United We Row Summit USRowing presents the inaugural United We Row Summit. This free and interactive two-day virtual conference is designed to bring rowing leadership and coaches together to network, share ideas, and learn tangible skills on making their boathouses more inclusive. Topics include fostering a positive culture, fundraising, understanding bias, and coaching athletes who are neurodiverse. There is a seat in the boat for everyone – and we hope you take a seat with us at the Summit. Please use the following links to register:
Our shared love of rowing is what unites us. The beauty, the effort, the rhythm, the team. The reliance on your teammates in the boat – no matter who they are. Rowing can bring people together in ways few other things – even few other sports – can. In this session, hear the stories and experiences of panelists who are some of the strongest leaders in our sport and come from communities that are underrepresented in American rowing. Learn what “inclusion” meant to them, why they kept coming back to their seat in the boat, and learn tangible practices to keep members from all backgrounds in your boathouse.
Luciana Ruiz is the Head Coach and founder of Evanston Township High School Rowing - a scholastic program out of Evanston, IL created to enhance diversity, equity, and access to competitive high school rowing. Growing up in Arkansas, Ruiz was not exposed to rowing until her time at... Read More →
I'm a coxswain for TeamUSA who has been in the sport for over ten years now. I started at Cincinnati Junior Rowing club in 2014 where I coxed for 4 years before attending the University of Washington for 5 years. My favorite part of this sport by far is the community it creates and... Read More →
Marqus Brown is the head coach of WacoRowing Center. He moved to Waco last summerfor the sole purpose of getting more peoplerowing on the Brazos.He started his rowing journey during thesummer of 2008 at a free two-week camp inPhiladelphia. His high school did not have arowing team... Read More →
Former UK Olympic Rower, Founder and CEO Neurodiverse Sport CIC, Neurodiverse Sport
Caragh's journey in rowing brought both the happiest and darkest moments of her life. She discovered the sport through an outreach project, and her neurodivergent traits became the key to her early success at the junior and under-23 levels. However, when she joined the national team... Read More →
