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recognition reception at the end of the

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high impact potential putting dei

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world to champion change to shift to a

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lisa white so

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a village or takes a team to keep us all

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focused on our dei commitment and lisa

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lisa is the director of education and

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outreach at the university of california

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museum of paleontology since 2019 she's

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society of america in 2009

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sharing of personal stories and

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motivation and my first question to you

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was expecting a child because he was

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federal agencies prioritizing it and i

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keep saying yes but we need to make sure

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that when we promote and reward

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individuals we need to um if that is a

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priority we need to make sure that we

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also reward people for work in that area

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so i do think those of us that are in

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leadership positions at universities

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institute etc we need to be more

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broad in terms of what what work counts

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because clearly there's work involved

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here right so you know lisa billy and

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margaret did a great job talking about

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agu's you know programs and um just sort

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of the impact they're having but i was

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wondering if you could give us a little

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inside look in terms of the work of the

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committee so you've been in the chair of

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agu's dei advisory committee since 2019

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and what are what do you think or what

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would you say are the main issues that

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your group grapples with

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well there are a number of them and and

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i've been very fortunate to chair this

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committee um the members are

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uh terrific they're active in ndi and

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and they came to the committee

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you know really passionate and motivated

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to make change like me many of them are

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long time members i joined agu when i

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would was an undergraduate you know

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having gone to

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college in the bay area and specifically

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my undergraduate years at san francisco

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state it was easy to just go down to the

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fall meeting every year and i remember

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when it was at one hotel the jacktar

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hotel in san francisco and it was a

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great opportunity to meet scientists

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that were in town for that

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so when i think about my own experience

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as an agu member and now in a leadership

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position

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it's been terrific to

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really work closely with agu leadership

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we're proud as a committee of being able

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to advise the

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the new dashboard that launched a couple

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of years ago so

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members can

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track

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uh who is part of agu who publishes

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how uh well or maybe we don't uh so i do

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it so well sometimes just attract uh

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representation and participation

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it's also been

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terrific as a member of the committee

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and chair of the committee

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to

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influence the

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kinds of sessions and programming at

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fall meeting

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there's just really been an explosion

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uh of opportunities

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for individuals active in dii efforts to

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share their work

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and whether it's informal sessions or

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town halls or informal gathering

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we've really seen an increase

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in that

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certainly during my time

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as chair and

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there are

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ways also that the work of

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individual members of the committee

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and the priorities of

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agu as a large professional organization

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intersect

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i was part of a team

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that led no time for silence

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so really recommending

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strategies

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and

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efforts to

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really change the culture

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in earth science

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whether you're at a funding federal

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agency or to university

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um just putting forth um really no

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excuse you know actionable steps to

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change and so at the same time that was

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happening

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agu

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released that eight action areas to

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combat systemic racism so it's been

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really terrific to just be in step on

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those efforts and feel like you're

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influencing you know a major uh earth

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and space science organization when it

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comes to defi yeah and importantly i'll

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add that for

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those eight steps and other actions we

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do have our metrics that are put in

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place

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um that's really led by billy because we

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know many of us have been talking about

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di

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for decades but it's really nice to have

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some measurable um action that can um

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be measured with with those metrics i'm

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going to ask you one more question i'm

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going to open it up

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to questions from the audience to you

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and billy and also margaret

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so lisa is there do you i know this is

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almost impossible to answer but um

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if you could change one thing what do

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you think could really accelerate our

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efforts to increase the diversity in

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geosciences we saw those charts that

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that margaret had up and sort of the

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whiteness of the geosciences

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what's

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i don't know or maybe it's just all

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these collective efforts we need to make

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but is there something you wish that we

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could accelerate that would really have

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a step change in um

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in our diversity

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yeah it's tough because there's so many

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areas that we need to continue to work

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on and prioritize and change but

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you know a lot of my current position at

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the museum of paleontology is about

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communicating

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science so just getting researchers

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graduate students lead pis to think

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about how others see their work and the

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more skilled we can be

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at sharing our science

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emphasizing the importance of what it is

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that we do and exciting

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um others about the work of earth ocean

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space science then i think that is key

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because we of course have been told for

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so long you know we're the least diverse

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of all the sciences but we've also

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often heard that earth scientists

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traditionally haven't been very good at

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sharing

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uh what it is about their work that's

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important so i think if we can turn that

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corner more you know if we can be better

