It is through science that we open doors for future generations to thrive. Science has cured diseases, improved food production, driven technological innovation, and more. Scientific advancements have improved our ability to respond to natural disasters, and detect and prevent ones created by humans.
But scientific research and communication has a long way to go. We need greater diversity in STEM and STEM education, a more balanced set of incentives and rewards for conducting careful, reproducible studies and for transparently sharing results and data. We need to invest in scientific literacy for the public and translate more research into better health outcomes globally.
Instead, we find ourselves fighting for the basic right to a publicly funded scientific endeavor. We are fighting to keep scientists from being silenced, to keep the agencies such as the EPA alive, to prevent species eradication on a grand scale, to maintain our public parks, and to slow the damage we are doing to our climate.
The March for Science champions robustly funded and publicly communicated science as a pillar of human freedom, health, and prosperity. We unite as a diverse, nonpartisan group to call for science that upholds the common good.
The March for Science San Francisco is an independent satellite March and science-advocacy initiative. While we share similar goals to the March for Science in Washington DC, we believe that the pursuit of science uniquely impacts California’s economic growth, preserves California’s natural environment, and protects the health of California’s residents. We are an independent, nonprofit grassroots organization that promotes public discovery, understanding, and distribution of scientific knowledge as crucial to the freedom, success, health, and safety of life on this planet.
On April 22nd 2017, join us in San Francisco and March for Science.
Kristen Ratan and the MFS-SF Steering Committee
Learn more about our team here.