A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize a day and a half public workshop to examine local, national, and global strategies used by community groups such as the Black church across the Black diaspora to build trust and advance issues in science, engineering, and medicine (SEM) within Black communities. The workshop will provide a historical overview demonstrating the degradation of the trust of Black communities in scientific and medical institutions, leading to adverse health outcomes and environmental inequalities, spotlight practices and policies with demonstrated success in building trust within Black communities, and identify actions to build trusting relationships to address emerging public health and environmental issues impacting Black communities.

Major objectives of the workshop include:

1. Identify organizations that have demonstrated success in building and maintaining trust with Black communities to address public health and environmental concerns;
2. Highlight best practices for science, engineering, public health and medicine professionals to develop sustainable and effective relationships with Black communities; and
3. Examine how effective and non-effective communication with Black communities influences trust and acceptance of SEM and how SEM professionals and organizations can improve perception and interactions.

Following the workshop, a rapporteur-authored workshop proceedings will be published.