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communicators and get more buy-in

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from other individuals and get

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excitement around the you know

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fundamental aspects and importance of

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what we do then maybe that is kind of a

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different area priority um to get others

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to build that kind of awareness

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that may lead them to want to pursue

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uh areas of our discipline i like that i

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also um while you were talking i was

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thinking of that we also um

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need i think more personalization and

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show more uh passion about the you know

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in addition to being able to describe

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our science but also show that passion

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and personalization i was reminded of a

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quote last week in the new york times

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they were interviewing

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farrier ozell who led the large

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collaboration that took the first photos

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of the black hole the center of our

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galaxy and it was released last week

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and one of the first things she said at

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the press conference she said 20 years

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ago i fell in love with black holes and

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she just went on and sort of described

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this personal journey about her you know

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love for the science and so i appreciate

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you saying that we can all be better

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communicators

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i speaking of communication i'm going to

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stop talking and ask anyone here or

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online if they have any questions for

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billy margaret

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or lisa please come to the mics

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and please go ahead with your question

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hi i'm jen

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at the university of colorado boulder uh

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i have two questions both of which i

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think are for all three of you or

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whoever feels like they can best answer

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it um the first is

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is aj working on tracking um disability

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as a metric for diversity and inclusion

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and what initiatives are being worked on

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to

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increase increase diversity inclusion

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billy

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yeah that's a great question so i will

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say that agu is prioritizing

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uh our efforts towards access for

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all tracking is a little bit more

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difficult because there are people with

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disabilities who don't disclose unless

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until we find a way that

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individuals are disclosing

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uh their any disabilities they might

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have is difficult to track but we do try

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to accommodate i think as you will see

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in

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we always ask is there any way any

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accommodations you need

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in this in

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in attending the meetings and we always

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go to go out of our way to try to

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accommodate that so it is certainly on

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our radar as you as we think about the

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uh what margaret disclosed in the uh

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atlanta academy there's emphasis there

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there's even a community that's led

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there around the whole issue of access

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making sure we are totally inclusive so

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there's a lot more we need to do

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it is on our radar but if you ask me

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today what's the metrics or the numbers

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behind progress i could not give you

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that but it's certainly something we're

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working towards

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thank you

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um heather is someone tracking the

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questions if anything's coming in in the

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chat

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there's nothing

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okay all right but someone will let me

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know if there is all right

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so second yes go ahead different topic

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question um

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i really appreciate that we have added

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um

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or

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scientific misconduct i'm curious

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what consequences there are or we could

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work towards developing within agu for

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those people who are essentially

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protecting the harassers or who are

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enabling

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because that is

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a significant consequence on the

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community when there's someone who you

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know

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pushes those reports off to the side but

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those community members oftentimes face

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significantly less consequences than

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those who are actively doing any

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harassment just by causing similar

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you want to talk about our ethics yeah

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so that's another great question and

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point uh we we spend a lot of time

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on following up with anyone who's

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feeling any issues around

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retaliation or discomfort or

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ethics related you'd be surprised at how

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much time you actually spend on that and

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the follow-up on that

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the whole issue on on those who

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enable

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it's kind of tough to get your arms

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around it unless somebody is

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specifically pointing out

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who those other individuals are whether

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we can actually point to

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within home institutions uh what is

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actually transferred our other

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limitation is in a lot of cases if

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that's happening within a home

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institution we really

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in agu don't have a

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means or reach into a home institution

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to address those items so we ask people

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to be forthcoming

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uh and try to support them and coming

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forward just knowing that we are going

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to support you when you come forward and

