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Anne Park @anneparkt.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

And as always, you can look to local organizations to find ways to directly support causes you care about. This could look like mutual aid groups (check out www.mutualaidhub.org), checking in with your neighbors, sharing your unique skills, community service, running for office, and more

mutualaidhub.org

Mutual Aid Hub

Find Mutual Aid Networks and other community self-support projects near you. Join these important efforts, offer resources, or submit needs requests.

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Anne Park @anneparkt.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

If you're interested, you can watch the full debrief call from the No Kings organizers here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECEb...

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No Kings: What's Next in the Fight?

YouTube video by No Kings June 14

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Anne Park @anneparkt.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

⭐️ Take action to fight against the "Big Beautiful Bill" - among its many horrors, this bill seeks to take away health insurance and food assistance from millions, in order to fund tax cuts for the ultra-rich (an enormous transfer of wealth to the top) indivisible.org/stopthecuts

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STOP THE CUTS

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Anne Park @anneparkt.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

⭐️ Get trained on collective noncooperation - there is a rich history of effective strategies and tactics for resisting authoritarianism freedomtrainers.net ; and we need as many of us trained and educated as possible www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

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Home - Freedom Trainers

Collective Noncooperation Training for these times

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Anne Park @anneparkt.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

⭐️ Join an informational call on June 18th to learn about a national day of action on July 17th, the anniversary of Congressman John Lewis’s passing, to carry forward his legacy of good trouble goodtroubleliveson.org

goodtroubleliveson.org

Good Trouble Lives On

On July 17, five years since the passing of Congressman John Lewis, communities across the country will take to the streets, courthouses, and community spaces to carry forward his fight for justice, v...

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Anne Park @anneparkt.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

The No Kings organizers have highlighted the need to both block AND build: BLOCK by taking concrete action against authoritarianism NOW; and BUILD by building LONG-TERM organizing power. I'll call out examples of both from the site in this thread (but please also check out the site!):

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Anne Park @anneparkt.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

If you've been wondering "what's next?" after Saturday's No Kings protest... the organizers have shared a whole slate of next steps we can take, in order to build a durable movement to protect democracy and our communities through our everyday actions #NoKings 👉 www.nokings.org/next

Photo showing crowd of thousands at the Philly No Kings protest, from the vantage point of the stage (Rep Jamie Raskin is standing at the podium). There are many colorful signs and flags being held up, and the Philly skyline in the background.

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

I am excited to share that @standupforscience.bsky.social is growing! We are looking to hire several positions including: - Event and volunteer coordination - Copywriting (press releases, emails, website, blogs, some social media) - Data analytics and research (marketing, not science 😉) 🧵

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Allison 🧬⚾️ @petitephd.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Spitting FIRE holy shit 🔥

A series of tweets from Politico senior legal affairs reporter Kyle Cheney:

BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts (the Reagan-appointed William Young) has declared the Trump administration's cuts to NIH grants — ostensibly over Trump's EOs on gender ideology and DEI — are "illegal" and "void." He's ordering many grants restored.

YOUNG: "I am hesitant to draw this conclusion, but I have an unflinching obligation to draw it – that this represents racial discrimination. And discrimination against America’s LGBTQ community. That’s what this is. I would be blind not to call it out. My duty is to call it out."

MORE YOUNG: "It is palpably clear that these directives and the set of terminated grants here also are designed to frustrate, to stop, research that may bear on the health – we’re talking about health here, the health of Americans, of our LGBTQ community. That’s appalling."

YOUNG still going: "I’ve never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable. I’ve sat on this bench now for 40 years. I’ve never seen government racial discrimination like this ... I ask myself, how can this be?"

"I have the protection that the founders wrote into the constitution, along with imposing upon me a duty to speak the truth in every case. I try to do that. What if I didn’t have those protections. What if my job was on the line, my profession... Would I have stood up against all this? Would I have said, 'you can’t do this?' You are bearing down on people of color because of their color. The constitution will not permit that."

"Have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?"

