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Kiera Smalls, Executive Director of the Running Industry Diversity Coalition

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Mar 5, 2025
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We’re thrilled to share this interview with Kiera Smalls, the Executive Director of the Running Industry Coalition.

 The RIDC is an educational nonprofit with a mission to unite the running industry to improve inclusion, visibility, and access for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. 

This is a conversation about how running can be a tool for connection, empowerment, and change, but also how the running community, and how we think about diversity in the running community, is a microcosm for so much more.
 
In a time where we seem to see a movement in opposition to diversity, equity, inclusion, we are doing our best to double down on these values. At Charity Miles, we believe in inclusivity, and that our diversity is what makes us resilient. It also makes our life experiences so much more rich and enjoyable.
 
But most of all, because it’s the right thing to do. So we’re going to try to do our part, in this podcast at the very least, to bring you more voices like Kiera’s.

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