National Association of Black Geologists and Geophysicists

Aims

• Inform students in under-represented groups of the career opportunities in geosciences
• Encourage them to take advantage of scholarship programs, grants, loans, etc., that are established for minority students.
• Give financial support to students pursuing degrees in the geosciences.
• Follow the educational careers of the scholarship recipients.
• Aid minority students in the search for summer employment and aid corporate members interested in obtaining summer employees for positions that will enhance the students' background and marketability.
• Allow minority geologists and geophysicists to establish professional and inter-company relationships
• Assist in the development of professional standards and practices of members within their geoscience careers and entrepreneurial pursuits.

  Achievements

• Implementing a plan of action to formulate and activate an organization of this type.
• Raising funds for scholarships through its annual technology conferences, corporate partners, and other fundraising activities.
• Visiting area high schools, colleges, universities, and churches with presentations and information pertaining to careers in geology and geophysics.
• Holding student workshops where students are introduced to various disciplines within the geosciences by people who are actively working in those disciplines.
• Holding an annual technology conference and monthly technical meetings for members, corporate members, and individuals interested in the NABGG or in specific topics being presented.
• Making connections with other professional organizations both domestically and internationally.
• Becoming a member society of the American Geological Institute, an affiliated society of AAPG and associated society of the Geological Society of America GSA, a member organization of the National Petroleum Council, a member of the Earth Day Network, and in partnership with Digital Library for Earth Science Education.
• Established and maintained an active web presence that has become an information portal for its members and the general public.