575
00:22:24,149 --> 00:22:22,480
there are and

576
00:22:26,470 --> 00:22:24,159
the other thing that you probably i'm

577
00:22:30,230 --> 00:22:26,480
sure you don't know is that uh as we

578
00:22:33,029 --> 00:22:30,240
follow up on cases we don't make them

579
00:22:34,870 --> 00:22:33,039
we provide a broad report at the end of

580
00:22:37,350 --> 00:22:34,880
each year about the actions we're taking

581
00:22:39,029 --> 00:22:37,360
but we don't give specifics so unless

582
00:22:40,789 --> 00:22:39,039
you are actually involved in the case

583
00:22:42,390 --> 00:22:40,799
you probably would not know but anyone

584
00:22:44,710 --> 00:22:42,400
who's involved in bringing complaints

585
00:22:46,470 --> 00:22:44,720
has been fully aware of the actions and

586
00:22:48,710 --> 00:22:46,480
consequences and i think we have a proud

587
00:22:51,110 --> 00:22:48,720
traveling record i know me too susan's

588
00:22:53,110 --> 00:22:51,120
been involved with us trying to

589
00:22:54,470 --> 00:22:53,120
not trying to with it following up on

590
00:22:55,590 --> 00:22:54,480
all the cases that are brought to our

591
00:22:57,510 --> 00:22:55,600
attention

592
00:22:59,430 --> 00:22:57,520
yeah just as a follow-up of that we do

593
00:23:01,909 --> 00:22:59,440
have an agu ethics chair that is the

594
00:23:04,070 --> 00:23:01,919
past past president so when complaints

595
00:23:05,590 --> 00:23:04,080
come in to the agu staff those

596
00:23:07,750 --> 00:23:05,600
complaints you know i'm going to say we

597
00:23:09,830 --> 00:23:07,760
have an agu jurisdiction complaints come

598
00:23:11,830 --> 00:23:09,840
in about people's behavior at meetings

599
00:23:14,149 --> 00:23:11,840
or through the publication process

600
00:23:16,070 --> 00:23:14,159
anything that touches agu

601
00:23:18,950 --> 00:23:16,080
billy and his staff handle those

602
00:23:20,230 --> 00:23:18,960
complaints some of them rise to the case

603
00:23:22,549 --> 00:23:20,240
where we need to have an ad hoc

604
00:23:24,310 --> 00:23:22,559
committee that investigates that and

605
00:23:26,470 --> 00:23:24,320
there are consequences people have been

606
00:23:27,990 --> 00:23:26,480
barred from meetings people been barred

607
00:23:30,549 --> 00:23:28,000
from publication

608
00:23:33,110 --> 00:23:30,559
in you know in severe cases people's

609
00:23:35,350 --> 00:23:33,120
membership can be taken away so some of

610
00:23:37,669 --> 00:23:35,360
those cases come to the board either the

611
00:23:40,950 --> 00:23:37,679
executive committee or the ag board as a

612
00:23:43,350 --> 00:23:40,960
whole in cases where the um

613
00:23:45,269 --> 00:23:43,360
the um i'm going to say punishment but

614
00:23:47,830 --> 00:23:45,279
the consequences of those rise to the

615
00:23:48,630 --> 00:23:47,840
level uh such the board should be aware

616
00:23:49,830 --> 00:23:48,640
so

617
00:23:51,750 --> 00:23:49,840
in the four years that i've been

618
00:23:54,310 --> 00:23:51,760
involved with this i've been very proud

619
00:23:56,070 --> 00:23:54,320
of the process but as billy said

620
00:23:57,750 --> 00:23:56,080
the members themselves aren't always

621
00:23:59,909 --> 00:23:57,760
aware of this even though you know

622
00:24:02,390 --> 00:23:59,919
things come in and we we do move them

623
00:24:03,430 --> 00:24:02,400
through this system so happy to talk to

624
00:24:05,269 --> 00:24:03,440
you more about that if you want to know

625
00:24:06,870 --> 00:24:05,279
about the process if i could just say

626
00:24:09,269 --> 00:24:06,880
that one other thing

627
00:24:11,110 --> 00:24:09,279
uh in our efforts at agu we we pride

628
00:24:12,390 --> 00:24:11,120
ourselves more on being at this

629
00:24:14,789 --> 00:24:12,400
educators

630
00:24:17,750 --> 00:24:14,799
as opposed to being at this police we do

631
00:24:19,029 --> 00:24:17,760
police but we also try to educate

632
00:24:20,070 --> 00:24:19,039
yeah

633
00:24:21,029 --> 00:24:20,080
jen

634
00:24:22,630 --> 00:24:21,039
hi

635
00:24:25,269 --> 00:24:22,640
a familiar face

636
00:24:27,750 --> 00:24:25,279
thank you so much for being here and for

637
00:24:28,549 --> 00:24:27,760
uh leading this session and for all you

638
00:24:30,710 --> 00:24:28,559
do

639
