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KAMERYN OVERTON

GSS SCHOLAR

COAST CARD

Diversifying Stakeholder Engagement

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COAST CARD

Coastal

Ocean

Assessment for

Sustainability and

Transformation

Social Network Analysis

Systems

Dynamics

Model

Report Card

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SOCIO ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT CARDS

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LISTENING SESSIONS

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LISTENING SESSIONS

    • Provided great information, but of participants at the 4 locations:
      • Nearly all were white
      • Middle to upper class
      • Over 40 years old
      • Many retired

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    • Current representation excludes minorities

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    • Ideas and decisions made from these sessions may disproportionately affect minorities

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    • Minorities that are living in more vulnerable communities aren't being accounted for

ISSUES

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Why not engage with faith-based groups?

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CAPITAL RIVERS CHURCH

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FINDINGS

AWARENESS

    • Many participants were unaware of the connections from environmental issues to their spaces

JOB AVAILABILITY

    • The first listening session where this topic was interacted with

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CONNECTIONS

    • A large group were educators or working in environmental fields

"IF YOU ALL HADN'T SHARED WITH ME ABOUT THIS, IT WOULDN'T HAVE CROSSED MY MIND"

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Thank you!

Dr. Bill Dennison and Dr. Vanessa Vargas-Nguyen

Dr. Kirsten Rowell, Martha Walker, and Dr. Karen Bailey

Randy Rowel