Take Action Tuesday

Let’s take the week to celebrate women and girls in science!

& if you are in NYC, check out this cool event!

  • Tired of not getting through to your elected official on the phone? Grab a friend and visit a local office or join in a town hall meeting. Jane Z. and Jess M headed down to Colorado Senator Cory Gardner’s office yesterday and sat down with a staffer. See Indivisible’s spreadsheet of upcoming town hall meetings.

Creativity required

Creativity required

As our network has grown over the last two and a half months, we have had the amazing oppurtunity of meeting some fantastic people. Today in our weekly #meetascientist I have the pleasure of interviewing Maryam Zaringhalam. Maryam's activities demonstrate the role of creativity in the sciences and she is a wonderful example to other women searching for their voice in science. 

What if I have to leave?

What if I have to leave?

This week amidst the upsetting and chaotic news of the executive order banning travel from seven predominantly muslim countries, people across the country have stood up for their friends, colleagues, and neighbors. Here we meet two scientists whose lives are directly affected by the ban. At the end of the post we have put together a long list of resources for those affected and those who want to help. 

 

Preparing to March on Washington

Preparing to March on Washington

500 Women Scientists will be Marching on Washington this weekend and all over the country and the world! In 51 cities, 29 states plus DC, and 3 countries (see the full list at the bottom). 

For those of you Marching in other cities and countries - have fun and please post your sign and March pictures to the Facebook page or share with us on twitter. We would love to see all of our 500WomenScientists out on the 21st.

Setting an example

Setting an example
The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education. -Martin Luther King, Jr

Meet Rukmani Vijayaraghavan, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Virginia who, using her NSF fellowship resources, has organized a awesome science camp for middle school girls, Girls Exploring the Universe. Rukmani's outreach demonstrates the value in reaching out and setting an example for young girls.

Weekly Wrap-Up

Weekly Wrap-Up

This week I was asked to give a short 'Welcome Back & Happy New Year's' speech at work. Just a few minutes on my thoughts of 2016 and an outlook for 2017. Since I am in the Netherlands, I didn't want to make my speech too political, too soapboxy, or too focused on the USA. But then, I was asked to step up onto a small stage, almost literally a soapbox, and how could I not get a little carried away. 

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