WALES LACROSSE
Stronger Together Webinars
Through a combination of expert panels and athlete stories, Wales Lacrosse presents a series of webinars to provide athletes, coaches, management, volunteers and beyond with the tools to understand, learn, and work together to create a safe space for everyone.
We aim to:
• highlight how the systems we currently exist in disadvantage many in sport
• provide practical tools to dismantle inequality, and
• empower us all to actively practice allyship.
Our webinars will platform a diversity of expertise, voice, and lived experience from across lacrosse and global sport.
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An Introduction to Inclusivity in Sport: How We Can All Be Leaders.
Wales Lacrosse, with the support of the European Lacrosse Federation, are privileged to present 'An Introduction to Inclusivity in Sport: How We Can All Be Leaders' led by diversity and inclusion experts, Erin Walters-Williams and Jehmeil Lemonius.
We will talk about what inclusion really means in a sport context and identify tangible ways you can lead inclusive, positive change through everyday actions.
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Speaker Bio
Jehmeil Lemonius
Jehmeil is the D&I Officer at The Football Association, where his role is to help develop and deliver their Diversity and Inclusion strategy 'In Pursuit of Progress'.
He previously worked at Stonewall UK as the Sports Campaigns Manager, where he managed the Rainbow Laces campaign. In addition to this, Jehmeil worked across some of the organisation's strategic partnerships with footballing bodies such as the Premier League and the FA.
As well as his roles at the FA, Jehmeil is a player and captain of Stonewall FC, the world's most successful LGBT football club.
Erin Walters-Williams
Erin is an inclusion and education professional whose passion for inclusion through sport was born out of a 20+ year lacrosse career in both the UK and USA. She works with sporting organisations to develop environments that are inclusive, successful and sustainable.
Erin served on the BUCS Inclusion Board as the chair of its Diversity Network, and has volunteered as an athlete supporter for the Women's Sport Trust and Athlete Ally.
Erin played lacrosse for Wales from 2011-2017, representing at 2 World Championships. She also co-captained Cambridge University Women's Lacrosse to 2 BUCS National Championships as well as previously playing Division 1 lacrosse at Brown University.