00:24:32,950 --> 00:24:30,720
with these efforts we had an amazing

640
00:24:35,350 --> 00:24:32,960
sunday workshops on bystander

641
00:24:37,269 --> 00:24:35,360
intervention as well i know you partner

642
00:24:39,029 --> 00:24:37,279
with the advanced geo program and that's

643
00:24:41,430 --> 00:24:39,039
absolutely fantastic and i know they

644
00:24:43,269 --> 00:24:41,440
have a new paper out on the

645
00:24:45,590 --> 00:24:43,279
as well

646
00:24:48,630 --> 00:24:45,600
for folks to check out on critical

647
00:24:50,630 --> 00:24:48,640
feminist uh theory for bystander

648
00:24:51,909 --> 00:24:50,640
intervention and effects of that anyway

649
00:24:53,190 --> 00:24:51,919
my question

650
00:24:55,710 --> 00:24:53,200
uh relates to something i've been

651
00:24:59,909 --> 00:24:55,720
thinking about with regard to kind of

652
00:25:01,590 --> 00:24:59,919
fundraising and money for dei

653
00:25:04,630 --> 00:25:01,600
at

654
00:25:05,990 --> 00:25:04,640
in scientific societies such as agu and

655
00:25:09,590 --> 00:25:06,000
what can we

656
00:25:13,029 --> 00:25:09,600
as a community do to

657
00:25:14,950 --> 00:25:13,039
you know boost the funding basically for

658
00:25:17,430 --> 00:25:14,960
the grassroots

659
00:25:20,149 --> 00:25:17,440
efforts

660
00:25:21,430 --> 00:25:20,159
that are just springing up

661
00:25:26,549 --> 00:25:21,440
so

662
00:25:28,710 --> 00:25:26,559
lot of them are not quite

663
00:25:30,870 --> 00:25:28,720
supported financially

664
00:25:32,070 --> 00:25:30,880
to the levels where they could be so you

665
00:25:34,470 --> 00:25:32,080
know what can we do to kind of

666
00:25:36,549 --> 00:25:34,480
accelerate that fundraising for the

667
00:25:38,630 --> 00:25:36,559
grassroots dei

668
00:25:39,990 --> 00:25:38,640
uh committees thank you i'm going to

669
00:25:41,269 --> 00:25:40,000
start with that but really hand it over

670
00:25:45,190 --> 00:25:41,279
to billy

671
00:25:46,630 --> 00:25:45,200
and i will say that agu when um

672
00:25:49,430 --> 00:25:46,640
started

673
00:25:52,710 --> 00:25:49,440
investing in dei initiatives really um

674
00:25:53,669 --> 00:25:52,720
as a strategic you know initiatives and

675
00:25:58,549 --> 00:25:53,679
so

676
00:26:00,070 --> 00:25:58,559
but now at this point the programs that

677
00:26:02,230 --> 00:26:00,080
billy talked about and margaret talked

678
00:26:04,070 --> 00:26:02,240
about we're really uh getting outside

679
00:26:06,470 --> 00:26:04,080
you know funding from federal agencies

680
00:26:07,750 --> 00:26:06,480
and also from foundation so it could be

681
00:26:09,510 --> 00:26:07,760
that you know billy said we don't want

682
00:26:11,669 --> 00:26:09,520
to police out things we want to educate

683
00:26:12,549 --> 00:26:11,679
it could be that agu also is helping

684
00:26:16,390 --> 00:26:12,559
others

685
00:26:19,590 --> 00:26:16,400
resources so billy do you want to talk

686
00:26:22,230 --> 00:26:19,600
about how we've been successful or

687
00:26:23,430 --> 00:26:22,240
yeah in the funding side of things thank

688
00:26:25,430 --> 00:26:23,440
you that's a great question i don't know

689
00:26:27,029 --> 00:26:25,440
what i i want to have

690
00:26:29,830 --> 00:26:27,039
margaret also have a chance to answer

691
00:26:32,149 --> 00:26:29,840
some questions but uh yeah from an

692
00:26:33,830 --> 00:26:32,159
external funding standpoint as susan

693
00:26:35,269 --> 00:26:33,840
said uh

694
00:26:40,230 --> 00:26:35,279
ndi

695
00:26:41,590 --> 00:26:40,240
early on and now we're getting to the

696
00:26:43,669 --> 00:26:41,600
point where

697
00:26:45,350 --> 00:26:43,679
the the work of that funding has

698
00:26:47,029 --> 00:26:45,360
provided some seed and now it's

699
00:26:49,510 --> 00:26:47,039
attracting because people are seeing the

700
00:26:51,269 --> 00:26:49,520
consequence of the work so we're seeing

701
00:26:53,110 --> 00:26:51,279
additional funds become available

702
00:26:55,909 --> 00:26:53,120
externally and we've been

703
00:26:58,149 --> 00:26:55,919
fortunate to secure some of those funds

704
00:27:00,549 --> 00:26:58,159
but what we're seeing now is

705
00:27:03,110 --> 00:27:00,559
is an explosion of interest

706
00:27:05,750 --> 00:27:03,120
