Meetings
March 8, 2023
This was our final town hall meeting. You can watch the recording and view transcript of this meeting here.
February 23, 2022
This was part 3 of our special town hall series used to finish outlining our strategic 5 year plan for HEWG. You can view the notes here.
February 1, 2022
This was a special town hall to devise a strategic 5 year plan for HEWG. It will be followed by another planning session in February 2022. You can watch the recording here.
March 15, 2021
You can view the meeting notes here.
February 1, 2021
You can view the meeting notes here.
July 13, 2020
Inaugural Meeting
After a massive response to calls for participation, almost 70 people attended our first meeting. This was a great turnout considering there were over 120 people signed up. We voted to name the group the Hazards Equity Working Group (HEWG).
We identified high-level goals, and brainstormed how to turn those into actionable items. We created several different sub-committees, and solicited volunteers for leadership roles (over 20 volunteers for leadership positions!). It was decided that there will be a monthly email to the group providing updates on progress of the various sub-committee meetings and agenda items. We also decided on a once or twice yearly meeting of all members of HEWG, while leadership and subcommittees will meet more frequently.
Chat Transcript from Inaugural Meeting
03:11:36 Leah Salditch: Throughout today’s meeting we will be using a website called Menti.com to do polls and vote on different agenda items!
03:12:03 Leah Salditch: simply enter the numeric codes we give you, and you will be able tp participate in the votes!
03:12:19 Leah Salditch: The first code for www.menti.com is 47 39 96
03:15:26 Seth Stein: please use headphones if you can - reduces noise
03:22:25 Seth Stein: please mute if you’re not speaking
03:26:42 Anne Robertson: can someone post the menti code?
03:26:59 Elizabeth Sherrill: 47 39 96
03:28:17 Lauren Schaefer: Leah your audio keeps cutting out
03:29:14 Leah Salditch: Sorry about my audio everyone!
03:38:28 Coordinacion: Coordinacion=Christa von Hillebrandt- Andrade
03:40:12 Beth Bartel: Thanks Sahar!
03:40:23 Leah Salditch: www.menti.com code 65 43 11
03:42:59 Morgan Moschetti: It would be nice to include something that is coordinated with other professional societies (or other) to take action towards these goals.
03:43:00 Desiree Tullos (she/her/hers): I think there could be another goal related to connecting data to supporting more equity-based policies
03:43:04 Matthew Wall: Support policy development as a goal
03:43:10 Steven Jaume: Help get students from underrepresented groups into natural hazard science.
03:43:31 Olufeyisayo Ilesanmi: Providing resilience to all through sciencitifically verified data
03:43:33 Gillian Goldhagen: support outreach and education policy
03:43:54 Anne Robertson: work with local organizations and/or develop a framework for transitioning the equity discussion to a local policy level
03:44:14 nishath: Making sure new technologies (ex. AI) follow equity
03:44:22 Derrick Hiebert: Capture and report on what works in reducing risk to hazards
03:44:24 Heather Murdock: I would agree that mentorship and capacity development for students from underrepresented groups would be a goal of interest.
03:44:30 Max: Provide case studies of what went well/what issues there were is specific disasters?
03:44:30 Julio Herrera Estrada: Generage “grand challenges” on DRR that can inform science questions and identify knowledge gaps
03:44:37 Leah Salditch: https://sites.google.com/view/agu-nh-endm/brainstorming
03:44:45 Caitlin A Grady: You may also wish to solicit new ideas from folks who were unable to attend today before we finalize high level goals
03:45:00 Anne Robertson: encourage participation by the private sector in adopting equitable engineering and development practices
03:45:05 Heather Murdock: Also connections with practitioners and how an equity lens can be applied to decision making and policy internationally
03:45:06 Morgan Moschetti: Develop “clearinghouse” for plain language summaries of the science relating to hazards covered by AGU
03:45:06 Leah Salditch: https://sites.google.com/view/agu-nh-endm/brainstorming
03:45:09 Liz Vanacore: provide data/tools to communities such that they can improve their resiliency to natural hazards in a more community centered model than top down
03:45:14 Seth Stein: The group charge includes “Given the complicated issues and many stakeholders involved in natural disaster mitigation, the group will seek ties with other sections of AGU, other scientific and professional societies, governmental and community groups, and other interested parties. “
03:45:18 Desiree Tullos (she/her/hers): Great suggestion, Julio! I second that suggestion. That and a policy-oriented goal would be my top two.
