RISE Travel Institute is committed to:​

• Enhancing diversity and inclusion across all levels of our operations and programming

• Ensuring all intersectional identities are represented, heard, and valued within our organization

• Strengthening our DEI committee that advises and assesses policies and structures

• Elevating historically oppressed voices through our educational curriculum and resources

• Centering the well-being of host communities and Indigenous communities in the sustainable travel discourse

• Removing financial barrier to our programs for underprivileged and minoritized communities

• Supporting community/Indigenous-led tourism projects through our Experiential Journeys

• Continuously educating ourselves

• Decolonizing our own methodologies and practices

• Creating mechanisms to hold the organization accountable to our DEI commitments