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 15/06/2025

No Kings Day was one of the largest days of protest in US history. From deep red small towns to our largest cities, millions of people turned out to make it clear that the American people will not bow to fascism. #NoKings

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

To everyone in PA, I know there is a ridiculous amount going on right now BUT, please take a minute (a literal minute) to contact our state reps about funding septa. Transit is absolutely necessary for a functioning Philly, *and* for meeting climate goals. www.transitforallpa.org/takeaction/

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Tell Our Legislators: No State Budget Without Transit For All PA! – Transit for All PA!

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Daniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Bethesda Declaration is live! 300+ workers at NIH call out NIH and HHS leadership to stop weaponizing research and censoring scientists. Read and then consider signing letter of solidarity. @standupforscience.bsky.social www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...

standupforscience.net

Bethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

Support NIH Staff Now!

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

As a part of the @standupforscience.bsky.social Summer Fight for Science campaign, we want to host 1000 teach ins across the US between now and Sept 30th. Yeah, it’s a big, hairy, audacious goal. I know. Here is a running list of ideas, please scoop and do! 🧵🪡

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Molly Edwards, PhD @science-irl.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Hi! Do you want to rip your face off over the constant attacks on science in the US? Here are some actions you can take! They require varying amounts of time, repetitiveness, and sticking your neck out, so hopefully you can find something in here that’s right for you: 🧪 #scicomm

"How to take action for science" written in a retro bubbly font above a bunch of canva clipart test tubes and beakers filled with colorful bubbling liquids

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

I said it would get worse very quickly. By tomorrow we will have completed the most dangerous & frightening 24 hours thus far of Trump 2.0. Just to name a few: 1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 14/05/2025

Trying to understand whether, why, when, and how to take a public stand? It's scary, and difficulty — particularly the how part. I found @philipncohen.com's recent book extremely useful in this regard, for social scientists and natural scientists alike. cup.columbia.edu/book/citizen...

Cover of Philip N. Cohen's Citizen Scholar: Public Engagement for Social Scientists

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants. "This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."

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Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program

In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

I am so heartened to this seriously AWESOME #SaveNSF website go up today!!!! Has a take action toolkit with: 1. Press outreach templates 2. Social media toolkit 3. Elected official outreach 4. Talking points Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come. www.savensf.com

Welcome to Save The U.S. National Science Foundation
A Girl Looking at a Physics Model
TAKE ACTION
Save NSF is a coalition of concerned scientists and allies who are working to save funding for scientific grants through the U.S. National Science Foundation.

Our mission is to support and advocate for the continuation of vital research and innovation in various scientific fields. NSF funding is critical to this work.

Join us in our endeavor to ensure a sustainable future for scientific exploration and discovery.

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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 28/04/2025

This Thursday, millions of people will stand united and speak out against the Trump administration’s illegal assault on our rights and freedoms in the May Day National Day of Action. Find your local event here:

maydaystrong.org

National Day of Action

They want to erase labor rights, break our unions, and silence immigrant voices. This May Day we are fighting back. Stand with us.

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 24/04/2025

To your question about my supposed fear of change: I am not afraid of change or sociotechnical innovation. What I am afraid of is how change and innovation take place under the conditions set by capitalism and a variety of other oppressive structures which developers refuse to recognize as salient.

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Anne Park @anneparkt.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

And I’m very glad to see that universities are indeed starting to take collective action 🙏

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Anne Park @anneparkt.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

If you want to dip your toes into @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social’s op-ed writing initiative, you could try writing Letters to the Editor to your local papers (~150-200 word short pieces) on timely issues that matter to you! Here’s an example of an LTE on academic freedom from me

Letter to the Editor: Academic Freedom

The Trump administration is attempting to bully higher education into submission, by using intimidation and threats to dictate what can be taught (and who deserves a seat at the table). Harvard has decided to take a forceful stand for academic freedom, and several other colleges are now following suit. The University of Pennsylvania must do the same. As a scientist, I’ve learned firsthand how fundamentally valuable it is to listen and learn from diverse perspectives in the pursuit of knowledge. If the administration truly had the country’s best interests in mind, it would be actively fostering an environment where conflicting viewpoints can be boldly shared and constructively grappled with.

