Advanced cyberinfrastructure organizations recognize the value of teams made up of members from different backgrounds, cultures, and ages who bring varied perspectives and approaches to problem solving and product design. This MWRCD affinity group strives to create awarenss of actions that can be taken in the academia to ensure that organizations will have the diversity of teams that they need to bring to bear on problems.
The IWE in CI Affinity Group is no longer active within the MWRCD.
The following action items can be thought of as a question of “how best to”:
- Give opportunities to individuals from historically excluded groups by inviting them to speak during network retreats.
- Ensure committees and events (network retreats) diverse teams that make up committees and events (network retreats).
- Identify existing programs at our own institutions. Learn about the programs that have succeeded in other institutions and adopt successful paradigms.
- Involve students from diverse backgrounds in committee work; building diverse workforce team in the early-career phase is an important piece.
- Host a moderated workshop on IWE that forces creative thought about new approaches.
- Curate a set of training opportunities (topics might include microaggressions, tokenism, cultural competency, and cultural differences in mentorship) at our individual institutions, national organizations (ACM), or relevant conferences PEARC, SACNAS, and Grace Hopper.
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