STEM activism – SISTER

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Dr. Sandra Steingraber: “I did not become a biologist to write eulogies for the species I study”

As extinction rates accelerate, scientists get louder. Dr. Sandra Steingraber spoke these words at the Citigroup headquarters before being arrested in protest of the financing of fossil fuels.

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Why Evidence-Based Climate Justice Includes Abolition

Abolition climate justice asks us to reimagine resiliency and sustainability beyond technological solutions.

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Climate Justice is Social Justice

You cannot have climate justice without social justice or Black liberation or Indigenous sovereignty.

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Becoming a Better Advocate In a Time of Isolation

I am still learning what lifelong, everyday solidarity looks like for me, especially as a STEM advocate and educator.

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Lessons Learned From Black In Neuro Week

The response from the Black in Neuro community was incredible, and beyond anything we could’ve imagined.

Mitra holds her hand up to her mouth like a megaphone. She's in a crowd and wearing a Sunrise shirt that says "good jobs and a livable future."

Why young people in STEM should mobilize for a Green New Deal

I never thought I’d have to choose between doing my schoolwork and fighting for a livable future.

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Science Advocacy: Going Virtual for Earth Day 50

Three years since the first March for Science, the importance of science and evidence-based policies still cannot be understated.

What does this year’s Women’s March mean to you?

I’ve decided that the Women’s March is both monumental and imperfect, important and complicated.

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Why I Strike for Climate as a Salt Marsh Ecologist

Our salt marsh isn’t just changing due to climate change, it’s being totally lost.

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Scholar Activism in a STEM Career

How could I continue as a respected scholar but still make a difference?

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Showing Up for Black Women’s Lives

As members of the STEM community, why do we continue to fail Black women?

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Activism: Necessity or Choice?

Yes, it was true that I had entered graduate school for the love of science. Then why did I continue to invest time and effort into “unnecessary” diversity work?

The Unapologetically Feminist Scientist Wave

Women are scientists, community members, and changemakers, and they made a difference in our 2018 U.S. midterm elections.

Why we joined Science Rising

STEM is a powerful agent for justice, and that’s what Science Rising is all about. Here are the reasons became coalition partners in this important movement.

Q&A with Lisette E. Torres: ‘We need science to work with and for the people’

We had the honor of interviewing Lisette E. Torres, a trained scientist, disabled-scholar activist, and director of the Cooper Foundation Center for Academic Resources at Nebraska Wesleyan University (NWU).

How STEM can do better: advice from a biogeofeminist

Dr. Sarah Myhre is a brave climate scientist who dares to bring humanity for her work, despite the harassment she often endures for doing so.