500 Queer Scientists

500queerscientists is a new visibility campaign for LGBTQ+ people and their allies working in STEM and STEM-supporting jobs — a group that collectively represents a powerful force of scientific progress and discovery. The campaign aims to ensure the next STEM generation has LGBTQ+ role models; help the current generation recognize they’re not alone; create opportunities for community connections and greater visibility within STEM. Share your story and follow @500queersci on Twitter and Instagram!

Alan alda center for communicating science

The Alda Center for Communicating Science empowers scientists and health professionals to communicate complex topics in clear, vivid, and engaging ways; leading to improved understanding by the public, media, patients, elected officials, and others outside of their own discipline. The Center was formally established in 2009 with support from Stony Brook University, Stony Brook School of Journalism, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and is located at Stony Brook University on Long Island, New York. Training methodologies are inspired by the empathy, clarity, and vivid storytelling brought to life by Alan Alda and hundreds of experts on the PBS television show Scientific American Frontiers. Visit their website and follow @aldacenter on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube!

aKIDemic Life

Having a career and a family can be extremely rewarding but often turns into a juggling act, aKIDemic Life is a free resource hub for academics with caring responsibilities. Our mission is to provide you with solutions: to help you plan a successful academic career, reduce stress at work, and enjoy your family more. Whether you have children, are planning for the future, or are caring for family members, we curate relevant research, resources and mentoring to help you make informed decisions as you navigate academic life. Visit https://akidemiclife.com/ and join the mailing list to be the first to hear updates and access new resources. Follow @aKIDemicLife on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

Ciencia Puerto Rico

Ciencia Puerto Rico (CienciaPR) is a nonprofit organization composed of scientists, professionals, students and citizens committed to the advancement of science in Puerto Rico and with promoting science communication, science education, and scientific careers. Learn more on their website and follow @CienciaPR on Twitter and Facebook!

Earth Science Women’s Network

The Earth Science Women's Network is a grassroots, non-profit, member driven organization with the mission to build a resilient community that lifts all women and moves the geosciences forward. For example, the ESWN hosts the yearly Science-A-Thon - a five day celebration of science and scientists – from the lab to the field, from learning to teaching, from routine tasks to major discoveries! Visit their website and follow ESWN on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

Elpha

Elpha is the place for women in tech to talk candidly online. Whether you work at a tech company or tech is an important part of your work in another field, consider joining!  Elpha is a private community centered around a daily feed of member-generated conversations on personal and professional topics. Elpha contributes knowledge, resources and career opportunities, all through the female lens. Sign up here and follow @joinElpha on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Exploring by the Seat of your Pants

Exploring By The Seat Of Your Pants aims to inspire the next generation of scientists, explorers and conservationists by bringing science, exploration, adventure, and conservation for free into classrooms through virtual speakers and field trips with leading experts across the globe. Since starting in September 2015 they have run over 1,000 live events and connected hundreds of thousands of students to scientists and explorers in over 75 countries. Learn more about their work at online, follow them on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, and join in on the fun by attending live-streamed events on their YouTube channel!

Guerilla Science

Guerilla Science creates events and installations for festivals, museums, galleries, and other cultural partners. They are committed to connecting people with science in new ways, and producing live experiences that entertain, inspire, challenge and amaze. Visit their website and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

Imagine Science Film Festival

Celebrating art and science through film. Imagine Science Films is a non-profit organization in existence since 2008 committed to promoting a high-level dialogue between scientists and filmmakers. The festival cultivates an appreciation of science through events, but also serves as an international resource and active network for those who want to communicate the scientific realities of to public audiences. Visit their website and follow @imaginescience on Facebook, Twitter, Vimeo, and Instagram!

Inspiring Girls Now In Technology Evolution

Inspiring Girls Now In Technology Evolution (IGNITE) works to create opportunities to spark girls’ excitement about technology careers and inspire them to new possibilities. Self-identifying girls and non-binary students in grades K-12, and college from all backgrounds interact with professional women in technology careers during the school day.  Working with teachers, IGNITE increases girls and non-binary students interest and participation in science and technology by organizing workshops, panels, and field trips. Find out how to get involved on their website and follow IGNITE on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

It’s Freezing in LA!

It's Freezing in LA is a new, independent magazine with a fresh perspective on climate change. Too often, environmental discussion is polarised into one of two categories: the remote, technical language of science, or the hotheaded outrage of activism. This magazine finds the middle ground, inviting writers and illustrators from a variety of fields to give us their take on how climate change will affect — and is affecting — society. Visit their website for the latest issue and follow @itsfreezinginla on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram!

Lifeology

Lifeology is a platform and a community space that brings together scientists, artists, writers and broader audiences in the creation of more beautiful, engaging and fun science educational content, including mobile-friendly Lifeology mini-courses that can reach anyone. 500 Women Scientists is partnering with Lifeology to create a Women in STEAM course which will feature scientists from the Request a Woman in STEMM platform. Each scientist’s story and research will be illustrated and collected in a Lifeology course. Sing up for the Lifeology blog to hear about art+STEM+sci comm initiatives, take and share their courses in just one click, and follow them on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.

