Oshkosh March for Science

The March for Science in Oshkosh (Wisconsin) is a local branch of the March for Science in Washington, D.C, and is being planned for 11am CST on Earth Day, Saturday April 22, 2017.

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How to Make Your Protest Sign

Anne Tischer shows in 2 minutes how easy it can be to make a sign to carry at the Oshkosh March for Science.

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Not able to join the Oshkosh March for Science on April 22nd, but want to show your support?  Chip in to help cover our basic organizing costs!

In return for your contribution of $8 or more at GoFundMe https://www.gofundme.com/march-for-science-oshkosh you'll receive an Oshkosh March for Science t-shirt.

Your t-shirt will have our March logo on the front, and local Oshkosh business sponsors listed on the back. (When you donate, please add a comment to let us know the number of shirts and the sizes.)

We're raising money to cover publicity, equipment, and related local fees.  If we raise more money than we need, we will donate the surplus to local groups that encourage young people to pursue science.

[source of CC0 Public Domain white t-shirt image: Pixabay]

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Why will YOU be marching?

There are hundreds of local marches planned for Saturday, April 22nd; find a march near you, so you can be part of the March For Science: https://www.marchforscience.com/satellite-marches/

With an English major and Film minor from UMD, Kolter Ridge is a production assistant just starting his career. "How I ended up in advertising I have no idea, but I'm loving it." He believes in the value of science in everyday life. 

source: March for Science Minnesota on Instagram

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this might be my favorite gif ever 

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source: Neil deGrasse Tyson‏ @neiltyson on Twitter

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For too long we’ve relied on facts and evidence to speak for themselves. That strategy has failed us. The March for Science is a coming-out party for a movement of scientists and supporters who are speaking out in the public sphere. It isn’t partisan, it’s patriotic. ~ Beka Economopoulos, Founding Director, The Natural History Museum, Brooklyn, NY

source of quote: Who’s Marching for Science—and Why? Here Are 15 Answers, Union of Concerned Scientists blog

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100 groups have now endorsed the March for Science

“We see the activities collectively known as the March as a unique opportunity to communicate the importance, value and beauty of science,” AAAS CEO Rush Holt wrote in a statement on the website of the Washington, D.C.–based organization, which bills itself as the largest general science society in the world. Participation “is in keeping with AAAS’ long-standing mission to ‘advance science, engineering and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all people.'”

source: Updated: Some 100 groups have now endorsed the March for Science

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Popular Science on Twitter

“Things you may not know about NOAA's satellite program"

Popular Science illustrates in two minutes what everyone needs to know about the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s satellite program

source: Popular Science on Twitter and NOAA’s satellites are on the chopping block. Here's why we need them

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Referring to the budget released early Thursday, Dr. Caroline Weinberg, a public health researcher and one of the organizers of a protest march by scientists set for April 22 in Washington, said, “It is a 53-page document detailing exactly why thousands of people around the world will join together to march for science.”

... the extent of the cuts in the proposed budget unveiled early Thursday shocked scientists, researchers and program administrators. The reductions include $5.8 billion, or 18 percent, from the National Institutes of Health, which fund thousands of researchers working on cancer and other diseases, and $900 million, or a little less than 20 percent, from the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, which funds the national laboratories, considered among the crown jewels of basic research in the world.

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Others said the proposed cuts would motivate more scientists to become politically active.

source: Scientists Bristle at Trump Budget’s Cuts to Research, The New York Times, 17 Mar 2017

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Stand up and fight back: despair is not an option

... in moments of crisis, what has happened, time and time again, is that people have stood up and fought back. So despair is absolutely not an option. ~ Bernie Sanders

source: Bernie Sanders on Trump and the resistance: 'Despair is not an option', interviewed in The Guardian

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Let’s get this revolution rolling.

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Great sign idea for the March For Science

source: March for Science Facebook page photo credit: Brian Nguyen

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To march or not to march: why we need to play our part

Private and partisan interests have already politicized science. Our concern today should instead be how we reclaim science as public good. That is a political concern, but need not be a partisan one.

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Silent Spring was published 55 years ago, yet the agricultural industry continues to try to tarnish Rachel Carson’s reputation. More recently, we see this continued bullying and silencing of scientists in Syngenta’s attempted defamation of Tyrone Hayes, the North Carolina Pork Council’s threats toward the late Steve Wing, or Rush Limbaugh and the religious right’s personal attacks on Kari Norgaard for her research studying climate change denial.

Our country has a long history of industry and special interest groups, and their political advocates, attacking scientists for “doing science” when it doesn’t support their profit making. It is important to differentiate though that these examples are not the fault of scientists “politicizing” science, but of industry and politicians politicizing and manipulating science. It is on us to take it back.

source:  Putting Science Into Practice: Why We Need to Play Our Part, at the Union of Concerned Scientists blog

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Mother Jones’ no-bake “She Persisted" bar will give you energy to be part of the March for Science on April 22nd

So we asked Lentine to devise a tasty energy bar that would be great to slip in your pocket for extra nourishment during a day on the streets. You don't even have to bake it.

The recipe is heavy on the seeds—Lentine lists a few suggestions, but really you can use any combination of them that you have on hand. "I am not necessarily the type of person who would go to a protest," Lentine says, "but I am absolutely the type of person that believes that our actions matter. Anything we do in our day-to-day lives, living through example and planting little seeds is really important. Those little seeds added together create something that's really powerful and that's lasting and vital for us to continue no matter what the political or athletic climate may be."

source: Bite, the Mother Jones food politics podcast

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Here’s how to change the mind of a climate change denier.

Many of us have debated the threat of climate change with our friends, family, and strangers on the internet. But not everyone believes that anthropogenic climate change exists or views it as a problem relevant to their everyday lives. And, as we’ve seen lately in the political world, facts aren’t always enough.

Luckily, we recently invited a panel of climate scientists, a psychologist, and a couple callers to join us on Science Friday and share advice on how to have a conversation about climate change that could change a skeptic’s mind. Read more tips here.

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What Exactly Are People Marching for When They March for Science?

If there is one issue that unites the marchers, scientist or non-scientist, Democrat or Republican, that’s it—the undermining of scientific evidence. “The discrediting of the scientific method is what we need to stand against,” says Caroline Weinberg, a writer and public health researcher who is co-chairing the march. “That’s the thing we most need to advocate for.”

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I’m Marching to Fight the Alarming War on Science. Join Me

Opinion: Upcoming marches will let scientists respond to Trump's war on facts and data.

There is an inherent fear that the integrity of our scientific work could be tainted by politics. And there are few rewards and plenty of criticism when scientists express opinions about policy and politics. But when the time comes to speak, to stand up, those of us who can must do so. That time has come.

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So, I will also try to make my voice heard in the street by marching in the upcoming March for Science and the Climate March, scheduled for two consecutive Saturdays in April. I don’t know if these public marches will have any effect, but they offer one more avenue for defending American principles and mobilizing awareness. I demonstrated against the Vietnam War—and was tear-gassed for it—in the ’70s. I marched in San Francisco against the Iraq war in 2003. And the current threats to society are far worse. These public demonstrations offer an opportunity for all Americans, not just scientists, to stand up for science, objectivity, facts, and truth, at a time when telling the truth is becoming a threatened, radical act.

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So, as a scientist, but really just as a citizen, I’ll be peaceably assembling, exercising my free speech, and petitioning the Government for a redress of grievances. Join me.

~ Peter Gleick, a member of the US National Academy of Sciences, a MacArthur Fellow, and a hydroclimatologist.