Juneteenth—shorthand for June 19th—celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. Originating in 1865, Juneteenth commemorates the arrival of federal troops in Galveston, Texas to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation and inform enslaved African Americans of their freedom. It is an official federal holiday and a time of joy, celebration, and reflection across the country.
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Now in its second year, the Sage Social Justice Book Award recognizes Sage titles that demonstrate a commitment to social justice and furthering diversity, equity and inclusion.
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At Sage’s Women in SBS Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, fellow publishers, professors, researchers, Sage employees, and others improved or added new articles for scholars doing critical work to advance their disciplines, improve how our sciences are taught, and come up with solutions to pressing social issues.
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Sage has added to its free-to-read collection of research and resources on Structural Racism and Police Violence.
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Louise Skelding Tattle, associate research integrity director at Sage, writes about publishing inclusive research in Sage journals and “how to ensure research outcomes work for the affected community and not a narrow group of privileged participants.”
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Social Science for Social Justice is a new book series from Sage that challenges traditional academic frameworks that have been exclusionary to people of colour.
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Celebrate U.S. Women’s Equality Day and winning the right to vote by exploring this collection of open access resources that highlights topics related to women’s history, equality, gender equity, and intersectionality from a diverse set of disciplines.
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Today marks the 32nd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a landmark civil rights legislation that works to ensure that all people with disabilities have the same rights and opportunities as everyone else. We’ve curated a collection of free-to-access resources and materials, including an interview with Judy, to help strengthen knowledge about the ADA and provide diverse perspectives from people with disabilities.
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To celebrate Pride Month, SAGE held a virtual panel to celebrate and recognize expressions of LGBTQIA+ joy.
With expertise from diverse perspectives, panelists (full bios below) discussed the vital role that self, community, art, and media play for the LGBTQIA+ community and allies.
With Juneteenth approaching and the announcement about it becoming a federal holiday, SAGE’s Malcolm Trotter, Inside Sales Representative & Customer Success Supervisor and SAGE’s POC Employee Resource Group Leader, shared a few words on the importance and necessity of the holiday.
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To demonstrate and measure SAGE’s stated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion both within SAGE’s offices and through our publishing program, we have released a debut public accounting.
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Pride Month is a time to acknowledge and celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community. Throughout the month of June, we’ll be highlighting resources and events to raise awareness and honor Pride.
We have recently signed on to the Human Rights Commission Statement on Anti-LGBTQ State Legislation to take a stand against anti-LGBTQ legislation in the US and offer our support to transgender youth. We are also continuing our partnership with the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom on Unite Against Book Bans. At the end of month (June 27th at 9AM PT/5PM BST), we are hosting a virtual panel, Expressions of LGBTQIA+ Joy, with panelists Jacob Bloomfield, Rosie Nelson, Julian Kevon Glover, and Jonathan F. Alexander.
Pride does not end in June. SAGE’s commitment to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community and to learn—and share—is ongoing and an important part of our overall DEI commitment.
Read MoreAt SAGE, we are committed to building an inclusive organization that prioritizes belonging and safety where all individuals are treated with fairness and respect regardless of age, ability, gender, sex, marital and partnership status, pregnancy and parental responsibilities, race, religion and belief, socio-economic background, or sexual orientation. We are working to ensure that our company culture is equitable and representative of the communities we serve and of which we are a part.
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The International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia is an annual observance that was created in 2004 to draw attention to LGBTQIA+ rights violations, raise awareness, and celebrate sexual and gender diversity. To acknowledge the day’s aim and purpose, we have curated a list of resources as a starting point to provide an opportunity to act and engage in dialogue with the media, policymakers, public opinion, and wider civil society
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Last year, the SAGE Journals team released a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) pledge using a framework from the Royal Society of Chemistry’s joint commitment for action on inclusion and diversity. The pledge aims to ensure that SAGE’s identity, values, and animating principles such as our guaranteed independence and our mission of building bridges to knowledge, are incorporated into our DEI work. In this blog post, Martha Avtandilian, Publisher for SAGE's Social Science Journals division and lead of the Research Pillar's Application Stream, and Jessica Lipowski, Publishing Editor on the STM Journals Editorial team, reflect on our DEI pledge for SAGE Journals a year in and looks ahead to new goals to create more inclusive journals publishing at SAGE.
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As we mark Autism Acceptance Month, explore our collection of free-to-read resources published by SAGE.
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Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day provide an opportunity to both celebrate historical contributions and consider the issues and obstacles to true equity today and tomorrow. This year’s Women’s History Month theme, “Women Providing Healing, Promoting Hope,” recognizes the central role women have served in frontline jobs and caregiver roles throughout history and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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The inaugural SAGE Social Justice Book Award has been awarded to Bennie Kara, author of A Little Guide for Teachers: Diversity in Schools. Authors Anamik Saha and Prospera Tedam have been named as runners up.
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