MPI-Carolinas is a community of professionals who value inclusivity, professional development, action through purposeful connections with one another. This year, we have added a new focus for our board and our membership, and that focus is diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
We understand as a chapter that it’s our responsibility to our members and our industry to embrace learning, conversations, and tangible outcomes of DEI that are current and to come. DEI is ever-changing and sometimes complex, but we dedicate each meeting in FY 2023-2024 to exploring new elements of DEI that represent various aspects of our industry. Those elements include meeting programs and new chapter policies presented by people of varying genders, races, cultures, ethnicities, abilities and disabilities, religions, ages, sexual orientations, and people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and expertise.
This will be a new journey for us as a chapter and for some of us as individuals. We have a passion for teaching, learning, and growing together as a membership. Keeping that in mind, we ask for the following actions from our members:
Kathryn Short
MPI-CC VP of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
General Industry Knowledge
Destinations International - https://destinationsinternational.org/equity-diversity-inclusion
Smart Meetings - How to Do Diversity Differently
Smart Meetings - Trying to Close the Diversity Gap? Quit Looking for the ‘Right Time’
Smart Meetings - Talking Diversity & Inclusion in 2020
Tourism Diversity Matters - https://tourismdiversitymatters.org/
For CVBs/Suppliers
Smart Meetings - Beyond Diversity: CVBs Take EDI Pledge
PCMA - Black CVB Leaders Write an Open Letter to ColleaguesBlack Lives Matter Explained via Sesame Street
For Meeting Professionals
Smart Meetings - Designing Your Event Program for Diversity & InclusionFor CVBs/Suppliers
Event Business Formula - The Future of Diversity and Inclusion within DMOs
For Meeting Professionals
Event MB - Why Diversity in The Event Industry Really Matters
Eventful Podcast - Focusing on Diversity in Meetings