Coalition of Hispanic, African and Native Americans for the Next Generation of Engineers and Scientists (CHANGES) Organizational Workshop

Change是一个由西班牙裔、非洲人和美洲原住民组成的下一代工程师和科学家联盟。这一独特的联盟有可能极大地改变其组成组织在支持扩大参与的国家一级活动方面的运作方式。在现有的15个成员组织中，变革组织召集了许多面向不同人群的专业协会，在2015年春季由德克萨斯大学阿灵顿分校主办了一次研讨会。讲习班将促进制定一项战略计划，以扩大国家一级的参与，使每个组织的成员都参与进来。旨在利用集体成员在全国范围内对STEM劳动力、研究和教育社区产生积极影响的一套核心战略举措。拟议的活动将增进我们对这一联盟如何推动扩大参与努力的了解。虽然过去曾尝试过这种类型的联盟，但未能获得支持，甚至在真正开始之前就解散了。研讨会和相关工作将：1)巩固变革伙伴关系成员组织的伙伴关系，以最大限度地扩大对STEM的集体参与；2)提高对伙伴组织计划的了解，以便更好地协调和补充这些计划(通过利用个别组织的其他优势和目标，并加强集体变革议程)，以及3)确定一套核心战略活动，旨在利用集体变革成员扩大STEM劳动力、研究、政策和教育界的参与和包容性--在国家层面。最终，该项目将使人们更广泛地了解专注于代表性不足人群的专业组织如何有效合作，对STEM国家劳动力的多样性产生重大影响。

CHANGES is a Coalition of Hispanic, African and Native Americans for the Next Generation of Engineers and Scientists. This unique coalition has the potential to dramatically change the way its constituent organizations function with respect to national level activities that support broadening participation. With fifteen current member organizations, CHANGES has brought together many of the professional societies that target diverse populations to convene a workshop, hosted by the University of Texas at Arlington, during spring 2015. The workshop will facilitate the creation of a strategic plan for broadening participation at the national level, involving the membership of each of the organizations. A core set of strategic initiatives aimed at leveraging the collective membership to positively impact the STEM workforce, research, and educational communities on a national scale. The proposed activity will advance our knowledge with respect to how this coalition can advance broadening participation efforts. While this type of coalition has been attempted in the past, it failed to gain traction and subsequently disbanded before even really getting started. The workshop and related efforts will: 1) solidify the partnership of CHANGES member organizations to maximize the collective influence for broadening participation in STEM; 2) improve the understanding of partner organizations' programs in order to better coordinate and complement these programs (by taking advantage of other strengths and goals of the individual organizations and enhancing the collective agenda of CHANGES), and 3) identify a core set of strategic activities aimed at leveraging the collective membership of CHANGES to broaden participation and inclusivity in the STEM workforce, research, policy, and educational communities - on a national level. Ultimately, the project will produce a broader understanding of how professional organizations that focus on under-represented populations can effectively collaborate to make a significant impact on the diversity of the STEM national workforce.