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"If done authentically, by nurturing trust, belonging, and persistence, the Center, in partnership with you, will shift the ISE field toward greater equity understanding and practice."

We need to build trust with marginalized communities through cultural responsiveness and a community-oriented and asset-based approach. Doing so shows that all learners’ cultural resources and their various identities are needed in STEM learning environments. We recently conducted a survey of REVISE Center advisors in which we asked for their thoughts and opinions about our equity and what aspects they perceive as crucial to building equity in ISE to refine our initial framework. Their collective lenses help us co-create/construct a vision of equity that helps the Center set priorities for action and guide all activities and evaluation. 

As we work with the field, it will be crucial for us to understand how ISE evolves its understanding of equity and practice to encourage systemic transformation. We hope that REVISE becomes an advocate of social justice by establishing and strengthening compassionate relationships with relational accountability. As equitable ISE requires authentic inclusion in leadership, the Center will include advisors, partners, and REVISE/AISL-aspiring organizations (AAOs) in decision-making processes to promote power sharing, in addition to equitable distribution of financial and professional development resources. If done authentically, by nurturing trust, belonging, and persistence, the Center, in partnership with you, will shift the ISE field toward greater equity understanding and practice.