Natasha Udu-gama: Partnerships Developing Equitable Collaboration between Communities and Scientists
Channel: MetcalfInstitute
Date: 2019-03-11

This session explored three ways that communities and scientists are working together in ways that honor community knowledge and put communities priorities first. Community leaders know best their community context and have the knowledge to work with scientists to develop impactful and sustainable solutions and tools that work for them. Natasha Udu-gama, American Geophysical Union's Thriving Earth Exchange, was one of three panelists who spoke about how their work is making these community science partnerships a reality, what the benefits are for both communities and scientists, opportunities and challenges of such partnerships and how community science partnerships can improve the use and practice of science for future generations. Metcalf Institute’s #InclusiveScicomm Symposium was held in collaboration with Rhode Island Coastal Ecology Assessment Innovation & Modeling (RI-C-AIM) at the University of Rhode Island, September 28 -29, 2018. Learn more at inclusivescicomm.org.