STEM activism – SISTER

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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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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.

Jewel speaks into a microphone with a wood-paneled wall and a sign that says "The Outrage" behind her. She is wearing a shirt that says "unapologetically feminist scientist."

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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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).