Presentation Abstract
Puget Sound environmental recovery is a complex, wicked problem, including both ecosystem and human and cultural wellbeing. The Puget Sound Partnership (Partnership) is a small Washington State agency that serves as a backbone organization guiding Puget Sound recovery, coordinating and collaborating with hundreds of partner organizations to accelerate recovery of Puget Sound. Our partner organizations include state and federal agencies, tribes, cities, counties, non-profits, academic institutions, special purpose districts, and many others. In 2018, the Partnership began a journey to better enable and foster diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice within the agency itself, as well as within the Puget Sound recovery system. As a primarily white organization, the Partnership is broadening our agency awareness and grappling with many challenging questions about what our role is to foster a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable environmental field. Over the last few years, the Partnership has begun to learn and grow our understanding of cultural competence. Through our presentation and discussion, the Partnership hopes to engage with organizations across the Salish Sea region to share what we have learned and done so far, as well as to increase our understanding and range of approaches for how to meaningfully participate and support social justice issues in Puget Sound ecosystem recovery. This presentation will explore where our journey has taken us so far, and identify the questions we are grappling with as staff and as an organization.
Session Title
Best Practices for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Frameworks for Collaborative Planning within Environmental Groups
Conference Track
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Conference Name
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (2020 : Online)
Document Type
Event
SSEC Identifier
2020_abstractID_5118
Start Date
22-4-2020 12:30 PM
End Date
22-4-2020 2:00 PM
Genre/Form
conference proceedings; presentations (communicative events)
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Environmental protection--Washington (State)--Puget Sound;
Geographic Coverage
Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.); Puget Sound (Wash.)--Environmental conditions
Rights
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Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Included in
Fresh Water Studies Commons, Marine Biology Commons, Natural Resources and Conservation Commons, Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology Commons
A Journey, Not a Destination: An Agency Approach to Incorporate Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice
Puget Sound environmental recovery is a complex, wicked problem, including both ecosystem and human and cultural wellbeing. The Puget Sound Partnership (Partnership) is a small Washington State agency that serves as a backbone organization guiding Puget Sound recovery, coordinating and collaborating with hundreds of partner organizations to accelerate recovery of Puget Sound. Our partner organizations include state and federal agencies, tribes, cities, counties, non-profits, academic institutions, special purpose districts, and many others. In 2018, the Partnership began a journey to better enable and foster diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice within the agency itself, as well as within the Puget Sound recovery system. As a primarily white organization, the Partnership is broadening our agency awareness and grappling with many challenging questions about what our role is to foster a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable environmental field. Over the last few years, the Partnership has begun to learn and grow our understanding of cultural competence. Through our presentation and discussion, the Partnership hopes to engage with organizations across the Salish Sea region to share what we have learned and done so far, as well as to increase our understanding and range of approaches for how to meaningfully participate and support social justice issues in Puget Sound ecosystem recovery. This presentation will explore where our journey has taken us so far, and identify the questions we are grappling with as staff and as an organization.
