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

恢复美国河口(RAE)计划举办两个系列研讨会，每个系列估计有100人参加，将提供知识、技能和途径，在多样性、公平、包容性和正义(DEIJ)领域做出有意义的改进。该系列将分为两个轨道：一个面向海岸保护授权者，另一个面向海岸保护项目实施者。每个轨道将包括由一个工作组通报的内容，该工作组由这些目标部门内不同的、备受尊敬的组织的代表组成。这些部门工作人员的第一手投入将确保这些讲习班的适当性和适用性。信息将由一名在经济和社会事务部拥有专门知识的顾问收集并发展成内容，并得到环境与环境研究中心的支持，以便将这一点与沿海养护联系起来。通过将资金来源与资金需求相结合，本系列可以帮助重新调整资金和项目的方向，以改善海岸保护工作中的DEIJ。恢复美国河口(RAE)寻求以最近的研讨会努力为基础，在全国沿海保护部门和沿海社区围绕多样性、公平、包容和正义(DEIJ)问题产生更广泛和更深层次的影响。目前拟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、可获得的和所有人都享有的；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，并通过扩大投资来弥补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：赠款制定者和项目实施者。RAE提出了以下讲习班目标：1)建立一组沿海恢复和保护的主要授权者和实施者，以致力于改善其业务中的环境与环境影响评估。2)确保向沿海养护授权者提供知识和工具，帮助他们在授权书发放过程中解决与环境与生态系统问题有关的障碍，并为他们提供一条提高包容性和有效性的途径。3)确保沿海养护项目实施者具备知识和工具，帮助他们在规划、启动和开展项目的努力中解决与环境、社会和文化权利问题有关的障碍，同时支持在这些项目中更好地纳入环境、社会和文化权利原则的努力。4)促进参与者之间的信息共享，以帮助他们实施改进的进程。5)向海岸保护社区推广最佳做法和经验教训。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，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.