and additional funding opportunities

707
00:27:08,310 --> 00:27:05,760
that we actually partner with others to

708
00:27:09,669 --> 00:27:08,320
help them secure funds as well so i

709
00:27:11,750 --> 00:27:09,679
can't tell you how many levels of

710
00:27:13,990 --> 00:27:11,760
support we write for other groups who

711
00:27:16,549 --> 00:27:14,000
are trying to get funding and we we

712
00:27:18,230 --> 00:27:16,559
always try to collaborate and cooperate

713
00:27:19,190 --> 00:27:18,240
with any group we think have a great

714
00:27:22,149 --> 00:27:19,200
idea

715
00:27:23,909 --> 00:27:22,159
and offer them additional agu resources

716
00:27:26,630 --> 00:27:23,919
in terms of our ability to amplify their

717
00:27:28,549 --> 00:27:26,640
work or devise spaces or whatever we can

718
00:27:30,789 --> 00:27:28,559
do to support them so

719
00:27:33,110 --> 00:27:30,799
if you or were anyone in this room who

720
00:27:34,549 --> 00:27:33,120
are aware of initiatives that you might

721
00:27:36,710 --> 00:27:34,559
be considering and

722
00:27:39,029 --> 00:27:36,720
are securing funding for

723
00:27:41,190 --> 00:27:39,039
we're happy to talk with you about that

724
00:27:44,470 --> 00:27:41,200
if there's a way that age you can help

725
00:27:47,110 --> 00:27:44,480
support your efforts let us know uh you

726
00:27:50,870 --> 00:27:47,120
know we we're our staff is small but

727
00:27:52,389 --> 00:27:50,880
we're mighty uh but but we do

728
00:27:53,990 --> 00:27:52,399
we value

729
00:27:55,750 --> 00:27:54,000
the ability to scale up and have an

730
00:27:57,430 --> 00:27:55,760
additional impact through partnership

731
00:27:59,350 --> 00:27:57,440
with others and so that's that's part of

732
00:28:00,789 --> 00:27:59,360
our strategy going forward

733
00:28:02,710 --> 00:28:00,799
actually it's nice to think of that as

734
00:28:04,789 --> 00:28:02,720
well because you know jen a lot of times

735
00:28:06,710 --> 00:28:04,799
if there's a group at a university or

736
00:28:08,789 --> 00:28:06,720
institute and they have a one-off

737
00:28:10,470 --> 00:28:08,799
program right and it's nice to think

738
00:28:12,310 --> 00:28:10,480
about where could we

739
00:28:15,350 --> 00:28:12,320
you know get some funding to be part of

740
00:28:17,029 --> 00:28:15,360
this larger effort um and some and you

741
00:28:18,710 --> 00:28:17,039
can think about

742
00:28:20,310 --> 00:28:18,720
um like billy said aj is willing to

743
00:28:22,070 --> 00:28:20,320
write those letters of support lisa

744
00:28:25,190 --> 00:28:22,080
margaret do you have anything to add to

745
00:28:28,789 --> 00:28:25,200
what billy said lisa i see you know

746
00:28:31,669 --> 00:28:28,799
i do i am nodding i wanted to mention

747
00:28:33,990 --> 00:28:31,679
uh the possibility of just exploring

748
00:28:37,350 --> 00:28:34,000
some of the private uh foundations when

749
00:28:39,669 --> 00:28:37,360
it comes to funding dii efforts so

750
00:28:43,669 --> 00:28:39,679
blackened marine science which started

751
00:28:46,789 --> 00:28:43,679
as a you know twitter hashtag following

752
00:28:49,110 --> 00:28:46,799
and did some weeks that focused on

753
00:28:51,830 --> 00:28:49,120
black scientist participation marine

754
00:28:53,350 --> 00:28:51,840
science they recently received a

755
00:28:54,710 --> 00:28:53,360
two-year award from the packard

756
00:28:58,149 --> 00:28:54,720
foundation

757
00:28:59,029 --> 00:28:58,159
which will fund a full-time individual

758
00:29:01,430 --> 00:28:59,039
to

759
00:29:04,789 --> 00:29:01,440
really manage and grow the program

760
00:29:07,909 --> 00:29:04,799
and so i found that very uh promising

761
00:29:10,230 --> 00:29:07,919
uh for maybe future opportunities to

762
00:29:13,190 --> 00:29:10,240
build what started really as grassroots

763
00:29:15,269 --> 00:29:13,200
you know organizations and efforts to

764
00:29:16,950 --> 00:29:15,279
grow and um and the gordon and betty

765
00:29:19,190 --> 00:29:16,960
moore foundation

766
00:29:22,630 --> 00:29:19,200
which does tend to fund

767
00:29:25,990 --> 00:29:22,640
a lot of earth and environmental

768
00:29:28,070 --> 00:29:26,000
science related efforts um is also

769
00:29:31,430 --> 00:29:28,080
starting to really look at

