Our Team:
Manju Beth Howard
Equity & Inclusion (E&I) Lead inscbwi.eilead@gmail.com
Diane Bradley-Kantor
Co-Regional Advisor indiana-ra@scbwi.org
Teresa Robeson
Co-Regional Advisor indiana-ra2@scbwi.org
Our Mission:
♦ Our E & I team will strive to promote, encourage, and uplift under-represented voices in the children’s book industry. Those voices include, but are not limited to, individuals who identify as Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC), LGBTQIA+, religious minorities and those with disabilities.
♦ Our E & I team will strive to cultivate a caring, safe and supportive environment that enables all SCBWI members to thrive in their art.
SCBWI Statement of Intent on Equity and Inclusion
Our Goals:
♦ Recruit members that represent all of humanity
♦ Create content for and by underrepresented creators
♦ Offer memberships for underrepresented creators
♦ Implement initiatives from the global EI Committee
♦ Ensure that the language and offerings in our region speak to inclusion
♦ Create a sense of community for underrepresented creators in our region