WK 10: Exchanging Best Practices to Advance Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ) in ESA and Our Institutions

Wednesday, August 4, 2021

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Pacific

Session Organizer(s)

Pamela Templer

Department of Biology, Boston University
Boston, MA, USA

Session Co-organizers: Zakiya Leggett, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, Robert Newman, Biology, University of North Dakota, Anjali Boyd, Duke, Jacquelyn Gill, School of Biology & Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, ME, Jacoby Carter, National Wetlands Research Center, US Geological Survey, Lafayette, LA, Teresa Mourad, Education & Diversity Programs, Ecological Society of America, Washington, DC, Catherine O'Riordan, Ecological Society of America

This workshop, led by members of the ESA Task Force on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ), will focus on strategies to advance DEIJ in ESA and in our institutions. Objectives of the workshop are: • To learn about the work of the DEIJ Task Force
• To learn about the steps that ESA has taken to advance DEIJ, progress made, and future steps
• To facilitate exchange of best practices and practical strategies to advance DEIJ within ESA and in participants' institutions
• To provide participants with resources to support DEIJ efforts
• To help participants develop / refine their DEIJ plans

The Task Force on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ) was formed in Fall 2020 by the ESA Governing Board.