Our Mission

At DyeversityInUs, we believe that there should be more representation in underrepresented careers, so those who break barriers can inspire the next generation of leaders to not let stereotypes discourage them from their successes. Through our comprehensive speaker series events, we will prevent underrepresentation from perpetuating harmful stereotypes in communities. DyeversityInUs envisions that communities and schools across the nation will be free of stereotypes and discrimination.​​

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​Why?

• Stereotypes lead to broken dreams of youth: Stereotypes in schools create mental health issues for minority students and hinders them from pursuing their dream careers. Since stereotypes put people into boxes and discourage diversity in our society and in our careers, it forces youth who may not necessarily fit into the stereotypes to have feelings of self-doubt and feel like their career dreams aren’t valid because it’s not within the monolith. Additionally, students who are underprivileged would benefit from the support and resources from the speaker series event speakers, who are minorities in underrepresented careers. This creates better life outcomes for underprivileged students, reduces crime rates and drug addiction, and creates more representation in careers.

• Underrepresentation in careers perpetuates negative stereotypes and systemic oppression: The lack of role models in our systems can discourage young minorities and women from pursuing certain careers. As a result of underrepresentation in careers, people in communities and schools will have biased paradigms about how a certain group is this way and shouldn’t be portrayed as a leader etc., and then this all is perpetuated as stereotypes towards minorities, so it’s like a cycle. Increasing representation in careers will bring diverse voices in our systems, address systemic oppression, and reduce discrimination and stereotypes.

• Hostile campus climates in K-12 education: Many K-12 schools across the country are facing a huge problem: the hostile campus climates. Although some youth may be ignorant and unintentionally perpetuate stereotypes through jokes because of what they see on our media and the underrepresentation in careers, we still can change them through educating them on the complexities of our stories and identities. Starting with building empathy between students in middle schools and high schools, we can both improve K-12 campus climates and create a society without stereotypes and racism.

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The future is in us. Empower DyeversityInUs.