EAGER: Elevating and empowering Hispanic/Latinx voices through video: Reducing barriers in academia and building an ecosystem for success in the Earth system sciences

NSF GOLD-EN EAGER项目旨在通过建立一个支持少数群体的网络，从家庭到大学社区再到专业团体，在地球系统科学中创造一种归属感、公平、机会、多样性和包容性的文化。 随着我们的社会面临日益复杂和紧迫的地球系统挑战，地球科学和相关领域与以往一样重要。 然而，地球科学是最不多样化的STEM领域之一，在过去的40年里几乎没有改善。此外，与其他STEM职业相比，地球科学职业在某些社区中不太明显，导致地球科学职业不为人所知或不被视为可行的职业。 为了解决当前的社会环境问题，必须以公平和文化上适当的方式让边缘化的人发出声音。西班牙裔/拉丁裔社区尤其如此，这是美国增长最快的少数群体。 该项目将与西班牙裔/拉丁裔学生和地球系统科学的科学家合作，为他们的家庭建立一个基础，加强西班牙裔/拉丁裔学生和地球系统科学家的网络，并建立一个可持续的学术机构领导人网络，共同为西班牙裔/拉丁裔学生，科学家和家庭创造一个包容性的环境。 该项目将促进一个框架，该框架将在未来得到扩展，以促进其他代表性不足的社区及其家庭在地球科学领域的文化适当参与。将采用三种技术来提高西班牙裔/拉丁裔社区的声音，增加对地球科学职业的了解，并加强拉丁裔/西班牙裔社区与大学系统之间的对话：1）通过电影讲故事，以加强和建立在现有的文化相关的科学交流和讲故事的西班牙裔/拉丁裔参与者的技能; 2）突出西班牙裔/拉丁裔学生，科学家和他们各自的家庭的经验，以增加地球科学的职业机会的知识;以及3）西班牙裔/拉丁裔参与者与大学社区领导人之间的对话，以提高对西班牙裔/拉丁裔学生和科学家在追求地球科学事业时所面临的挑战的理解。 通过使用叙述性的讲故事和倾听会议，项目的目标是：1）为西班牙裔/拉丁裔学生建立一个生态系统，让他们在家人的支持下从事地球科学事业，2）在追求地球科学教育和职业的过程中，感受到西班牙裔/拉丁裔人在学术界的包容感，第三章并在大学社区领导人的支持下，通过对这些领域的归属感来提高保留率。该奖项反映了NSF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。

This NSF GOLD-EN EAGER project aims to create a culture of belonging, equity, access, diversity and inclusion in the Earth system sciences by building a network of support for minoritized groups that spans from their families to the university community to professional societies. As our society is tasked to work on increasingly complex and urgent Earth system challenges, geoscience and related fields are as important as ever. Yet, the geosciences are one of the least diverse STEM fields and there has been little improvement over the last 40 years. Furthermore, the geoscience careers are less visible in some communities compared to other STEM professions, resulting in careers in the geosciences being not well known or not perceived as viable careers. To solve current socio-environmental issues, marginalized voices must be brought in and elevated in equitable and culturally appropriate ways. This is particularly true for the Hispanic/Latinx community, the fastest growing minoritized group in the United States. This project will work with Hispanic/Latinx students and scientists in the Earth system sciences to develop a foundation for engaging their families, strengthen a network for Hispanic/Latinx students and scientists in Earth system sciences, and build a sustainable network of academic institution leaders to co-create an inclusive environment for Hispanic/Latinx students, scientists, and families. This project will foster a framework that will be expanded in the future for culturally appropriate engagement of other underrepresented communities and their families in the geosciences.Three techniques will be employed to elevate the voices of Hispanic/Latinx communities, to increase the knowledge of careers in the geosciences, and to empower conversations between the Latinx/Hispanic community and the university system: 1) storytelling through film to strengthen and build upon existing culturally relevant science communication and storytelling skills of Hispanic/Latinx participants; 2) highlighting the experiences of Hispanic/Latinx students, scientists, and their respective families to increase knowledge of geoscience career opportunities; and 3) conversations between Hispanic/Latinx participants with university community leaders to elevate the understanding of challenges faced by Hispanic/Latinx students and scientists as they pursue geoscience careers. Through the use of narrative storytelling and listening sessions, the project goals are: 1) to build an ecosystem for Hispanic/Latinx students to pursue geoscience careers with the support of their families, 2) to feel a sense of inclusion of Hispanic/Latinx people in academia in their pursuit of geoscience education and careers, 3) and increase retention through a sense of belonging in these fields with the support of the university community leaders.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.