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APRIL 22 MARCH FOR SCIENCE
Hosted by Richard Noble
The March for Science today announced
its first round of partner organizations,
including many leading scientific, academic,
and educational institutions, among
them, Earth Day Network (EDN), which
will co-organize the national March for
Science rally and teach-in in Washington,
D.C. on Earth Day, Saturday, April 22.
In just the last month since the concept of
a March for Science went viral online, 287
satellite marches across the globe have been
organized with more coming online every
day, and more than 50,000 volunteers have
responded to offer assistance.
Major partners include the American
Association for the Advancement of Science,
the world’s largest general scientific
organization and a leading publisher of
cutting-edge research through its Science
family of journals; Sigma Xi, the first scientific
organization to partner with the
march, and one of the oldest and largest
international scientific research honor
societies in the world; the Entomological
Society of America, the largest organization
in the world serving the professional
and scientific needs of entomologists
and individuals in related disciplines;
NextGen Climate America, a non-partisan,
non-profit organization dedicated to
advancing policies to prevent climate disaster,
promoting prosperity, and protecting
fundamental rights for every American;
and ScienceDebate.org, which organized
a blue-ribbon coalition of 56 leading U.S.
non-partisan organizations, representing
more than 10 million scientists and engineers,
to solicit responses to science-related
questions from presidential candidates.
Other partners include the American
Anthropological Association, the American
Association of University Professors, the
American Geophysical Union, the Center
for Biological Diversity, the Consortium of
Social Science Associations, the International
Federation of Professional and Technical
Engineers AFL-CIO, the New York
Academy of Sciences, Research!America,
the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/
Hispanics and Native Americans in Science,
and the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Please see below for the full list of
partners.
The march organizers anticipate adding
many more partners in the coming weeks.
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