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Equity... Be the Center

In our everyday work we need to be a force that anchors ourselves to allow communities of color to own the ‘center.’ We can do this in our everyday community work by:


  • Opening leadership tables to people of color from the communities impacted.
  • Giving decision making authority to communities of color, be clear about what decisions are open and what parts of a project cannot be changed due to budget, policies, etc.
  • Hold meetings in the community.
  • Facilitating meetings that encourage an open dialogue about race and its impact.
  • Pausing and checking in to make sure communities of color are on board with the course of action, and if they aren’t then stopping to make adjustments.
  • Allowing community members to set the agenda, or at minimum put their agenda items on the meeting agenda.
  • Allocating resources for the priorities that the community brings up, especially if they are different from where the planners originally wanted to do.

Read full blog, "Are you centering or off-centering?" by Erin on Fakequity.com

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The 7 R's of inclusive partnerships

NOAA’s Community of Practice for Aquaculture Literacy facilitated a discussion highlighting the diversity of experiences and perspectives of Native communities and how to build meaningful partnerships with them. The practice focused on the following themes in building tribal and Indigenous partnerships. 


  1. RESPECT - Respect is the keystone to meaningful partnerships. In order to build a resilient industry, partners should engage in community-to-community sharing and invest in long-term relationships with many different partners, including Indigenous groups. 
  2. RELEVANCY - ...look up from your [lab benches] and truly connect with the environment that you work in. Native community members have rich and insightful perspectives that are relevant to today’s challenges, including lessons on changing climates, community resilience, and resource management passed down from their elders.
  3. RECIPROCITY - Reciprocity means that the values and benefits of partnerships—such as sharing knowledge, investing resources, and making decisions—flow in both directions with two-way conversations that empower Native perspectives. This reciprocity should also be extended beyond human relationships and include relationships between nature and human communities.
  4. RESPONSIBILITY - ...a sense of responsibility is the backbone of evolving practices. To be successful, each group needs to be intentional and explicit about their roles and create space to hold conversations with all partners early and often. Being flexible with the process, listening to each partner’s goals and needs, and being patient are important responsibilities for all involved. 
  5. RIGHTS - ...having tribal communities as valued partners and understanding the importance of co-management can help build — and teach — stronger and more inclusive practices. 
  6. RECONCILIATION - Rebuilding trust and reconciling relationships to foster lasting partnerships reaches beyond simply acknowledging the painful history in colonized land and waters. Effective partnerships are built on ensuring that Native knowledge and expertise are genuinely integrated into sustainable practices.
  7. RELATIONSHIPS - Creating lasting relationships with tribal and Indigenous partners takes effort, but these efforts can yield big impacts for inclusion and collaboration that moves sustainability forward for everyone. 

Read full article, "The 7 R’s of integrating tribal and Indigenous partnerships into aquaculture literacy" by NOAA on www.noaa.gov

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Shared language

Accessibility

Giving equitable access to everyone along the continuum of human ability and experience. Accessibility encompasses the broader meaning of compliance and refers to how organizations make space for the characteristics that each person brings.


Belonging

Sense of psychological safety leading to the ability to be one's authentic self without fear of judgement.


Change Management

Change management addresses the people side of change. It is the application of a structured process and set of tools for leading change to achieve a desired outcome.


Community

A community is a group of people that care about each other, feel they belong together and have the same goal. Community can be one’s home but also one’s self-discovered identity.


Culture

Culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, encompassing language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts. It encompasses the social behavior and norms found in human societies.


Organizational culture is the shared story of the individuals within it. It is the deeply ingrained social fabric of the organization that drives people’s behavior. It is made up of the values, belief systems, dominant leadership styles, collective unspoken assumptions, stories, myths, legends and rituals as well as its character and orientation.


Diversity

A mix of differences in any particular setting to include but not necessarily limited to race, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, age or generation, and job function.


Education for Sustainability (EfS)

Education for Sustainability is an educational approach that aims to develop students, schools and communities with the values and the motivation to take action for sustainability – in their personal lives, within their community and also at a global scale, now and in the future.


Environmental Justice

All people and communities have the right to equal environmental protection under the law, and the right to live, work and play in communities that are safe, healthy and free of life-threatening conditions.


Equity

The process by which we achieve fairness, equality, and inclusion that includes reallocation of resources and implementation of policies and structures that work to eliminate historical, systemic disadvantage.


Inclusion

An environment where people feel valued and respected for their uniqueness and feel a sense of belonging.


Intersectionality

Acknowledgement that multiple power dynamics are operating simultaneously - often in complex and compounding ways - and must be considered together to have a more complete understanding of oppression and ways to transform it.


Liberation

Removing the barriers and inequities in the social systems that oppress or marginalize specific groups of people who share common identities.


Marginalized

A person or group whose public or private status has been lowered through hateful, deceitful, or misguided speech or action.


Oppression

Social oppression is a concept that describes the relationship between two categories of people in which one benefits from the systemic abuse and exploitation of the other.


Power

System and group access, advantage and privilege ascribed to one based on the identity groups to which one belongs.


Privilege

Unearned access to resources in society and power that is only readily available to some as a result of their social group membership.


Race

A social construct with little biological meaning that separates people by physical characteristics, primarily skin color.


Racism

A system of advantages based on race, involving cultural messages and institutional policies and practices as well as the beliefs and actions of individuals.


Social Justice

Social justice is the equal access to wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society.


Sustainability

Sustainability means meeting our own needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Three pillars of sustainability are: ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY and SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY.


ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY - Ecological integrity is maintained, all of earth’s environmental systems are kept in balance while natural resources within them are consumed by humans at a rate where they are able to replenish themselves.


ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY - Human communities across the globe are able to maintain their independence and have access to the resources that they require, financial and other, to meet their needs. Economic systems are intact and activities are available to everyone, such as secure sources of livelihood.


SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY - Universal human rights and basic necessities are attainable by all people, who have access to enough resources in order to keep their families and communities healthy and secure. Healthy communities have just leaders who ensure personal, labor and cultural rights are respected and all people are protected from discrimination.


Systems-Thinking

Examining the whole, rather than just the parts. Seeking patterns of change, rather than static snapshots to understand the subtle interconnectedness that gives living systems their unique character.

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