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Actionable steps are required to create an equitable, inclusive, and just (EIJ) AMS, and there is a critical need among scientific societies for deliberate review of how EIJ programs can be created and sustained. Data can clarify and amplify these EIJ actions. A next step in the EIJ work at AMS is implementing an Equity Assessment (EA). In the Equity Assessment Summit, we will launch our community focused effort to collect data. This town hall is the beginning of the community conversations to understand what data we need to collect, and start to develop the Culture Survey instrument. Members will have the opportunity to participate in a hybrid community conversation and support the development Culture Survey instrument, so that AMS can collect data that will drive the science around cultural change, and inform decisions as we develop the EIJ Strategic plan after the completion of data collection. The town hall will be the first, in a series of conversations, to develop the instrument and engage members on their needs.