SCC CIVIC-FA Track B: Visualizing Resilience: BIPOC Youth Advocacy through Mapmaking

该项目将通过绘制地图和宣传，让生活在一线沿海社区的黑人、土著和有色人种青年参与抗灾规划。 地图点，一个创造性的和可访问的地图制作工具，以及青年倡导抗灾能力（YARDs），一个课程改编自一个验证的程序，将被引入教育和授权中学年龄的参与者，倡导改善基础设施，在他们的社区有关的灾害及其影响。除了实现拟议的基础设施改善的潜力外，参加这些活动还可以帮助青年提高自我和集体效能，并与更广泛的盟友和倡导者网络建立联系。研究表明，让青年参与宣传和备灾工作可大大提高抗灾能力。该框架将与格鲁吉亚萨凡纳西侧的沿海社区合作，项目团队在灾害相关数据收集，社区参与和复原力规划方面已经拥有丰富的经验。试点之后，复原力可视化框架将被转移到格鲁吉亚和美国各地其他面临灾害风险的社区。自定义，开源，地图制作工具和定制课程将指导参加课外俱乐部的中学生参与者：1）绘制社区交叉灾害的影响，并确定基础设施改善项目以解决这些问题; 2）通过向社区领导人，当地专家和政府官员展示他们的地图，为自己和邻居宣传。该项目将有助于三个不同领域的研究：1）它将通过阐明BIPOC青年（一个脆弱但相对未得到充分研究的群体）如何促进其社区的复原力来加强灾害复原力奖学金; 2）它将介绍和评估数字公民学的工具以及配对课程，这可以帮助BIPOC青年进行复原力规划工作。3)它将通过展示其与自我效能、集体效能和扩大社区网络的关系，有益于青年倡导方面的学术研究。这些成果可以促进个人、群体和社会层面的复原力。虽然青年人直接参与了可视化弹性，但该项目的好处将扩展到他们的社区，以及为所有人设想更可持续未来的政府官员，地方组织和弹性研究人员。该项目是CIVIC创新挑战赛的一部分，该挑战赛是NSF，能源部汽车技术办公室，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进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project will engage Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) youth living within frontline coastal communities in disaster resilience planning through mapmaking and advocacy. Map Spot, a creative and accessible mapmaking tool, as well Youth Advocacy for Resilience to Disasters (YARDs), a curriculum adapted from a validated program, will be introduced to educate and empower middle-school age participants to advocate for infrastructural improvements in their neighborhoods related to disasters and their effects. Beyond the potential for the proposed infrastructural improvements to be realized, participating in these activities can help youth increase self and collective efficacy, as well as connect to a broader network of allies and advocates. Research has shown that engaging youth in advocacy and disaster preparedness can substantially enhance disaster resilience. The framework will be with coastal communities on the west side of Savannah, Georgia, where the project team already has significant experience in disaster-related data collection, community engagement, and resilience planning. Following the pilot, the Visualizing Resilience framework will be transferred to other communities at risk of disasters in Georgia and across the United States. The custom, open source, mapmaking tool and tailored curriculum will guide middle-school aged participants enrolled in after-school clubs to: 1) map the effects of intersecting disasters in their communities and identify infrastructural improvement projects to address them, and; 2) advocate for themselves and their neighbors by presenting their maps to community leaders, local experts and public officials. The project will contribute to research in three different areas: 1) It will strengthen disaster resilience scholarship by illuminating how BIPOC youth, a vulnerable yet relatively understudied group, can promote resilience in their communities; 2) It will introduce and evaluate a tool as well as a paired curriculum for digital civics, which can help BIPOC youth do the work of resilience planning. 3) It will benefit scholarship on youth advocacy by demonstrating its relationship to self-efficacy, collective efficacy, and broadening community networks. These outcomes can contribute to resilience at the individual, group, and societal levels. While youth are directly engaged through Visualizing Resilience, the benefits of this project will extend to their communities, as well as the public officials, local organizations, and resilience researchers that envision a more sustainable future for all.This project is part of the CIVIC Innovation Challenge which is a collaboration of NSF, Department of Energy Vehicle Technology Office, Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate and Federal Emergency Management Agency.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.