Initiatives for Building Vibrant Communities
Our lab remains deeply committed to identifying and executing structural and institutional solutions that will promote opportunities for education and career development, visibility, and vitality of our communities.
Science as an institution has historically faced challenges with structural barriers and unequal access that continue to impact our field today. We believe that bringing together people from all backgrounds in the workplace and broader community fosters creativity, innovation, engagement, and meaningful progress.
We pledge to continue actively building welcoming and supportive environments that address systemic injustice, biases and intolerance in our laboratory, department, institution, social community,
and community at large.
We pledge to continue educating our social and workplace communities on the crucial need to acknowledge and understand the difference between ideals or goals and the actions that lead to genuine belonging and respect for all perspectives.
We will remain humbly committed to increasing our openness to feedback by not being afraid to ask questions or to receive input, by evaluating our reactions to feedback, and by accepting the discomfort of giving and receiving constructive challenges for the benefit of learning and community growth.
To promote vibrant communities, we commit to the following initiatives and programs:
