November 25 – Sports integrity group SIGA has established a new Standing Committee on Race, Gender, Diversity, and Inclusion.
“This new Standing Committee is set up against a background of increasing incidents relating to racism, gender inequity and other forms of negative discrimination across the global sports industry,” said SIGA.
The committee will be chaired by Brian Lewis, president of the Trinidad and Tobago National Olympic Committee (TTOC) and the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC) and member of the SIGA Council, while Ju’Riese Colon, CEO of United States Center for SafeSport, will be the Vice-Chair.
This newly formed Standing Committee is Chaired by Brian Lewis, President of the Trinidad and Tobago National Olympic Committee (TTOC) and the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC) and member of the SIGA Council, while Ju’Riese Colon, CEO of United States Center for SafeSport, will be the deputy chair.
Emanuel Macedo de Medeiros, Global CEO of SIGA and chairman and CEO of SIGA America, said: “Can any of us be insensitive to what’s happening around us and pretend it’s not our business? Each one of us can do a lot more to eradicate racism and inequality, in all its forms, from Sport and, through Sport, from our society.”
The new SIGA Standing Committee will build on the work of a multi-stakeholder Task Force that SIGA established earlier this year on this same topic. SIGA has already reviewed its own Universal Standards on Good Governance in Sport to include new and evolving best practice in this area.
“The SIGA Standing Committee on Race, Gender, Inclusion and Diversity is historic and significant with an incredible opportunity to be a force and catalyst for positive change within global sport. To be asked to chair the Standing Committee is an awesome honour and responsibility. Coming from a small Caribbean Island it’s a significant statement of inclusion and diversity by SIGA,” said Lewis.
The full composition of the SIGA Standing Committee on Race, Gender, Diversity and Inclusion in Sport is follows:
Chair: Brian Lewis, President, TTOC & CANOC, Member, SIGA Council
Deputy Chair: Ju’Reese Colón, CEO, US Centre for SafeSport
Members:
Affy Sheikh, Head of Starlizard Integrity Services, SIGA Member
Angela Smith, Chair, Stoke City Supporters Council, Member of GB World Champion Squash Team & SIGA Mentor
Arun Kang OBE, CEO, Sporting Equals
Densign White MBE, CEO, IMMAF, SIGA Member
Karin Korb, Wheelchair Tennis 2-Time Paralympian & 10 -time member of USA World Team & SIGA Champion
Michelle Chai, COO, Olympic Council of Malaysia & SIGA Mentor
Stacey Copeland, First British Woman to win the Commonwealth Title for Boxing & SIGA Champion
Taylor Green, Member, SIGA Youth Council & SIGA Mentee
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