Planning Grant: Collaborative Research: The WinG Collective: An initiative to support Women of Color in the Geosciences

气候变化和环境问题不成比例地影响着低收入的有色人种社区，他们在地球科学和环境领域的代表性很低。特别是，有色人种女性（WOC）目前是加州最大的群体，预计将成为美国最大的人口群体，但在地球科学领域却代表性最差。这些问题的结合构成了社会正义的危机，加剧了不平等，阻碍了环境和气候工作人员所需的创造力和创新。项目负责人将创建WinG集体，这是一个地球科学领域的有色人种女性网络，为她们提供社区、归属感、访问、宣传和资源，以克服她们成功的障碍。最初，WinG Collective将把重点放在加州大学，并调查WOC在地球科学领域的经验。然后，主要研究人员将设计和实施一个研讨会，为地球科学领域的WOC提供专业发展和支持社区。最后，他们将总结这些发现，并与他们的校园和科学界分享，同时还将制定如何在全国范围内扩展的战略。有大量的研究记录了当前的有色人种学术体系的不足之处，并提出了旨在提高历史上少数民族学生留存率的建议。这个规划项目是一种基层方法，以辨别地球科学中WOC的具体问题。活动协调和利用现有的方案；加强指导和培训；并探索促进地球科学中WOC的长期成功和健康的根本变化。WinG Collective将作为科学研究和合作的孵化器，同时也通过提高领导能力、扩展垂直和横向网络、指导社区参与的最佳实践来支持变革的推动者。项目负责人寻求在地球科学领域推进WOC，其整体重点包括科学努力和跨越学术界垂直结构的指导网络，以及加州大学系统内的平行系统，并具有在全国范围内长期适应的潜力。从这项规划拨款中获得的经验教训与支持和倡导全国地球科学领域的WOC有关。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。

Climate change and environmental issues disproportionately impact low-income communities of color, who are poorly represented in the Geosciences and environmental fields. In particular, women of color (WOC) are currently the largest group in California and projected to become the largest demographic in the United States, yet are amongst the most poorly represented in the Geosciences. This combination of issues forms a crisis in social justice, contributes to rising inequality, and hinders creativity and innovation needed in the environmental and climate workforce. The project leaders will create the WinG Collective, a Women of Color in the Geosciences network that provides community, belonging, access, advocacy, and resources to overcome the obstacles to their success. Initially, the WinG Collective will focus on the University of California and survey the experiences of WOC in the Geosciences. Then, the principal investigators will design and implement a workshop to provide professional development and a supportive community for WOC in the Geosciences. Finally, they will summarize the findings and share with their campuses and science community while also strategizing how to expand nationally.There are a multitude of studies that document the inadequacies of the current academic system for people of color and proposals targeted to improve retention of historically minoritized students. This planning project is a grassroots approach to discern issues specific to WOC in the Geosciences. The activities align and leverage existing programs; bolster mentoring and training; and explore radical change that promotes the long term success and health of WOC in the Geosciences. The WinG Collective will serve as an incubator for scientific research and collaborations while also championing agents of change with advancing leadership capacity, extending vertical and lateral networks, and guiding best practices for community engagement. The project leaders seek to advance WOC in the Geosciences with a holistic emphasis that includes scientific endeavors and a mentoring network that spans the vertical structure of academia and parallel systems within the University of California system, with potential for longer-term adaptation nationally. Lessons from this planning grant are ones that are relevant to support and advocacy of WOC in the Geosciences nationally.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.