Weekly Wrap-Up

Happy Friday everyone!

We are excited to step into September, ramp up our involvement with the Global Climate Strikes, and launch new projects this fall. Look for updates on the Fellowship for the Future, a new initiative on Reproductive Justice, more from the SciMom Journeys team, more resources for our global network of pods, an op-ed editorial board supporting writing projects, and more!

But for now, lets wrap up this week.

WHAT WE’VE DONE

• Found reasons to be cheerful

• Planning climate strikes and climate week events across the world

  • Sign up your pod to join the #ClimateStrikeInitiative

WHAT WE LIKE

• Follow Friday (props to Olga Pena @OlgaPena for compiling): @MalindaSmith, @chngin_the_wrld, @AngelaDSaini, @CA_AstroComm, @this_is_farah, @clopezcorrea, @AlexOlayaCastro, @AnaMaPorras , @Sofia_Barrows

• Scientists stepping up to strike for climate

• A new series from N.K. Jemisin

• STEM meets sport

• Dismantling the lone genius myth

• Getting Heated

READING CORNER

• “How to Be an Antiracist" - Ibram X. Kendi

• “Unsheltered” - Barbara Kingsolver

• “Women Talking” - Miriam Toews

IN OUR EARBUDS

• Outside Podcast - “Will Drinking a Gallon of Water a Day Make You Healthier?”

• Song Exploder - Solange - “Cranes in the Sky”

Don’t hesitate to send us your podcast suggestions and summer reads.

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