UC San Diego

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Tritons Rise Up

The UC San Diego Athletics Department has restructured its Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Internal Group, which has been renamed Tritons Rise Up. The committee was revamped in response to the scholar-athletes’ call to increase anti-racism education, as well as the Athletics Department’s desire to address racism and reinforce its core value of inclusion. 
UC San Diego Athletics examined the department’s current EDI structure with its campus affiliates and amplified it. Tritons Rise Up will continue to meet once a quarter with campus affiliates to ensure inclusiveness from all areas.

Purpose
The purpose of Tritons Rise Up is to support UC San Diego Athletics in cultivating a diverse, inclusive, and anti-racist department culture. In alignment with the department’s core value of inclusion and Strategic Plan, this group encourages respectful, open dialogue, promotes ongoing education and challenges the department to take bold actions to create a culture of belonging for all.

Additional Information
As one of UC San Diego’s largest and most visible units, UC San Diego Athletics has a special responsibility to help create an environment that contributes positively to the University’s principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion. 

We uphold this expectation by committing ourselves to practices that ensure the dignity, safety, and well-being for all students, fans, staff, and scholar-athletes, celebrating each Triton’s unique identity as defined by their race, ethnicity, heritage, gender (identity, expression, and lived names), sex, sexual orientation, age, and/or religion among other elements. 

We are committed to the comprehensive integration of equity and diversity in our athletics department culture and strategic decision-making as we aim to treat each member of the Triton Family in a fair and equitable manner. We are intentional in our efforts to combat harmful behavior through education and, if needed, higher consequence. 

We are in alignment with the University’s Anti-Discrimination Policy and Principles of Community and continue to maintain an open line of communication between our partners at the Community Centers and the Office of the VC-EDI for guidance.

UC San Diego Athletics does not tolerate any discriminatory or derogatory language and/or behavior. This includes, among other things, race-based hate speech and symbols, both in written or verbal format, and gestures.
 
Gender Inclusion Policy:
UC San Diego Athletics recognizes all individuals on the gender spectrum. We respect all individual’s gender identity and expression, especially our nonbinary and transgender community. We use lived names and chosen pronouns. We actively work to ensure all members of the athletics community understand the concepts and terms referenced in the California Gender Recognition Act (SB-179).

In addition, UC San Diego Athletics welcomes all transgender scholar-athletes. As a member of the NCAA, UC San Diego looks to the NCAA's Participation Policy for Transgender Student Athletes for guidance.  

**Federal and State Law**

Proposition 209 Compliance 

In accordance with applicable Federal and State law and University policy, the University of California does not discriminate, or grant preferences, on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, and/or other protected categories. 

More information about Proposition 209 can be found here.

More information about the University of California Anti-Discrimination Policy can be found here.