Promising Practices in Creating Welcoming, Culturally Inclusive CILs that Promote Equity
About the Fact Sheet
It is not enough to just declare that we are inclusive of everyone. To reach and serve the entire community of persons with disabilities, CILs must address our consumers’ overlapping or intersecting social identities. Identities such as race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender do not and cannot exist separately from disability. CILs must be intentional in the way they organize themselves and conduct business.
The purpose of this factsheet is to provide relevant suggestions, tips, promising practices, and lessons learned from nine small and large CILs across the country that participated in ILRU’s Disability, Diversity and Intersectionality (DDI) project (https://www.ilru.org/topics/inclusion-diversity-underserved-populations) along with ILRU’s ongoing work related to inclusion and intersectionality. It is our hope that this resource will support your CIL wherever you are on your journey to becoming more welcoming, safe, and culturally inclusive for everyone.
