The purpose of this series is to evaluate, critique, apply, interrogate, develop, evolve, and innovate around theoretical ideas related to community engagement and leadership as a mechanism for broadening participation in the geosciences. The work uses an equity lens to consider how connecting academic and federal agency geoscientists with underserved communities can contribute to social and environmental justice. The series brings together the NSF GOLD ASPIRE program and AGU's Thriving Earth Exchange with experts, practitioners, and community advisors to move this work forward.

Throughout this series, participants will engage with the concepts of leadership, community engagement, and equitable exchange in the context of case studies. Participants will have opportunities to consider the application of the concepts discussed here to their own work, to facilitate more equitable science.