Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee

The EBP mission is to sequence all known eukaryotic life; as such, the EBP JEDI Committee aims to promote justice* as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion in pursuit of this mission. 

The committee is charged with: an advisory role to the Membership Council to propose recommendations, policies, position statements, protocols, and best practices for justice, as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion, across the EBP and its affiliated projects; an educational role to engage with the biodiversity genomics community and promote access, equity and diversity of people and perspectives; and an advocacy role to foster a culture of trust, humility and transparency by modeling representation and inclusion within our global community. 

* Justice is briefly defined as the pursuit of fairness in an unfair world; the pursuit of fairness includes the systemic and equitable division of resources, opportunities, and privileges in society (John Rawls, ‘A Theory of Justice’, 1971), particularly for those who have been historically marginalized, oppressed, disadvantaged, and are otherwise vulnerable.

Members

Sadye Paez, The Rockefeller University, United States, Co-Chair

Marcela Uliano-Silva, Wellcome Sanger Institute, United Kingdom, Co-Chair

Ann McCartney, University of California at Santa Cruz, United States, Co-Chair

Nicolette Caperello, Arizona State University, United States

Ozede Nicholas Igiehon, North-West University, South Africa and University of Benin, Nigeria

Nathaniel Jue, California State University Monterey Bay, United States

Ntanganedzeni Mapholi, University of South Africa, South Africa

Marc Palmada Flores, Institute de Biologia Evolutiva (UPF-CSIC) Spain

Taukondjo Shikongo, Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat, Namibia

Bashir Bolaji Tiamiyu, University of Llorin, Nigeria

Claudia Weber, Wellcome Sanger Institute, United Kingdom

Jason Williams, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States

Former Members

Jianguo Lu, Sun Yat-sen University, China

John Archibald, Dalhousie University, Canada

Bouabid Badaoui, Mohammed V University, Morroco

Sam Rowe, Earlham Institute, United Kingdom

Felipe Ennes Silva, Mamirauá Institute for Sustainable Development, Brazil

Andrew Veale, Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, New Zealand