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We invite you to apply for the newest cohort of Working Towards Racial Equity (WTRE), a three-year workshop series co-designed and co-facilitated by The Lawrence Hall of Science, Justice Outside, and Laura Rodriguez. This workshop series and associated research study support environmental and outdoor science organizations (including those dedicated to outdoor learning, environmental justice, environmental science, environmental literacy, youth development, and community development) to build capacity to foster equitable, inclusive, and culturally relevant work environments and organizations.
One of our key tenets is people-focused systems change. We know that long-term, systems level changes require individuals in the system to commit to authentic self-reflection and learning. Additionally, we center racial equity in our approach because we recognize that racism is at the heart of inequity in the environmental field and in the United States, broadly. Working towards racial equity will ultimately benefit every single person, including those with additional marginalized identities.
We are currently accepting applications for five, mid-sized (20-75ish staff) outdoor science organizations to participate over 3 years. The WTRE process will kick off with an in-person convening in February of 2025 and activities (both in-person and virtual) will continue through early 2028.
We’ve updated our application due date! Applications are due May 15th, 2024 at noon PST.
Ways to learn more…
We are offering multiple opportunities to learn more and to ask questions about the program and application process. If you need any support to participate in these zoom info sessions / open houses (for example, ASL interpretive service, or captions/transcription), please let us know in your registration!
WTRE Information Sessions
Our Info Sessions have passed, but you can view
a recording here and access our slides here!
WTRE Open House
Our Open House sessions have passed.
Check out answers to common WTRE Application questions here.
For question, please email wtre@berkeley.edu.
This three year workshop series is co-designed and co-facilitated by The Lawrence Hall of Science, Justice Outside, and Laura Rodriguez. It will be evaluated by Informing Change, an external evaluator in Oakland, CA. It is part of a multi-year research study led by the Center for Environmental Learning at The Lawrence Hall of Science. The Working Towards Racial Equity Workshop Series is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 2315277. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.