Instead, they are threatening universities to close their diversity, equity and inclusion programs, and demanding an “audit” of student perspectives. This will only stifle free speech and force out some of our brightest talents, not make campuses safer. But of course, trampling on free speech is their end goal. So now is not the time to bend a knee in the hopes that things will blow over. Now is the time for universities (including Penn) to take collective action in defense of higher education.

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Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Small colleges have taken the lead -- but they are now joined by 6 of 8 Ivies: Cornell, Penn, Princeton, Yale, Brown, and -- yes -- Harvard. And, finally, by a handful of big publics: U. of Washington, Wisconsin, Rutgers, SUNY Buffalo and Stony Brook, UC Riverside, UVa, UMD.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 09/04/2025

If you and your colleagues are wishing there was something you could DO to call on your university leadership to stand up against Trump's attacks on higher ed...look no further! 📣 REGISTER YOUR CAMPUS ACTION HERE: actionnetwork.org/event_campai... FILL THE MAP! #standupwithus #standupforscience

It's time for a summer send-off. Nationwide campus action. Stand up, fight back--together! STAND UP WITH US. Because science, higher ed, and democracy are for everyone. Where: you college campus. When: your last day of classes! Standupforscience2025.org

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Everything is profoundly stupid. Like. So stupid, oh my god. So, here's my proposal. Come have a beer with me tomorrow at tattooed mom's and make some street art about it. We'll be focusing on climate change action messaging! I have SO many paint pens. Come paint with me. RSVP: lu.ma/zgq45ht1

Imagine that the Earth went to Art School and studied abroad in France and then did A LOT of cocaine. Ok you got it. (Just kidding- the earth is profusely sweating holding an artist's palette and a paintbrush, with their tongue sticking out and their eye twitching, while wearing a maroon beret, floating in between an easel with a canvas on it and the huge flames. The earth is thinking, via a thought bubble "Make stickers and wheatpastes encouraging climate action" and the title of the poster says Climate Change Crafting Night, and beneath the floating earth it says "Tattooed Mom, Sunday APril 6th 5pm, 21+ with valid I.D.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 29/03/2025

We are excited to announce our official partnership with @indivisible.org for the National Day of Action on April 5th! Stand Up for Science says: HANDS OFF OUR SCIENCE! #standupforscience #handsoffourscience Find and register for an event near you: handsoff2025.com?utm_source=s...

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Allie Sinclair @asinclair.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

📣 Across the U.S., cuts to federal funding for health research are projected to cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs. How will YOUR area be impacted? Excited to share SCIMaP, a website that our team has created to communicate the impact of funding cuts. #PsychSciSky #MedicalSky scienceimpacts.org

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SCiMaP

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Anne Park @anneparkt.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

If you’re feeling angry about yesterday’s vote, check out these orgs and movements for some tangible next steps - teslatakedown.com in particular is looking very promising, find an action near you 🙏

teslatakedown.com

Tesla Takedown | Take action at Tesla showrooms everywhere.

The stakes couldn’t be higher. No one is coming to save us—not politicians, not the media.

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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

We can stop this bill in the Senate, where they will need seven Democratic votes to break the filibuster. Rand Paul has suggested he will be no, John Fetterman has suggested he'll be a yes. Call your senators and tell them to stand firm. Scripts and language here.

docs.google.com

NO SUPPORT FOR GOVERNMENT FUNDING TRUMP WON’T SPEND (Call Scripts/Resistbot)

It feels like we’re being pummeled with multiple crises right now: Trump has shut down the agencies that protect workers from employers and discrimination; Trump has unilaterally cut off support Ameri...

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

USE THEM. Don’t you dare scrub your syllabus!!!!

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leslie berntsen, ph.d. 😷 👩🏽‍🏫 🇳🇮 @leslie-bern.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Want to keep your science advocacy going above and beyond the (very cool and very funny) protest signs you've got for tomorrow? Come hang out with me and I'll teach you! This coming Monday and Tuesday, both starting at 1:00 PM EDT // 10:00 AM PDT Learn more and register at stemedify.com

A colorful graphic advertising the Science Advocacy Crash Course taught by Leslie Berntsen, Ph.D., Founder of stemEDify. It features two checkboxes with text that reads "Persuasively speak and write about science + social issues for wide audiences" and "Apply these skills to your classroom teaching. It also includes the logistical details: Multiple one-hour sessions, taking place online, on March 10th and 11th starting at 1:00 PM EDT // 10:00 AM PDT, with registration details available at stemedify.com.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

