{"id":5,"date":"2019-04-04T17:44:48","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T17:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geol.umd.edu\/idea\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2025-12-09T15:40:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T20:40:06","slug":"mission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.geol.umd.edu\/idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-gb5-69d6f50286ec2\"  class=\"panel-layout wp-block-siteorigin-panels-layout-block\" ><div id=\"pg-gb5-69d6f50286ec2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-gb5-69d6f50286ec2-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-gb5-69d6f50286ec2-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h2>Mission Statement<\/h2>\n<p>The Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity Awareness (IDEA) Committee was formed in January 2019. \u00a0The primary objectives of IDEA are to:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Recognize diversity as an enabling factor behind innovation and scientific discovery<\/li>\n<li>Promote a culture of respect and inclusiveness by treating all members of our community as equally human<\/li>\n<li>Open two-way, responsive communication pathways between all community members<\/li>\n<li>Inform on types of biases, manifestations of harassment, sources of other unfair practices, and proactive means to avert such malpractices<\/li>\n<li>Highlight available resources within the local community, and identify working solutions for potential issues that arise within our department<\/li>\n<li>Engage scientists from underrepresented backgrounds, and encourage diversification of the department through education, advocacy, and outreach<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In summer 2020, IDEA was reformulated as a set of subcommittees:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Climate: with representatives from undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, staff and faculty, to build a more inclusive departmental culture\u00a0 (liaison)<\/li>\n<li>Outreach: coordinate and promote participation and engagement across career levels and underserved groups (liaison)<\/li>\n<li>Education: identify, discuss and learn about prospects and challenges of diversification and social justice<\/li>\n<li>Communication: inclusive social media, alumni relations, mentoring activities (liaison)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission Statement The Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity Awareness (IDEA) Committee was formed in January 2019. \u00a0The primary objectives of IDEA are to: Recognize diversity as an enabling factor behind innovation and scientific discovery Promote a culture of respect and inclusiveness by treating all members of our community as equally human Open two-way, responsive communication pathways between [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geol.umd.edu\/idea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geol.umd.edu\/idea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geol.umd.edu\/idea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geol.umd.edu\/idea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geol.umd.edu\/idea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.geol.umd.edu\/idea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242,"href":"https:\/\/www.geol.umd.edu\/idea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geol.umd.edu\/idea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}