A National Initiative to Bring Science and Sustainability to the Incarcerated: A Conference Grant

该会议项目包括两次科学家、科学教育工作者和其他专家的聚会，并开发了一个网站、名单服务器和相关活动。在聚会期间，与会者将探讨如何建立以州为基础的项目，以吸引那些被监禁在可持续发展科学规划中的人。这项工作建立在可持续监狱项目的成功基础上，该项目通过直接参与保护研究，将被关押在华盛顿州的人与科学联系起来，并响应了科学家和惩教人员的呼吁，他们有兴趣在其他州实施类似的计划。该项目将有助于推动非正式科学教育(ISE)领域的发展，方法是：潜在地为真正缺乏服务的人群开展影响深远的活动；建设ISE专业人员的能力；建立知识和支持非传统合作的可复制模式，以满足STEM中代表性不足的人的需求。

This conference project features two gatherings of scientists, science educators, and other experts, as well as the development of a web site, list-serv, and related activities. During the gatherings, participants will explore how to build state-based programs that can engage people who are incarcerated in sustainability science programming. This work builds off of the success of the Sustainable Prisons Project, which has connected people who are incarcerated in Washington State with science through direct involvement in conservation research, and responds to calls from scientists and corrections staff interested in implementing similar programming in other states. The project will help advance the informal science education (ISE) field by potentially leading to high impact activities for a truly underserved population; building capacity among ISE professionals; and building knowledge and a replicable model of supporting non-traditional collaborations that serve the needs of people underrepresented in STEM.