The Conscious Language Newsletter: March 2024
USDA Releases Updated Equity Action Plan | USDA
Hybrid Work Is an Equity Issue | Psychology Today
USDA Announces 2024 Tribal Scholarships and Fellowships | USDA
USDA Invests $70 Million to Expand Conservation Assistance to Underserved Producers | Natural Resources Conservation Service
Washington’s new equity director on where her office goes from here - Washington State Standard
It may have just gotten harder to protect minority communities from pollution - Stateline
How a ‘small, but mighty’ agency is working to advance diversity, equity and inclusion - Government Executive
USDA Announces $45 Million Funding Opportunity to Support Underserved and Veteran Farmers, Ranchers, and Foresters | USDA
7 Metrics to Measure Your Organization’s DEI Progress
Guide for Underserved Farmers and Ranchers
Returning Indigenous land could be our best conservation initiative yet | The Optimist Daily
Can a $42B internet expansion plan close WA's digital divide? | Crosscut
Equity: Time to Get Real (Part I) - PA TIMES Online | PA TIMES Online
6 Top Trends in DEI for 2022 - Purdue University Global
This movement—also known as diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI—acknowledges and supports the unique attributes of individuals and groups.
USDA Announces $35 Million Funding Opportunity to Support Underserved and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers | USDA
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced approximately $35 million in available funding to community-based and nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, and tribal entities that help historically underserved and veteran farmers and ranchers own and operate successful farms.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Highlights Key Work in 2021 to Advance Equity | USDA
USDA, Federation of Southern Cooperatives Renew Partnership Supporting Underserved Landowners | USDA
“Through partnerships like this one, we are ensuring that historically underserved landowners and producers have the tools they need to successfully integrate conservation practices on their forest and agricultural lands,” said NRCS Chief Terry Cosby. “Equity in our programs and services is essential for addressing the unique natural resource needs and challenges across the country.”
Equity vs. Equality: It's all about fairness and the recognition that different people may need different tools | Columns & Letters | Spokane | The Pacific Northwest Inlander | News, Politics, Music, Calendar, Events in Spokane, Coeur d'Alene and the Inland Northwest
"Equity" literally means "the quality of being fair." While "equality" relies on the virtue of sameness, "equity" recognizes that different people may need different tools and accommodations to accomplish the same goal. Sameness may still be the ultimate goal (sameness in opportunity, in dignity, in access to physical or monetary resources), but to get there, different processes may be required, just as Pachovas needed different accommodations to have equal access to his college's sidewalks and buildings. Equity recognizes that treating different people the same can be just as unfair as treating the same people differently.