The Utah Space Grant Consortium fully supports and commits to uphold NASA’s Diversity & Inclusion protocol: “At NASA, we define diversity broadly as the entire universe of differences and similarities. Additionally, we define inclusion as the full participation, belonging, and contribution of organizations and individuals.” The NASA Policy Statement on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility for NASA’s Workforces and Workplaces states: “The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is fully committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) for our entire workforce and all our workplaces. This means our Agency will continually prioritize the following: reinforcing a culture in which our employees feel they can be authentic, welcomed, respected, included, and engaged; maintaining an environment where our employees consistently and systematically receive fair, just, and impartial treatment; and ensuring our employees can fully and independently access facilities, information and communication technology, programs, and services.”

The Utah Space Grant Consortium strives to align our Consortium policies, plans, and priorities with the Utah Higher System of Education (USHE). The Utah Space Grant Consortium is committed to working alongside USHE and the public colleges and universities in our state to intervene in widening opportunity gaps for underserved and underrepresented students. We also commit to working with educational equity in our K-12 and outreach efforts to uphold with the Utah State Board of Education Educational Equity Plan which creates equitable conditions for student success in the K-12 public school system in the State of Utah. In addition, UNSGC works to provide an inclusive and interdisciplinary cohort of students, mentors, affiliates, and more, and aligns those efforts with the Executive Order On Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.