APS-IDEA Virtual Meeting

Date and Time

The meeting will take place on Zoom.

February 25, 12:30 - 4:40 p.m. ET: Groups 1-20

March 2 and 3, 2:00 - 4:00 a.m. ET / 7:00 - 9:00 a.m. UTC: Group 21

Introduction and Overview

The APS Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Alliance (APS-IDEA) is an APS Innovation Fund initiative with a mission of empowering the physics community to enact strategies for improving equity, diversity, and inclusion. The invite-only, half-day virtual meeting is limited to APS-IDEA network teams, and will serve as an information hub for network participants.
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All APS-IDEA participants are expected to abide by the Code of Conduct for APS Meetings.

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Speakers & Committees

Agenda

APS-IDEA February 25 Meeting Agenda

Friday, February 25, 2022, 12:30 - 4:40 p.m. - all times are EDT

12:30 - 12:40 p.m. Welcome
12:40 - 1:25 p.m. Plenary Panel I: EDI Insights: How Activism Can Change Organizations
1:25 - 1:40 p.m. Breakout I: Reflections on Panel
1:40 - 1:55 p.m. Plenary Panel II: Discussion with the Teams
1:55 - 2:30 p.m. Break (35 minutes)
2:30 - 3:00 p.m. Plenary III: Teams Report on Building Driver Diagrams
3:00 - 3:20 p.m. Plenary IV: The Journey of Change
3:20 - 3:45 p.m. Breakout II: Reflections on Second-order Change
3:45 - 4:05 p.m. Break (20 minutes)
4:05 - 4:40 p.m. Plenary V: The Meaning of APS-IDEA

 

Learning Objectives

  1. Reenergize teams and decrease sense of isolation
  2. Share examples of promising change plans through driver diagrams
  3. Highlight examples of second-order change through activism
  4. Reinforce basic ideas of second-order change and guiding principles

This project is sponsored by the APS Innovation Fund, AIP Diversity Action Fund, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, and private donations.