Washington, DC — Kate Sheridan reports on STAT that just hours after the Women’s March on Washington ended on Saturday, scientists began to discuss organizing a march of their own.
Now that idea has rapidly begun to take shape, with the official Facebook group gathering hundreds of thousands of online adherents in just the past day and the #ScienceMarch hashtag trending on Twitter.
Prospective attendees and organizers have been coordinating on a closed Facebook group with over 220,000 members, along with conversations happening on Twitter and Reddit.
According to a post in the group from Jonathan Berman, a University of Texas Health Science Center postdoctoral fellow, the march had attracted multiple sponsorship offers and nearly 2,500 volunteers. And the initiative already has its T-shirts on sale.
Now that idea has rapidly begun to take shape, with the official Facebook group gathering hundreds of thousands of online adherents in just the past day and the #ScienceMarch hashtag trending on Twitter.
Prospective attendees and organizers have been coordinating on a closed Facebook group with over 220,000 members, along with conversations happening on Twitter and Reddit.
According to a post in the group from Jonathan Berman, a University of Texas Health Science Center postdoctoral fellow, the march had attracted multiple sponsorship offers and nearly 2,500 volunteers. And the initiative already has its T-shirts on sale.
“Our motivation is pretty straightforward,” Dr. Caroline Weinberg, a science writer and public health researcher who is co-chairing the organizing group, said by email. “
Scientists worldwide have been alarmed by the clear anti-science actions taken by the Trump administration.
It has been less than a week and there have already been funding freezes and efforts to restrict scientists from communicating their findings (from tax-funded research!) with the public.”
For Sheridan’s full story, click here.
Follow Sheridan at Twitter @sheridan_kate.
Scientists worldwide have been alarmed by the clear anti-science actions taken by the Trump administration.
It has been less than a week and there have already been funding freezes and efforts to restrict scientists from communicating their findings (from tax-funded research!) with the public.”
For Sheridan’s full story, click here.
Follow Sheridan at Twitter @sheridan_kate.
