Non profit providing sponsorship, mentorship, networks, and opportunities for minorities in figure skating nationwide.
Joined February 2018
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12 Mar 2025
Our founder @joel_savary is on a mission to open the first-ever Black-owned ice rink and skating museum called @districticerink ⛸️🏒
Donate to the GofundMe below to help us make history on and off the ice ⛸️ #RiseWithTheRink
gofund.me/ae72c4a1
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10 Jan 2025
Closing the week with @chelseahandler, Clarence Maclin and a performance from Drew and Ellie Holcomb! PLUS Diversify Ice!
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10 Jan 2025
The @diversify_ice founder @joel_savary and team is so excited 🎉 to be part of the @KellyClarksonTV tomorrow! Tune in!
📺 Find out when/where to watch in your area here: kellyclarksonshow.com/wheret…
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22 Mar 2024
SkateRaiser24 Chicago features the hottest 🔥 talent of skaters of color performing live, Starr Andrews, Jacob Sanchez, Valentina and Max, Emmanuel Savary, Gisele and Kouvei, Maya James. Meet Olympian & World 🏅 Tai Babilonia and Debi Thomas! 🎫Tix Diversifyice.org/events
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7 Mar 2024
Congrats to the @diversify_ice team and @HowardU on history
#Diversifyice @joel_savary #mabelfairbanks Jordan McCreary, Denise Viera , Megan Williams Stewart
6 Mar 2024
Joel Savary is on a mission to attract more Black and brown skaters to the sport.
The National figure skating coach founded the Diversify Ice Fellowship and Foundation seven years ago to combat the racism and lack of diversity he saw first as a skater.
bit.ly/3DT2Sbz
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28 Feb 2024
The founder of the Diversify Ice nonprofit, UD alumnus Joel Savary also coaches @HowardU's new team, which competed at the Blue Hen Ice Classic, a student-run figure skating tournament that brought 213 skaters from 21 universities to UD from Feb. 24-25.
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28 Feb 2024
ICYMI: Howard U. made history this week as the first HBCU competitive figure skating team ⛸
I spoke with coach @joel_savary about the roots of the team - and how he hopes its another step of getting more Black athletes into skating.
For @Olympics:
olympics.com/en/news/howard-…
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28 Feb 2024
Congrats to our CEO/ founder @joel_savary and his history making Collegiate figure skating students at @HowardU
27 Feb 2024
Congratulations to Joel Savary ‘11 and the Howard University Figure Skating team for making history on our campus this weekend!
Check out the full story here👉 rec.bluehens.com/news/2024/2…
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25 Feb 2024
We are so proud. @joel_savary coaches the Howard Figure Skating team with his @diversify_ice organization he started, dedicated to fostering diversity in skating. #Howard #DiversifyIce
25 Feb 2024
Congratulations @HowardU figure skating team.
As the nation’s first HBCU intercollegiate figure skating team, you are breaking barriers and will inspire athletes for generations to come.
You make all of us Bison proud.
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2 Feb 2024
Amazing 🤩 panel 🎙️ discussion at the @thelincolntheater in 📍 Columbus, Ohio with @diversify_ice founder Joel Savary 🔥 and so many other talented people doing great work pushing diversity in their respective areas during the #uschamps24
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4 Nov 2023
Diversify Ice pushing the envelope with competitive ice skating at HBCUs.
2 Nov 2023
The team will be coached by Diversify Ice's founder, Joel Savary, as part of the nonprofit's mission to make figure skating more inclusive to underrepresented groups. trib.al/nh4S57w
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4 Nov 2023
Thank you to @icetheatre for honoring Diversify Ice with the Will Sears Daring Greatly award.
Watch full video here: youtu.be/Qqox-t90h_I
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29 Mar 2023
Check out @diversify_ice feature on @pbs @KQEDarts 📺 . Story highlights @taiskates @joel_savary @Atoywilson1 @USFigureSkating @TeamUSA @MayorBowser @washingtondc
21 Mar 2023
#OnThisDay in 1986 Debi Thomas became the first Black American woman to win the World Figure Skating Championship. Check out this episode of If Cities Could Dance from @KQEDarts discussing the importance of representation in figure skating.
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21 Mar 2023
#OnThisDay in 1986 Debi Thomas became the first Black American woman to win the World Figure Skating Championship. Check out this episode of If Cities Could Dance from @KQEDarts discussing the importance of representation in figure skating.
to.pbs.org/3LWwWZ5
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28 Feb 2023
Alexa Gasparotto, Jessica Jurka, Cyrus McSwain, Ria Basu, Nathaniel Chapple & Athena Huang are the 2023 Mabel Fairbanks Skatingly Yours Fund scholarship recipients: usfigureskating.org/news/pre…
Alexa was honored on 1/28/23 with her coach Rohene Ward at #ToyotaUSChamps! @diversify_ice
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24 Feb 2023
The @diversify_ice #skateraiser23 was a blast 🤩 . Thank you @taiskates @Skating_Starr @AdamRippon @joel_savary @USFigureSkating @Atoywilson1
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