1. NAAEE State Affiliate Diversity Survey Results Kate Clavijo, MAEOE Eric Chandler, USEE

2. Background In 2002 the NAAEE Board adopted a position statement on diversity and accepted a set of recommended actions for both diversifying NAAEE and helping to diversify the field of environmental education. The committee identified six actions that NAAEE should take to diversity itself and two actions to help diversify the field. This survey addresses action #7.

3. NAAEE Diversity Action #7 “ Survey the Affiliates (state, provincial and regional EE Associations) to ask about their work to support inclusion, values of diversity and multiculturalism. NAAEE will then develop a policy, in collaboration with Affiliates, that encourages all Affiliates to adopt policy statements that specify steps to support the values of diversity and multiculturalism in their organizations.”

4. Survey Goals Assess the level of diversity represented in Affiliate's board and membership. Determine what actions have have been taken to address diversity Assess what is needed to achieve diversity Identify a model policy statement

5. Affiliate board diversity (n=21)

6. Affiliate Membership Diversity This question was difficult for most states to answer due to a lack of “disaggregated” membership databases. Most estimates were very low from 0% to a high of 20%

7. What steps have been taken to ensure your organization is inclusive? The most common responses include: Promote conference on reservations and in diverse communities(n=10) Discussed diversity as an important goal at board retreats (n=8) Included sessions related to diversity at annual conference (n=3) Published newsletter in two languages (n=1)

8. Affiliate’s Organizational Structure

9. Affiliate’s Program Structure

10. What is needed to achieve diversity? Responses Ranked Most Important to Least Important 1. Role models 2. Scholarship money 3. Training on accessing diverse cultures 4. networking opportunities 5. Training on customizing programs for diverse cultures 6. Improve facilitation skills to conduct diverse stakeholder meetings 7. Training about diverse cultures