April Is Autism Acceptance Month — Let’s Build a Bigger, Brighter Constellation Here, Dr. Kirk Adams frames Autism Acceptance Month as a call to move beyond...
Clarity Is Power: Why the Community Coalition for Sustainable Diversity and Inclusion Matters Now — and Why You Should Help Build It
By Dr. Kirk Adams Executive Director, Institute for Sustainable Diversity and Inclusion (ISDI) www.i4sdi.org Clarity Is Power: Why the Community Coalition for Sustainable Diversity and Inclusion Matters Now — and Why You Should Help Build It Something profound is...
When the Rules Are Blurry, Community Becomes the Compass
By Dr. Kirk Adams Executive Director, Institute for Sustainable Diversity and Inclusion (ISDI) www.i4sdi.org When the Rules Are Blurry, Community Becomes the Compass There is a mounting tension in the air right now. It lives in boardrooms where leaders hesitate before...
We Are Not Waiting. We Are Building a Coalition.
By Dr. Kirk Adams Executive Director, Institute for Sustainable Diversity and Inclusion (ISDI) www.i4sdi.org We Are Not Waiting. We Are Building a Coalition. Something is stirring. You can feel it in the streets. You could hear it on March 28, at the No Kings rallies...
Closing out National Women’s History Month—How are we doing?
March 31, 2026 Barbara Deane, co-director of the Institute for Sustainable Diversity and Inclusion. National Women’s History Month—How are we doing? In 1978, the Sonoma County Commission on Women (in California) set aside a week to celebrate women’s history. This...
ISDI and Archbright Virtual Event: Legal & Political Landscape: Advancing DEI Amid Threats & Challenges: Friday, April 17, 2026 at 11:30 AM PT
✏️ Register here for Archbright and ISDI Virtual Event: Legal & Political Landscape: Advancing DEI Amid Threats & Challenges: Friday, April 17, 2026 at 11:30 AM PT The Institute for Sustainable Diversity & Inclusion (ISDI) launches its 2026 series of...
When DEIA Work We Love Begins to Weigh Too Much — A New Way Forward
There is a quiet truth moving through the diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility community right now — quiet, but unmistakable. People are tired. Not the kind of tired that disappears after a long weekend or a good night’s sleep. This is soul-level fatigue....
