STEM advocacy – SISTER

Dina Abdel-Fattah standing on sea ice pressure ridge. She is bundled up in snow/ice gear, is wearing a big red backpack, and is stepping on snow. There is white snow/ice as far as the eye can see.

More Than Just a Scientist: My Journey Weaving Science and Politics

My work is applied and human-focused, which also means it is inherently political.

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How Ice Carved My Scientific and Political Identity

As someone who is educated in the science behind climate and environmental change, it would be wrong of me to not shout from the rooftops.

Female Scientists in the Diaspora

There are endless ways of being Puerto Rican and I am creating a new one.

Reclaiming STEM: addressing the gap in diverse and inclusive trainings

Reclaiming STEM was the first workshop created to center scicomm and scipol training specifically for marginalized scientists — and it’s expanding.

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6 Ways to Make Your Science Advocacy Effective at the State and Local Levels

I’m a huge believer in the idea that to make a difference, you should start where you’re already at. For me, that’s a graduate student studying bioengineering in Arizona.

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.

Building Your Brand During a Career Transition

What do you want people to know you for? Surprisingly, this is not an easy question to answer.

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).

Finding our voice in advocacy

Each time we spoke out, we grew a little more confident that our collective voices could affect change and that we could demand better from those in positions of power.

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Where is my place as an aspiring Native American STEM advocate?

I have seen the need for more Native American STEM advocates and I want to answer the call. But shouldn’t my days be spent in lab?

Why we need to keep fighting for Dreamers, for STEM’s sake

Our STEM success story would not have been possible in a world with exclusionary immigration policies.

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Giving students a seat at the table: why we should teach science policy advocacy early on

Burgeoning scientists or science-curious students want to be part of both scientific and political conversations.