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Scientists’ March on Washington Next Month Is Plagued by Organizational Turmoil

4/7/2017

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Washington, DC — Kate Sheridan reports on STAT that it may be the largest rally in support of science ever. Hundreds of thousands of people have joined the Facebook group for the upcoming March for Science, and tens of thousands have offered to volunteer.
 
Beyond a march in Washington, more than 400 cities worldwide will host simultaneous events on April 22 to repudiate science policies of the new White House and Congress.
 
Yet for all the excitement, STAT has found, plans for the march are plagued by infighting among organizers, attacks from outside scientists who don’t feel their interests are fairly represented, and operational disputes.
 
Tensions have become so pronounced that some organizers have quit and many scientists have pledged not to attend.
 
What was billed as science advocates speaking with a unified voice, then, has instead surfaced long-lingering tensions within the scientific community.
​Rachel Holloway, a clinical psychologist who chairs the event’s diversity and inclusion committee, conceded that initially the group was overwhelmed by scientists and activists clamoring for a spot at the table. It was “like trying to drink water out of a fire hose,” she said.
 
Things have settled down since January, and organizers have begun to address members’ concerns.  But many are not satisfied.
 
Jacquelyn Gill, a biology and ecology professor at the University of Maine, told STAT that she quit the organizing committee in recent weeks because of leaders’ resistance to aggressively addressing inequalities — including race and gender.
 
For Sheridan’s full story, click here.
 
Follow Sheridan at Twitter @sheridan_kate.
 
Follow STAT — which reports from the frontiers of health and medicine — on Twitter @statnews.
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