Diversity and Inclusion Panel Discussion on Women Empowerment at the Table Tennis US Open

Apr. 8, 2024, 1:00 PM (ET)

by USA Table Tennis

The USATT DEI Panel at the Ontario Convention Center in California at the 2023 US Table Tennis Open Championships. (l-r) Barbara Wei, Donna Sakai, Dora Kurimay, and Tom Feng). Dec. 18, 2023. — The USATT DEI Panel at the Ontario Convention Center in California during the 2023 US Table Tennis Open Championships. Dec. 18, 2023.

Barbara Wei (moderator), Dora Kurimay (Chair of the USATT USATT Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee), Tom Feng (Secretary of the USATT DEI), Donna Sakai (Hall of Fame)

At the panel discussion, all the guests shared their personal experience of being a table tennis player and/or coach in the US and their insight on how to increase female players’ participation. They discussed the challenges and possible solutions to retaining youth female table tennis players and the benefit of the sport that helps them to stay with it in the long run. There was a Q & A at the end of the discussion and we had great conversations.

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