03:45:58 Beth Bartel: I third Julio’s suggestions for a Grand Challenges plan/assessment
03:45:58 Olufeyisayo Ilesanmi: supporting policy level decision making
03:57:08 Derrick Hiebert: Continue chatting offline, Danielle?
03:58:12 Monika Anna Tomaszewska: Derrick that was a great input, thanks! Especially infrastructure case issue
03:58:32 Julio Herrera Estrada: Thanks, Desiree!
03:58:50 Coordinacion: can you please include the google link in chat? thanks
03:59:13 Olufeyisayo Ilesanmi: Financing is an important part of delivering all the DRR activities. We need to think about collaborative funding, incentivizes approaches and market approaches
03:59:23 Debbie Weiser: https://sites.google.com/view/agu-nh-endm/volunteer
03:59:40 Lori Schultz: For the categories in the volunteer opportunities, can you provide a bit more information on the activities
03:59:41 Danielle Sumy: sure @Derrick
04:00:46 Anne Robertson: will there be general meetings as well for each group to discuss/understand how these committees will work together?
04:01:53 Danielle Sumy: My point was simply to say that we need to have education and outreach done at a range of levels, and considering AFN concerns, etc., so that we can all be better prepared and to help mitigate natural hazards
04:03:57 Liz Vanacore: I agree with Danielle. it is also worth noting that E&O depts are overstretched and under funded in general.
04:04:18 Anne Robertson: are we able to edit our selection of committees?
04:04:53 Olufeyisayo Ilesanmi: Multi-stakeholder engagement of, resource collaboration
04:05:31 Leah Salditch: 35 07 96
04:05:32 Leah Salditch: menti.com
04:07:52 Leah Salditch: 95 27 63
04:09:31 Danielle Sumy: you’re doing great Tiegan!
04:10:43 Beth Bartel: I know it’s not as good of an acronym, but would you consider Geohazards Equity Working Group?
04:10:55 Beth Bartel: It could be a silent G ;).
04:10:57 Coordinacion: You are doing much better than group with lots of resources
04:12:04 Steven Jaume: Sorry - what are we doing now?
04:12:31 Debbie Weiser: menti.com 95 27 63
04:12:53 Anne Robertson: self-nomination for leadership roles
04:12:53 Jason "Jay" R. Patton: what are we nominating again?
04:12:58 Jason "Jay" R. Patton: thx
04:13:00 Lauren Schaefer: Will leadership change yearly?
04:13:11 Taylor Asher: persons interested in being involved in group leadership
04:13:43 Derrick Hiebert: Thank you all! I look forward to working with you on this :)
04:14:31 Steven Jaume: Go Seismology!
04:15:15 Coordinacion: Missing the Ocean?
04:16:04 Matthew Wall: Lost you Leah
04:16:06 Danielle Sumy: yes, seems that way
04:16:17 Coordinacion: Yes to the Decade and Tsunami /I can help with both of these.
04:16:20 Derrick Hiebert: @Leah - I am presenting at our fall meeting of IAEM on reducing vulnerability by integrating equity and social justice into mitigation. I am not part of AGU but could offer an abstract for that as well.
04:16:51 Anne Robertson: will there be posted meeting minutes?
04:17:10 Debbie Weiser: It would be interesting to see if we could liaise with other scientific societies, too.
04:17:29 Steven Jaume: And social scientists!
04:17:31 Liz Vanacore: I am currently on the task team for tsunami watch operations under Unesco/ioc tows and can help there.
