Increasing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice in Coastal Conservation Organizations and Projects Nationwide

“恢复美国河口计划”（RAE）提出了两个系列研讨会，每个系列约有100人参加，这些研讨会将提供知识、技能和途径，以便在多样性、公平、包容和正义（DEIJ）领域做出有意义的改进。该系列将分为两个专题：一个面向海岸保护资助者，另一个面向海岸保护项目实施者。每个轨道将包括一个工作组提供的内容，该工作组由这些目标部门内各种受人尊敬的组织的代表组成。在这些部门工作的人员提供的第一手资料将确保这些讲习班的适当性和适用性。将由一名在DEIJ方面具有专门知识的顾问收集资料并将其发展成内容，并得到环境研究中心的支持，以便围绕海岸保护进行研究。通过将资金来源与资金需求结合起来，本系列文章可以帮助重新定位资金和项目，以改善海岸保护工作中的DEIJ。“恢复美国河口”（RAE）旨在以最近的一次研讨会为基础，在全国沿海保护部门和沿海社区的多样性、公平、包容和正义（DEIJ）问题上产生更广泛、更深入的影响。目前提议的研讨会支持以下愿景：“美国的河口、海湾和海岸是所有人的资源，应该是安全的、可接近的，并为所有人所享受；恢复和扩大这些资源的努力必须确保任何项目的成本和收益在所有社区中公平分配，并通过扩大投资来纠正这些成本和收益的历史不平等。”该项目将通过与两个受众的接触来推进DEIJ的愿景：资助者和项目执行者。RAE提出以下研讨会目标：1)建立一个主要的海岸修复和保护资助者和实施者小组，致力于改善DEIJ的运作。2)确保海岸保护资助者具备知识和工具，帮助他们在资助过程中解决与DEIJ问题相关的障碍，并为他们提供提高包容性和有效性的途径。3)确保海岸保护项目执行者具备知识和工具，帮助他们在规划、启动和实施项目时解决与DEIJ问题相关的障碍，同时支持在这些项目中更好地纳入DEIJ原则的努力。4)促进参与者之间的信息共享，帮助他们实施改进的过程。5)向海岸保育界推广最佳做法和经验教训。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Restore America’s Estuaries (RAE) proposes two series of workshops, with estimated attendance of 100 people per series that will provide the knowledge, skills, and pathways to make meaningful improvements in the area of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ). The series will be divided into two tracks: one for coastal conservation grantmakers and one for coastal conservation project implementers. Each track will include content informed by a Working Group comprised of representatives of diverse, well-respected organizations within these target sectors. The first-hand input from people who work in these sectors will ensure the appropriateness and applicability of these workshops. Information will be gathered and developed into content by a consultant with expertise in DEIJ and supported by RAE in contextualizing this around coastal conservation. By aligning the funding sources with the demand for funding, this series can help re-orient funding and projects to improve DEIJ in coastal conservation work.Restore America’s Estuaries (RAE) seeks to build upon a recent workshop effort to create broader and deeper impact around Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ) issues across the coastal conservation sector and coastal communities nationwide. The current proposed workshop supports the following vision: “America’s estuaries, bays, and coasts are resources for all people and should be safe, accessible, and enjoyed by all; efforts to restore and expand these resources must ensure that costs and benefits of any project are equitably distributed across all communities and that historic inequity of these costs and benefits are remediated through expanded investments.” This project will advance the DEIJ vision through engagement with two audiences: grantmakers and project implementers. RAE proposes the following workshop objectives: 1) Create a group of leading grantmakers and implementers of coastal restorations and conservation to commit to improving DEIJ in their operations. 2) Ensure coastal conservation grantmakers are equipped with knowledge and tools to help them address barriers related to DEIJ issues in their grantmaking processes, and provide them with a pathway to an improved degree of inclusivity and effectiveness. 3) Ensure coastal conservation project implementers are equipped with knowledge and tools to help them address barriers related to DEIJ issues in their efforts to plan, launch, and conduct their projects, while also supporting efforts to better incorporate DEIJ principles in these projects. 4) Facilitate sharing of information among participants to help them implement improved processes. 5) Promote best practices and lessons learned to the coastal conservation community.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.