All Officers and other paid and unpaid officials of the organization, as their first act of duty, shall accept the following pledge available in ASL and English:

“I shall, to the best of my ability, perform my duties with a commitment to respectful interaction consistent with the ideals of international human rights and respect for the personal dignity and self-determination of those involved in the organization. I shall also avoid committing intentional or unintentional, egregious, or persistent acts of discrimination including but not limited to: audism, ableism, elitism, ethnocentrism, linguicism, racism, religious discrimination or intolerance, sexism, and other behavior that harm individuals’ rights to self-determination and self-worth during my term of duty. I shall seek to eliminate any attitudes that feed such discrimination in my time with Deaf VISA.”