04:17:38 Matthew Wall: Other representative organizations such as NEMA
04:17:54 Olufeyisayo Ilesanmi: Diversity Committee on international emergency management group
04:18:06 Danielle Sumy: @Leah - I can liaise with NAGT’s DEI group, and with ShakeAlert (to include social scientists). The Natural Hazards Conference is today, so that’s where all the social scientists are (virtually).
04:18:18 Lauren Schaefer: I am happy to be the liaison with USGS
04:18:40 Olufeyisayo Ilesanmi: indigenous Associations, CSOs
04:18:46 L. Dupigny-Giroux: I am the President of the American Association of State Climatologists and could be the liaison with them.
04:18:55 Julio Herrera-Estrada: Thank you very much to all the organizers for their time and effort!!
04:19:02 John Louie: Thank you for a really efficient meeting!
04:19:09 Allison Huisa: thank you this was great!
04:19:10 Debbie Weiser: Thanks for organizing this effort!
04:19:12 Lori Schultz: Thank you for an informative meeting!
04:19:14 Seth Stein: Here’s the request to AGU:
04:19:15 Beth Bartel: Amazingly well organized. Well done.
04:19:24 Seth Stein: How can we implement AGU’s “science for solutions” to address societal problems?
AGU's new strategic plan's emphasizes our joint goals of advancing scientific discovery and using the results to address societal challenges. This need is consistent with recent global activation of younger generations toward projects that address racial/economic inequality and social justice. In this spirit, we invite contributions focusing on using our science in collaboration with decision makers, communities, and other stakeholders to benefit society. We invite contributions discussing approaches or examples of what we might do. We hope for discussion of what works, what doesn’t, how we can do better, and how these efforts could contribute to increasing diversity in our ranks.
Seth Stein (seth@earth.northwestern.edu) President, Natural Hazards Section
Benjamin Zaitchik (zaitchik@jhu.edu) President-elect, GeoHealth Section
Raj Pandya (rpandya@agu.org), Thriving Earth Exchange
04:19:25 Matthew Wall: Thank you for organizing this. Well done!
04:19:34 Mo Holt: Thanks so much for organizing HEWG!
04:19:49 Nicole Jackson: Thanks for organizing. Great job @Leah and @Tiegen
04:19:49 Desiree Tullos (she/her/hers): Many thanks!!
04:19:50 Caitlyn Sutherlin: Thank you everyone!
04:19:51 Anne Robertson: Thank you!
04:19:53 Coordinacion: Thank you very much, very well organized.
04:19:57 Debbie Weiser: Thanks to everyone joining from all over the world!
04:20:01 Seth Stein: Well done Tiegan & Leah
04:20:10 Max Schneider: Thanks for all your organization. This will be HEWG!
04:20:12 Saeed: thank you everyone!
04:20:13 Jackie Yip: Thank you for organizing this, Tiegan and Leah
04:20:22 Hilary Martens: Thank you all!! Excellent meeting. Well done, Tiegan and Leah.
04:20:23 Nicole Paul: Thank you!
04:20:26 L. Dupigny-Giroux: Thanks everyone!!!
04:20:41 Tahir: thank you
04:20:54 Lauren Schaefer: Some actionable items and a good great to liaise with: https://notimeforsilence.org/
04:21:03 Lauren Schaefer: Both good and great- ha
04:21:48 Morgan Moschetti: Thanks!
04:21:51 Steven Jaume: Thanks!
04:21:53 Danielle Sumy: Thanks!!
04:21:54 Doro NIANG: I can liaise with the association of young geologists and environmentalists of Senegal of which I am the President.
04:21:54 Monika Anna Tomaszewska: Thank you!
04:21:57 Taylor Asher: yes, thanks a lot
04:22:56 Olufeyisayo Ilesanmi: National Association of Black geoscientist
04:27:24 Julie Arrighi: Sorry, I got the time wrong for the working group call! Will hop off
04:35:32 Leah Salditch: my audio keeps cutting out!@