Dear All, During CT 2018 we had an informal discussion session about issues of diversity and inclusion in the Category Theory community and beyond. One idea that arose was to write some sort of "Manifesto for Inclusivity", which I then did, but after showing it to a few people I promptly became too afraid to disseminate it any further. At the highly galvanising workshop that Emily Riehl organised last month on "Professional Norms in Mathematics", many participants urged me to share it, come what may. So here it is. I'm not quite sure what to suggest is done with it but here are some suggestions: a) Conference organisers who believe in it could include it (or a version of it) on the conference website, in conference announcements, and even acknowledge it out loud at the start of a conference. b) Individuals could include it (or a version of it) on their own webpages, as I have now done here: http://eugeniacheng.com/inclusivity/ Incidentally, on this page I have also included a link to Spectra, the association for LGBTQ+ mathematicians, where everyone can sign up to the Out List or the Ally List. http://www.lgbtmath.org/ c) Someone more technically adept than me could make a sign-up form so that we could compile a list of people in the community who agree with this. In the meantime, if you'd like to put your name to it you could email me privately and I could add names to my page manually until the administration of such an ad hoc system becomes too much for me. Best wishes, Eugenia ----------------- Manifesto for inclusivity in Category Theory 1. We believe in inclusivity, that is, a policy of including people who might otherwise be excluded, disadvantaged, or marginalised. 2. Some groups are under-represented or are a minority in our community, and this is not evidence that they are less worthy. 3. We acknowledge many ways in which people can be unfairly disadvantaged in our community including, but not limited to: gender and gender identity, race and ethnicity, sexuality, disability, native language, country, culture, socioeconomic status, institution, seniority, juniority, job title, access to grants. 4. We believe in actively working together to counteract these disadvantages. 5. We believe in the value of a wide range of contributions to our community besides research, including, but not limited to: - exposition - teaching - mentoring - organising conferences 6. We recognise that we are all more advantaged than some people and less advantaged than some other people. We commit to acknowledging our own advantages and compassionately supporting those who experience disadvantages different from our own. [Manifesto for Inclusivity by Eugenia Cheng is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.] --- Dr Eugenia Cheng Scientist In Residence: School of the Art Institute of Chicago Honorary Visiting Fellow of Pure Mathematics: City, University of London www.eugeniacheng.com twitter.com/DrEugeniaCheng [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]