NASA has launched their Equity Action Plan in coordination with the Biden-Harris Administration. This new initiative hopes to remove barriers to participation from Historically Black Colleges & Universities as well as other Minority Serving Institutions in NASA’s services and partnership opportunities.
“In support of the Biden-Harris Administration’s efforts to advance racial equity in the federal government, NASA has released its first-ever Equity Action Plan The plan establishes key focus areas that will allow the agency to track progress toward improved diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility both internally and externally to NASA,” the organization said in a press release.
The plan has four focus areas which include increasing integration and utilization of contractors and businesses from underserved communities and expanding equity in NASA’s procurement process, enhancing grants and cooperative agreements to advance opportunities, access, and representation for underserved communities, leveraging Earth Science and socioeconomic data to help mitigate environmental challenges in underserved communities, and advancing external civil rights compliance and expanding access to limited English proficient populations within underserved communities.
“At NASA, all of our missions depend on our steadfast commitment to equal opportunity,” Bill Nelson, NASA Administrator said. “The Equity Action plan deepens our commitment to further identify and remove the barriers that limit opportunity in underserved and underrepresented communities. This framework anchors fairness as a core component in every NASA mission to make the work we do in space and beyond more accessible to all.”
For more information about the Equity Action Plan and NASA’s Mission Equity initiative, please visit NASA’s website.
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