Science Rising is a nationwide mobilization effort taking place throughout 2018 in the run-up to the midterm elections. It is not a one-day march—it is a series of local activities, events, and actions organized by many different groups.
Our shared goal is to ensure that science is front-and-center in the decision-making processes that affect us all—and to fight back against efforts that sideline science from its crucial role in our democracy.
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Submit Art for Science Rising
The Union of Concerned Scientists is awarding grants to artists across the country who submit winning proposals for public-facing art that highlights the role science plays in protecting our health and safety, and the critical role we all play in ensuring that science isn’t sidelined.
Find out more »Join the movement to ban harmful fracking in San Luis Obispo
The Coalition to Protect SLO County is gathering signatures to get a measure that would ban fracking and dangerous oil drilling on the November ballot.
Find out more »Rally for Public Lands
Please join us in standing up for public lands by pushing back against dangerous ideologues. We’ll be protesting and passing out informational materials outside of the the Range Rights Symposium, which will include prominent and controversial anti-public lands and anti-environment leaders.
Find out more »Berkeley Earth Day
Berkeley Earth Day brings the Bay Area environmental community together to celebrate our vision for a sustainable future. Get inspired and connect with eco-minded comrades and learn how you can further reduce your impact on the planet and have fun doing it!
Find out more »Facebook Live: What’s the Latest on the Farm Bill?
The farm bill shapes every aspect of our food system, from farm to fork. Join experts from the Food and Environment program at UCS for a Facebook Live to learn what's in the House farm bill, how it affects you, and how you can help make it better.
Find out more »“What’s In There?” Workshop and Advocacy Day!
We invite you to a FREE workshop and advocacy day (lunch included). Hear from national experts about the impact of chemicals on our health. Get tips on how to advocate for more information and safer solutions. Put your knowledge into action in the afternoon as we speak with policymakers.
Find out more »Social Justice Movie Night: Taking Root
"Taking Root" tells the dramatic story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai whose simple act of planting trees grew into a nationwide movement to safeguard the environment, protect human rights, and defend democracy. A discussion will follow the screening with special invited speakers.
Find out more »Illinois Environmental Council Lobby Day
On Thursday, April 26th Illinois Environmental Council, Illinois Sierra Club, and Faith in Place supporters will be gathering in Springfield for the 2018 Environmental Lobby day. We know that these events have been vital in passing important environmental policies in past years, and it will be more important than ever that we make sure state legislators hear our concerns loud and clear.
Find out more »Giving Voice, Being Seen: Community Agency and Design Action in a Time of Climate Change
Climate change affects everyone, but it does not impact all communities equally. This one-day symposium will examine the intersections of climate change, urbanism, and environmental justice, and the ways in which diverse voices contribute to or are excluded from climate change conversations.
Find out more »Talk and discussion on “Do models of public engagement developed in the north apply in the south?”
Professor Larry Susskind from the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT will be giving a talk titled, "Do models of public engagement developed in the North apply equally well in the South?"
Find out more »City Nature Challenge 2018: New York City
New York City needs YOU to help find all of the creatures that call our city home. The NYC branch of the City Nature Challenge asks all New Yorkers to become citizen scientists and contribute to a global biodiversity database using the free iNaturalist app!
Find out more »Workshop: Evidence-Based Policy through Public Comment
Looking to contribute your expertise and experience to evidence-based policy? This workshop introduces one of the most accessible avenues to do so: public comment on federal regulations.
Find out more »Arid Lands Symposium: Integrating Research into Action
This two-day Symposium will focus on sharing practical regional conservation approaches and research results with a goal to improve adaptive natural resource management in this arid region.
Find out more »Women in Global Policy
Experience what it's really like to work in international policy in the world's leading private corporations and nonprofits, on Capitol Hill, and in US Agencies directly from women leaders while developing your professional skills, networks, and confidence.
Find out more »Can California Go Fossil Free? A panel discussion
Join community and movement leaders to discuss how California can be a global model for how to transition from a major oil-producing state to a new economy based on equity, justice, and 100% renewable energy.
Find out more »Online Training: How to Organize an Event that Makes an Impact
You've marched, you've tweeted, maybe you've even written a public comment in defense of science. UCS invites you to an online training to help you organize a successful event and take your advocacy to the next level. Stand up for science and force our elected officials to take action.
Find out more »Science-a-thon 2018
Science-a-thon is a five day celebration of science and scientists - from the lab to the field, from learning to teaching, from routine tasks to major discoveries!
Find out more »Science Action Day Mini-Conference in Milwaukee
Milwaukee Area Science Advocates (MASA) will hold a Science Action Day Mini-Conference within a Milwaukee neighborhood experiencing high lead exposures.
Find out more »Empowering Puerto Rican Scientists to be Science Policy Stewards
The first Puerto Rico Science Policy Action Network will be kick-started through a one-day live and streamed workshop in Puerto Rico that will connect science policy experts and Federal agency representatives (e.g. USDA, CDC, FDA, NIH) with local scientists, explore opportunities for scientific advocacy and engagement in policy deliberations, and discuss strategies to monitor appropriate local implementation of Federal laws and regulations.
Find out more »Tennessee STEAM Festival
The inaugural Tennessee STEAM Festival inaugurated in 2017, and is coming back in 2018 even bigger than before.
Find out more »East Coast Science Advocacy Hub Science Policy Symposium
ECSAH and the NY based student group SEPA will be hosting a day long science policy and diplomacy symposium on November 10th at the Rockefeller University in NYC. More details soon!
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