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2023 Inclusive Sports Summit

The 2023 Inclusive Sports Summit poster consists of a collage of recreational, club, and varsity athletes from CU-Boulder, competing in (from left to right) track and field, rock climbing, women's ice hockey, basketball, and soccer.


Sixth Annual Inclusive Sports Summit: Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Theme:

CU Athletics and Recreation Services invite you to join us for our annual Inclusive Sports Summit. This year’s theme is Legacy: Honoring the past and creating the future of sport and recreation.

During this summit participants will...

  • Learn what equity is and how it impacts athletes across disciplines, identities and age groups.

  • Identify strategies they can use to be an effective ally and promote equity on campus and within the greater community.

  • Build skills and practice techniques for addressing inequities to help increase student retention, engagement and success.

  • Connect with departments and programs across campus that are available to support students, staff and faculty.

The Inclusive Sports Summit is free and open to faculty, staff, students and community members.

Summit Schedule


Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Time Session
9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m. Kickoff and Opening Session - Indigenous Perspectives in Sport:  A focused conversation on the North American Indigenous Games and CU Athlete Experience
Presented by:
Robin Duffy-Wirth, SunUte Community Center Director
Virgil Morgan, SunUte Recreation Manager
Alex Baca, CU-Boulder Cross Country and Track and Field Athlete

Our program will open with a land acknowledgment. Shortly after, numerous individuals with Native and Indigenous backgrounds will discuss their experiences in sport, the background of the North American Indigenous Games, and detail how they continue to advocate for Native and Indigenous people in sport at CU and beyond. 


 
10 a.m. -10:50 a.m. The State of Fitness for Black America
Presented by: Peter Stevenson

Peter Stevenson is a former recreation director, a certified Master Personal Trainer, Sports Nutritionist, Health Club Manager and a Strength & Condition Trainer. His work identifies key insights on the health and fitness of Black America and how to strategically improve health outcomes through diet, recreation and education.



 
11 a.m. -12:00 p.m. Legacy - an inside look at creating and sustaining past and future legacies
Presented by: Rick George, Director of Athletics, CU-Boulder

Colorado Athletics made headlines as the only Power 5 athletic department to hire 3 consecutive Black men as head football coach, bringing attention and awareness to the lack of diversity in head coaches in college football. Rick George will share how to build legacies for the future in diversity and inclusion, as well as the individual work he does to advance his own legacy, and the legacy of Colorado Athletics. 

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. The Colorado athlete experience: personal and professional development in the age of NIL, amateurism, and athlete empowerment 
Presented by: CU Boulder Sport Club and Varsity student-athletes

Varsity and Club Athletes will discuss their involvement with sponsorship and NIL to give participants a look at how current athletes navigate the opportunities and challenges associated with them.

1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
DEI officers in sport and recreation creating new pathways in the sport and recreation industry
Presented by:
DaWon Baker - CU Associate AD - DEI (Moderator)
Dr. David Humphrey - Assistant Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, CU-Boulder
Dr. China Jude -  Vice President, DEI Denver Broncos
Dr. AJ Keaton - Associate Professor, University of Louisville
Kellen Wells-Mangold - Associate AD, University of Wisconsin-River Falls
 
DEI officers in professional, collegiate and recreational sport will discuss their roles, responsibilities and their plan to create a legacy for DEI officers, as well as discuss key takeaways on how to make their respective industries more inclusive for future participants.

2:30 p.m. -3:15 p.m. Broncos en Espanol: Hispanic and Latino involvement in sport
Presented by: Marisol Villagomez - Director of Multicultural Marketing, Denver Broncos

Villagomez is the Director of Multicultural Marketing for the Denver Broncos. She helped establish Broncos en Español, the Latino serving marketing initiative for the Denver Broncos in Colorado and oversees the Club’s international efforts in Mexico. She is also a graduate of the Latino Leadership Institute, and will present on her work with the Broncos and additional topics of Hispanic and Latino involvement in sport and recreation.

3:30 p.m. -4:30 p.m. Title IX for all? The history, intersection and Future of Title IX
Presented by:
Alexis Williams - Senior Associate AD, External Relations, CU Athletics
Rhonda Blanford Green - Former Commissioner, Colorado High School Activities Association
Jill Keegan - Senior Associate AD and Senior Woman Administrator, CU Athletics

This session will examine the intersection between Title IX and gender, race, ethnicity, sex and ability, among others, and will additionally detail how the future of Title IX will look.