Amid a national rise of rollbacks and threats to DEI programs, San Diego Writers, Ink is committed to advocating for the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Compiled in this blog are five helpful resources for understanding and implementing DEI among writers and in literary spaces.

Why Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Is Important for Writers exposes the biases of the publishing sphere. Miranda-Wolff draws attention to how publishing shapes cultural narratives, limiting representation in literature. Her article provides ideas to perpetuate diversity within writing, and the responsibility writers have to broaden their voice.

How to Disrupt the Publishing Industry and Do Better follows the story of Rebekah Borucki, founder of Row House Publishing. Burocki’s story serves as a poignant example of disrupting social biases and inequalities within the publishing industry, providing advice on forming equitable business practices that celebrate diversity.

Reading Between the Lines features the ways in which social movements directly impact the literary world. Linking activism to disruptions in archaic practices, this article details how legislation, financial systems, and institutional happenings affect the literature being written and published.

The Importance of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Grantmaking provides helpful guidance to literary organizations, highlighting how DEI shapes equitable funding practices for arts organizations. Faced with the competing large-scale corporations, DEI grantmaking gives small businesses and organizations a chance to be changemakers.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion in a polarized world examines DEI challenges across fields, recounting the resistance to DEI in cultural sectors and how to combat the decline of equity-centric programs. Warning of the ramifications of dismantling DEI, this article suggests ways to popularize these programs and promote DEI as an essential facet of any organization.

SDWI’s DEI committee meets quarterly in January, April, July, and October, usually on the first Monday of the month at noon. For more information and to get involved, please email Board Member Thelma de Castro at tvdecastro@gmail.com.