Luna Productions

My Love Affair with the Brain: The Life & Science of Dr. Marian Diamond 

Luna Productions is the Emmy award winning documentary multi-media enterprise run by Gary Weimberg and Catherine Ryan. 500WS and Luna productions partnered in a fundraising campaign for the award-winning PBS documentary “My Love Affair with the Brain: The Life and Science of Dr. Marian Diamond” that tells the story of a powerful and empowering teacher and scientist, a scientific pioneer, a role model particularly for women in science, and of a woman who faced many struggles at a time when very few women did science. Part scientific story and part biography, women in science glow with pride after watching this film – called the Diamond Effect! 

Read more about the screenings and follow our how-to-guide to organize a screening yourself! 

Massive Science Consortium

Massive Science is dedicated to helping scientists share stories about their work and lives in pursuit of a more informed, rational, and curious society. The Massive Science Consortium is open to any STEM researcher who wants to improve their storytelling, tell their science stories to new audiences, and support and encourage their like minded peers. The community of scientists is over 250 strong, fiercely intelligent, and deeply committed. Become a member and visit their website to read our stories. Follow @massivesci on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

Mothers in Science

Mothers in Science is a non-profit organisation created to respond to the urgent need for a safe space where mothers in STEM could find support and share their experiences coping in a work environment that traditionally doesn’t accommodate for people with a family. We want to break the myth that women must choose between motherhood and having a career, and help build a society in which women and men can thrive in their careers while equally contributing to the household and childcare. We have built a strong, diverse and inclusive community where parents and parents-to-be can find support and relatable role models within STEM, and we also run private and public online networking events, and offer resources and mentoring. Our aim is to encourage and retain women in STEM careers by providing support and raising awareness of the systemic motherhood discrimination that prevents women with children from pursuing their ambition and fulfilling their potential. Learn more on our website and support us by following on Instagram and Twitter.   

NARAL Pro-choice America

For more than 50 years, NARAL Pro-Choice America and its chapters have fought to protect and expand reproductive freedom, including access to abortion and contraception, for every body. They have over 2.5 million members from every state and congressional district in the country, who believe every person should have the freedom to make the best decision for themselves about if, when, and how to raise a family. Learn more about their initiatives on their website and follow them on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

NCFDD

The National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity, or NCFDD with a mission to Change the Face of Power in the Academy. The NCFDD provides online professional development resources, including coaching and mentoring services, to universities and their faculty and graduate students. Our focus is to help academics grow and succeed in their careers, particular those faculty who are underrepresented in the academy.

The NCFDD offers programs and resources through its online Membership resources, its online Faculty and Academic programs, and its virtual and on-campus Workshops. We have more than 250 university partners in the U.S. and Canada, and almost 200,000 faculty and graduate student members. Since its founding in 2010 by Kerry Ann Rockquemore, PhD, the NCFDD has had more than 10,000 faculty and graduate students go through our online programs, including our flagship Faculty Success Program. Our workshop facilitators, or Catalysts - all of whom are current, tenured faculty - have conducted more than 300 in-person and online workshops. The NCFDD is based in Detroit, MI with more than 100 academics across the country supporting us and our members as coaches and facilitators. Please reach out to us to learn more or join us!

National Council for Science and the Environment

National Council for Science and the Environment wants to improve the scientific basis of environmental policy and decision-making. It specializes in programs that foster collaboration between the diverse institutions and individuals creating and using environmental knowledge. NCSE works collectively with its community and engages scientists, educators, policymakers, business leaders, and officials at all levels of government to strengthen the role and increase the use of science in policy-making. There are numerous ways to get involved with NCSE, including their youth focused program EnvironMentors which is quickly spreading across the U.S.. Found out more on their website and follow @NCSEglobal on Facebook and Twitter!

National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP)

The National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) is a network of over 36,000 girl-serving STEM programs committed to informing and encouraging girls to pursue careers in STEM. The NGCP has the goal of creating the tipping point for gender equity in STEM through maximizing access to shared resources and strengthening the capacity of existing and evolving projects by sharing exemplary practice research, models, and outcomes. The NGCP has a content-rich website of resources and ways to get involved. Visit their website and follow @ngcproject on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

Skype a Scientist

Skype a Scientist is a non-profit organization that matches scientists with classrooms around the world. They provide students with the opportunity to get to know a “real scientist”. More than 7,000 scientists have signed-up to talk to over 21,000 classrooms around the world and teachers can choose the type of scientist that will fit their classroom. Learn more about their work on their website, follow them on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, and sign-up to join the fun!

Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics & Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)

SACNAS is a nonprofit, inclusive organization dedicated to fostering the success of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans, from college students to professionals, in attaining advanced degrees, careers, and positions of leadership in STEM. Their vision is focused on achieving true diversity in STEM, so that the field (including leadership positions) reflects the demographics of the population. Read about SACNAS’ initiatives and impact on their website at sacnas.org, and follow @SACNAS on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

Union of Concerned Scientists

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is a national nonprofit organization founded 50 years ago by scientists and students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who sought to use the power of science to address global problems and improve people’s lives. It puts rigorous, independent science to work to solve our planet's most pressing problems. Joining with people across the country, we combine technical analysis and effective advocacy to create innovative, practical solutions for a healthy, safe, and sustainable future. Learn more on their website and follow UCS on Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube!

Concolor research

Concolor Research conducts research, evaluation, and design in service of creating relevant, empowering, and delightful experiences for all people. They are committed to being empathetically curious about people and their experiences while being obsessed with the systems and contexts where people live and work. Learn more about their work on their website.