770
00:29:33,350 --> 00:29:31,440
um di efforts within

771
00:29:34,870 --> 00:29:33,360
the earth and earth sciences so i just

772
00:29:36,389 --> 00:29:34,880
wanted to mention those two private

773
00:29:37,669 --> 00:29:36,399
foundations

774
00:29:39,269 --> 00:29:37,679
thank you lisa margaret do you have

775
00:29:41,510 --> 00:29:39,279
anything to add

776
00:29:43,269 --> 00:29:41,520
yes i'll just add that um

777
00:29:45,269 --> 00:29:43,279
with the national science foundation the

778
00:29:47,590 --> 00:29:45,279
two review criteria intellectual merit

779
00:29:51,190 --> 00:29:47,600
and broader impacts the broader impacts

780
00:29:55,190 --> 00:29:51,200
um is a great place to put in the um

781
00:29:56,870 --> 00:29:55,200
those kinds of projects and efforts and

782
00:29:58,389 --> 00:29:56,880
nsf has gotten

783
00:30:00,470 --> 00:29:58,399
recently a lot

784
00:30:02,789 --> 00:30:00,480
of additional funding to address

785
00:30:04,870 --> 00:30:02,799
diversity equity and inclusion

786
00:30:07,669 --> 00:30:04,880
so talk to your program officer and this

787
00:30:09,909 --> 00:30:07,679
is as a former program officer talk

788
00:30:12,870 --> 00:30:09,919
always to your program officers about

789
00:30:16,470 --> 00:30:12,880
any idea um the

790
00:30:17,669 --> 00:30:16,480
director for geosciences is very much um

791
00:30:19,190 --> 00:30:17,679
i think on the

792
00:30:20,470 --> 00:30:19,200
cutting edge of these things so

793
00:30:23,350 --> 00:30:20,480
definitely

794
00:30:25,269 --> 00:30:23,360
seek them out

795
00:30:27,510 --> 00:30:25,279
thank you margaret

796
00:30:28,630 --> 00:30:27,520
any other questions

797
00:30:31,110 --> 00:30:28,640
jen

798
00:30:33,430 --> 00:30:31,120
i think another one yes we have to tell

799
00:30:35,350 --> 00:30:33,440
you yeah happy to have your question

800
00:30:39,269 --> 00:30:35,360
um so there's also some things i've

801
00:30:41,750 --> 00:30:39,279
heard that um that universities can do

802
00:30:44,070 --> 00:30:41,760
to help with this um and i'm wondering

803
00:30:48,310 --> 00:30:44,080
if there's ways that societies like agu

804
00:30:51,830 --> 00:30:48,320
can kind of put together like a little

805
00:30:54,549 --> 00:30:51,840
tally or checklist of of easy things

806
00:30:55,350 --> 00:30:54,559
that universities can change like

807
00:30:57,669 --> 00:30:55,360
um

808
00:30:59,990 --> 00:30:57,679
the reimbur and i know you

809
00:31:03,430 --> 00:31:00,000
know you mean like best

810
00:31:05,750 --> 00:31:03,440
but changing things like um

811
00:31:08,070 --> 00:31:05,760
reimbursement instead of reimbursement

812
00:31:09,269 --> 00:31:08,080
fronting the funds right that's a big

813
00:31:12,070 --> 00:31:09,279
thing a lot of

814
00:31:13,669 --> 00:31:12,080
students don't have uh particularly from

815
00:31:15,669 --> 00:31:13,679
you know poorer socioeconomic

816
00:31:18,149 --> 00:31:15,679
backgrounds cannot front the funds or

817
00:31:20,950 --> 00:31:18,159
don't feel comfortable asking you know

818
00:31:22,549 --> 00:31:20,960
to front the funds um so so that's

819
00:31:24,549 --> 00:31:22,559
something and i know we've recently i

820
00:31:26,630 --> 00:31:24,559
think changed that at georgia tech but

821
00:31:28,230 --> 00:31:26,640
it seems like it was under you that it

822
00:31:30,549 --> 00:31:28,240
changed so maybe other schools don't

823
00:31:32,470 --> 00:31:30,559
know that it needs changing

824
00:31:33,590 --> 00:31:32,480
and uh what else there's other some

825
00:31:36,230 --> 00:31:33,600
other well

826
00:31:38,149 --> 00:31:36,240
gre obviously there's the big argument

827
00:31:40,789 --> 00:31:38,159
for that but like a little checklist

828
00:31:42,070 --> 00:31:40,799
like that to make sure just an idea no

829
00:31:44,310 --> 00:31:42,080
actually no it's very interesting

830
00:31:47,350 --> 00:31:44,320
because some things might seem small

831
00:31:48,870 --> 00:31:47,360
right to us but they are hurdles and so

832
00:31:50,389 --> 00:31:48,880
it could be a

833
00:31:52,070 --> 00:31:50,399
here's a list of things that you know

834
00:31:53,110 --> 00:31:52,080
that you can do some may take you know

835
00:31:54,870 --> 00:31:53,120
just

836
