In July 2020, TOS established a Tiger Team to develop ideas for action on justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. Team members include Mona Behl, Georgia Sea Grant; Susanne Craig, NASA; Dick Crout, Naval Research Laboratory; Chrissy Hernandez, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Allison Miller, Schmidt Ocean Institute; Tashiana Osborne, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; and Charitha Pattiaratchi, University of Western Australia. A key initial recommendation of the Tiger Team is to establish a standing JEDI committee for TOS. The TOS Council approved the Tiger Team’s proposal and announced an open call for membership in July 2020. TOS Presidents also issued a revised statement on TOS values in fall 2020 (see above).

Since its formation, the TOS JEDI committee has been leading several initiatives to raise awareness about JEDI issues; amplify existing JEDI efforts to eliminate bias and unfair treatment; share tools, information, and resources; support TOS leadership; and engage the ocean science community to advance the committee’s goals. For example, the committee has started a regular column in Oceanography to highlight relevant topics—see the “What’s New” section above. The JEDI Committee also hosted listening and training sessions at the 2022 Ocean Sciences Meeting, including an interactive Town Hall entitled “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice in Ocean Sciences: Challenges, Initiatives, and Opportunities”—an article on the outcomes of this discussion is forthcoming. The JEDI Committee is currently advising the TOS Council on improvements to the award nomination and evaluation procedures. Finally, the committee is also part of TOS’s recent commitment to assessing organizational equity as a member of the third cohort of the Amplifying the Alliance to Catalyze Change for Equity in STEM Success program (ACCESS+).