๐ข๐ข๐ข It's official: The first work our political action committee will engage in is going to GEORGIA and helping the Democrats win back the Senate! ๐ #PACforScience
Electing a President who listens to science is a good start, but it's not enough.
To address the many crises we face, we need a #GreenNewDeal, #MedicareForAll, a national mask mandate, a ban on fracking, and so much more.
We need a Senate that also listens to science.
To have policies that stand up for science and justice, we must first create the legislative conditions conducive to achieving success.
That begins in Georgia, where two Senate run-off elections on January 5th will determine the balance of power in Washington.
If @ReverendWarnock and @ossoff win these races, then weโll have a Senate leadership that will embrace science-informed policies that will bring help to millions of Americans in need.
The next eight weeks will be critically important to the future of our country and our planet. If youโre able to financially support our movement, every contribution will help us make a difference: gofundme.com/f/supportmarchโฆ
And if you'd like to:
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๐๐ฝโโ๏ธ Volunteer
And whatโs at stake is nothing less than control over the United States Senate and whether a unified American government can - after four long years - finally unite behind the science.
Let's go!!!! ๐
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๐ข This past weekend, March for Science leader and communications team member @claytoff had a harrowing experience with the police department in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania as he and friends enjoyed a night of celebration, food, fire and music.
The incident resulted in the arrest of Dr. Kaye Georeen without any explanation of crime or violation of law.
Luckily, everyone survived this incident but survival cannot be the bar for police engagement with Black people.
We have seen hundreds of pictures and videos of Black people needlessly murdered during interactions with police officers.
This image of Earth was acquired by the Voyager 1 spacecraft on Feb 14th, 1990. From 4 billion miles (6.4 billion kilometers) away.
Voyager took this photo, and continued on, and is now the furthest human-made object from Earth.
Carl Sagan insisted that it was worth NASAโs time to acquire this image, because he knew the impact it would have on our concept of ourselves, and our place in the universe.
Since our inception, we have operated as a fiscally-sponsored non-profit, which has come with many constraints; namely, that we cannot spend more than 20% of our budget on advocacy.
Planning to attempt sleep tonight? Never fear, science is here!
Sleep is a very interesting area of science. Sleep quality is associated with health measures that range from memory to heart disease to diabetes.
AND YET. No one really knows for sure why we do it.
Evolutionarily, losing consciousness for hours at a time puts you at increased risk of predation, so it must be very important for it to be worth it. But, we really donโt fully understand it.
We are doing a FB live with some of the scientists who launched a 4,000-signature petition calling on the scientific community to publicly commit to defending democracy.
Also joining us to help situate this action in the wider context will be Ali Nouri, President of @FAScientists, and Andrew Rosenberg, director of the Center for Science and Democracy at @UCSUSA.