Molly Community Science Project: An Evaluation of the Process of Co-Designing Informal Environmental Science Programming with Alaska Native Communities (Executive Summary)

This report assesses how the Molly Community Science project implemented the co-design process by evaluating it against the following indicators:

• Equity: reduction or removal of barriers to active participation of all members in a co-design process.
• Trust and respect: skills, expression, and knowledge systems are trusted and respected as having value to the project.
• Relationships: valuing connectedness and long-term relationships beyond the scope of a project.
• Capacity: Indigenous members have appropriate supports and tools to feel empowered through the process.
• Deliberate and intentional decision-making: decisions are thorough, equitable, and made iteratively, reframing power inequities.

Goldstream Group used evaluator observation notes, document reviews, and interviews with co-design team members to assess how the Molly Community Science project co- design process demonstrated an understanding of equitable co-design principles, and to provide recommendations for future co-design projects.