Digital Publishing and Engagement The Publishing/DE team created and provided to catalysts a publishing/DE readiness rubric, which collected information and assessed the project’s need and readiness for publishing and DE services. Catalyst indicated potential in particular for DE services.
Significant Results: ● N/A
Anticipated work for the next reporting period (December 1, 2021 - February 28, 2022) ● The Fellow(s) may meet with the publishing/DE team and catalysts to share info about the project, what the team hopes to accomplish with publishing/DE, and explore publishing/DE possibilities. Marketing and Communications The marketing and communications team did not engage with this project team during the first quarter. Partnership and Development DEI Program Action Team Update - The ECOP Program Committee's Program Action Team on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion led by Vonda Richardson, Florida A&M University, and Rachel Welborn, Southern Rural Development Center, has established year one priorities which include: 1. Developing an information sharing system for posting resources such as peer-reviewed policies, procedures, best practices and examples across the system that advance the efforts, working with Extension foundation to host. 2. Establishing metrics to measure changes in awareness, behavior and actions toward the goal of system, institutional, and program transformations advancing DEI. Help establish a baseline starting point from which we can gauge success. 3. Identifying a few promising programs to support as national initiatives - focus on a few things we can do well together, models that work on a programming level. 4. Exploring collaborations that work amont 1862/1890/1994 - what works, what could improve? What could set up our system for collaboration rather than competition? 5. Developing an Extension DEI community acting on system-wide, institutional, and program actions. Crystal Tyler-Mackey, Virginia Cooperative Extension, has agreed to serve as the DEI Fellow for the project, helping to guide efforts toward these priorities. The team consists of Extension administrators and directors as well as specialists throughout Extension with experience in DEI efforts. The team welcomes others to join.
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