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

这一国家科学基金会热切渴望的项目旨在通过建立一个支持从家庭到大学社区再到专业社会的小规模群体的网络，在地球系统科学中创造一种归属感、公平性、可及性、多样性和包容性的文化。随着我们社会的任务是应对日益复杂和紧迫的地球系统挑战，地球科学和相关领域一如既往地重要。然而，地球科学是STEM领域中多样性最少的领域之一，在过去的40年里几乎没有什么进步。此外，与其他STEM职业相比，地球科学的职业在一些社区中不那么显眼，导致地球科学的职业不为人熟知或不被视为可行的职业。为了解决当前的社会环境问题，必须引入边缘化的声音，并以公平和文化上适当的方式提高这种声音。西班牙裔/拉丁裔社区尤其如此，他们是美国增长最快的小规模群体。该项目将与地球系统科学领域的拉美裔/拉丁裔学生和科学家合作，为他们的家庭建立一个基础，加强拉美裔/拉丁裔学生和科学家在地球系统科学领域的网络，并建立一个可持续的学术机构领导人网络，共同为拉美裔/拉丁裔学生、科学家和家庭创造一个包容的环境。该项目将促进一个框架，该框架将在未来得到扩展，以便其他代表不足的社区及其家庭在文化上适当地参与地球科学。将采用三种技术来提高拉美裔/拉丁裔社区的声音，增加对地球科学职业的了解，并促进拉美裔/拉美裔社区与大学系统之间的对话：1)通过电影讲故事，以加强和发展拉美裔/拉丁裔参与者现有的与文化相关的科学交流和讲故事技能；2)突出拉美裔/拉丁裔学生、科学家及其各自家庭的经历，以增加对地学职业机会的了解；3)拉美裔/拉丁裔参与者与大学社区领导人之间的对话，以提高对拉美裔/拉丁裔学生和科学家在追求地球科学职业生涯时面临的挑战的理解。通过使用叙事性讲故事和聆听环节，项目目标是：1)为拉美裔/拉丁裔学生建立一个生态系统，让他们在家人的支持下追求地球科学事业；2)感受到拉美裔/拉丁裔学生在他们追求地球科学教育和职业生涯中的融合感；3)在大学社区领导人的支持下，通过在这些领域的归属感来增加留存。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，被认为值得支持。

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.