00:31:56,630 --> 00:31:54,880
10 minutes nothing takes 10 minutes but

837
00:31:57,430 --> 00:31:56,640
some may take a short amount of time and

838
00:31:59,110 --> 00:31:57,440
others

839
00:32:01,190 --> 00:31:59,120
could be a longer investment but i think

840
00:32:03,110 --> 00:32:01,200
that's nice i think that's a good idea

841
00:32:06,149 --> 00:32:03,120
yeah and just building on that i know

842
00:32:08,470 --> 00:32:06,159
the igen program that i mentioned where

843
00:32:10,389 --> 00:32:08,480
if the agu bridge is part of that the

844
00:32:13,269 --> 00:32:10,399
program is not just about supporting

845
00:32:15,669 --> 00:32:13,279
students it's also about supporting

846
00:32:17,430 --> 00:32:15,679
those inclusive practices in the

847
00:32:20,230 --> 00:32:17,440
organizations in the institutions

848
00:32:22,950 --> 00:32:20,240
they're going to so the the departments

849
00:32:26,549 --> 00:32:24,070
not only

850
00:32:28,789 --> 00:32:26,559
abide by but they share their practices

851
00:32:30,710 --> 00:32:28,799
for what makes an inclusive department

852
00:32:32,310 --> 00:32:30,720
that's going to attract and retain these

853
00:32:33,669 --> 00:32:32,320
students and some of the practices

854
00:32:35,590 --> 00:32:33,679
you're talking about i'm sure are part

855
00:32:37,110 --> 00:32:35,600
of the things being discussed there so

856
00:32:39,350 --> 00:32:37,120
there's a way we can probably more

857
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proactively share those practices beyond

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just those institutions who are part of

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ig so that's a great report

860
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thank you i'm going to close this

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session just with one observation

862
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actually based on on jen's question uh

863
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they're absolutely agu is doing a lot

864
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the universities have work to do and we

865
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can come up with your to-do list but i

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think it's always important for us to

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remember what we can do you know as

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individuals and i think one of the most

869
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important thing we can do

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is to share our stories regardless of

871
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what we look like all of us have had

872
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struggles

873
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as we move through our scientific

874
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careers and oftentimes i think

875
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students

876
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don't see those struggles they think

877
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that there's just sort of one path

878
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that's paved for certain people that

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look a certain way

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in science and so i think to the degree

881
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to which we can share our personal

882
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stories with students and encourage them

883
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and mentor them is a great way that we

884
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personally can really

885
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create a more diverse and inclusive and

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supportive community

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so with that i want to thank all of you

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here small but mighty group there and