Unity of Purpose for Equitable Representation in Geosciences Workshop

地球科学研讨会公平代表性的统一目标

• 批准号: 1713930
• 负责人: Tahlia Bear
• 金额: $ 3.2万
• 依托单位: The Geological Society of America, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1713930&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Unity; Purpose; Equitable; Representation; Geosciences

The proposed Unity of Purpose for Equitable Representation in Geosciences Workshop is a convening of geoscience organizations, minority-serving professional organizations, minority-serving academic institutions, government agencies, and large facilities with an interest and capacity to positively effect change within their organizations around broadening participation efforts. The proposed workshop will support up to 40 attendees (national and local) and be held over two-days, January 2017 in Arlington, Virginia. Workshop participants will: 1) engage in focused discussions about broadening participation in geosciences academic programs and professions; 2) identify systemic or institutionalized barriers to inclusion in geosciences; 3) brainstorm methods to eliminate institutional barriers to inclusion, and 4) support development of a unified message to equitably represent diversity in geoscience disciplines nationwide that will be shared among participating organizations and institutions.This workshop will bring to light strategies for increased communication, dialogue, and partnerships that are necessary to refine solutions to broadening participation efforts. Knowledge gained will identify approaches to attract increased participation of HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) and TCU (Tribal Colleges and Universities) faculty and students in professional meetings, and better understand how professional associations can support MSIs (Minority-Serving Institutions). Traditionally earth science organizations have positively cooperated and pooled resources on projects of similar scale however they have not fully engaged in efforts with MSIs and minority-serving organizations in such an all-encompassing manner. By bringing together an assortment of professionals representing the geosciences and STEM that are committed to diversity, we hope to embolden a model with which minority and professional organizations can use to work together on broadening participation efforts. This workshop has the potential to offer comprehensive approach to support diversity and inclusivity efforts moving forward.

拟议的地球科学公平代表性目标统一研讨会是地球科学组织、为少数群体服务的专业组织、为少数群体服务的学术机构、政府机构和大型设施的会议，这些机构有兴趣和能力在其组织内积极影响围绕扩大参与努力的变革。拟议的研讨会将支持多达40名与会者（国家和地方），并在两天内举行，2017年1月在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿。讲习班参加者将：1）参与关于扩大地球科学学术课程和专业参与的重点讨论; 2）确定纳入地球科学的系统性或制度化障碍; 3）集思广益，消除包容性的体制障碍，和4）支持制定一个统一的信息，以公平地代表全国范围内地球科学学科的多样性，并在参与组织和机构之间共享。将揭示加强沟通、对话和伙伴关系的战略，这些战略是完善扩大参与努力的解决方案所必需的。所获得的知识将确定吸引HBCU（历史黑人学院和大学）和TCU（部落学院和大学）教职员工和学生更多参与专业会议的方法，并更好地了解专业协会如何支持MSIs（少数族裔服务机构）。传统上，地球科学组织在类似规模的项目上积极合作并汇集资源，但它们并没有以如此全面的方式与管理科学机构和为少数群体服务的组织充分合作。通过汇集各种致力于多样性的代表地球科学和STEM的专业人士，我们希望鼓励少数群体和专业组织可以共同努力扩大参与努力的模式。该研讨会有可能提供全面的方法，以支持向前推进的多样性和包容性努力。