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Goal: Dismantling biases

Dismantle biases, especially anti-Blackness, within our institute and within our larger institutional and scientific contexts.

Our actions:

• Organized ongoing mandatory and optional training for all INSTAARs in diversity and inclusion.
   
• Continuing participation in activities that help INSTAARs move along their antiracist journeys, such as antiracism discussion sessions and the Unlearning Racism in the Geosciences (URGE) program.

Goal: Nurturing inclusion

Create an inclusive, positive environment for people from all groups underrepresented in STEM

Our actions:

• Finalized INSTAAR codes of conduct, including codes specific to lab and field work. See appendices in our Standing Rules.
   
• Reward JEDI-centered activities as part of performance evaluations and promotion processes for faculty and staff.
   
• Established mentorship programs for all new INSTAARs; and for potential graduate school applicants (especially those from historically excluded groups).

Goal: Aligning demographics

Align the demographics of INSTAAR with those of our state and nation.

Our actions:

• Developed a strategic hiring plan that centers scholarship and opportunities relevant to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
   
• Improved hiring practices by including justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion as concrete criteria and by improving guidance on creating inclusive job announcements, advertising opportunities to diverse groups, and training those participating in the search process.
   
• Participated in Campus efforts to increase diversity of faculty hires.

Goal: Reducing barriers

Reduce barriers to living in Boulder and conducting scientific research at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Our actions:

• Instituted DEI fellowships that provide summer funding for graduate students.

• Recruited and supported students from minoritized groups through broad faculty participation in bridge programs such as , SMART, and .