🧵Delighted to share a new guest post by Dr Anne Toomey on **8 things scientists can do right now to stand up for science in the US** Thread of her *evidence-based* actions follows, whole post here christinapagel.substack.com/p/eight-thin... 1/11

christinapagel.substack.com

Eight things scientists can do right now to stand up to the Trump administration’s attacks on research, public health, and the environment

A guest post by Dr Anne Toomey, author of the book "Science with Impact: How to Engage People, Change Practice, and Influence Policy".

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Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov · 05/03/2025

To every one of my neighbors back in Boston, know this: You belong here. This is your home. Boston es tu hogar. Boston se lakay ou. 這是你的家. This is our city. We are the safest major city in the nation because we are safe for everyone. #Boston #Congress #CongressionalHearing #Immigration

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Mayor Michelle Wu's Opening Statement to the United States House Committee on Oversight

YouTube video by City of Boston

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Anne Park @anneparkt.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

More 5 Calls content ideas added to the Drive 😸 this time the focus is on boiling issues down to 1) What's the bad thing happening; 2) What will the real impact be; 3) What can you call about. Hopefully will help catch people's attention quickly about the stakes! drive.google.com/drive/u/3/fo...

Flyer with 2 by 2 grid, each box containing an issue explainer and call-to-action, with a 5 Calls QR code. All QR codes in the grid go to different pages from the 5 Calls website. You can use the following bit.ly to access 5 Calls: bit.ly/act-5calls

Box 1 is an intro, that reads: STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY. NOT SURE WHAT TO CALL YOUR REPS ABOUT? HERE IS A FUN COLLECTION OF IDEAS (also a picture of a thumbs up meme cat).

Box 2 contains Notes, that read: To learn more about any of the issues in this booklet, check out 5calls.org. Your calls make a difference! Speak on one issue per call & they will tally each - you can call as many times as you like! For daily updates on issues + more actions, follow Rogan’s List (QR code goes to bit.ly/act-daily). If you want to download and print any of these materials, you can find them all here (QR code goes to https://drive.google.com/drive/u/3/folders/1vDpI2vVEoqikybvN80PdREVdChEE68Gi)

The final 2 boxes are issues explainers (with emoji icons for an angry face, a warning sign, and a phone), that read as follows.

Box 3: HEALTHCARE. PROTECT MEDICAID. Republicans want to cut Medicaid to fund tax cuts for the wealthy. Cutting Medicaid will especially harm healthcare access for children, people with disabilities, seniors, and lower-income Americans. Oppose Medicaid cuts.

Box 4: HEALTHCARE. SAVE SCIENCE FUNDING. Trump is cutting critical research funding to NIH and NSF. Scientific innovation will be seriously damaged, meaning fewer medical treatments will be developed. Oppose NIH/NSF cuts.

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Anne Park @anneparkt.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

🫶 Never done this kind of writing before, and it turned out to be a great experience!!

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Anne Park @anneparkt.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Could be cool to connect this network to existing orgs that help build people’s agency and curiosity related to science (to help sustain motivation for the long haul). Things like initiatives to help youth see themselves as scientists and science advocates, and community-based participatory research

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Anne Park @anneparkt.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Thank you @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social for sharing amazing resources that gave me the boost of courage I needed to take a stab at some writing! 🧠💪 Hope many of you will join me in standing up for science THIS FRIDAY 3/7!! Find your rally site @standupforscience.bsky.social

Flyer for Stand Up For Science 2025. Includes image of the Statue of Liberty. Text reads: March 7, 2025, Washington DC and nationwide. Science is for everyone. Find your local rally site and other ways to get involved: standupforscience2025.org

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Anne Park @anneparkt.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Seems that way 🥲 if anyone has more ideas for quick and catchy statements that could be added to cards, let me know!!

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Anne Park @anneparkt.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Great point, I’ll work on putting together another sheet of these 🙌

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Anne Park @anneparkt.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

These don’t fit on labels, but I’ve been leaving cards/flyers around the neighborhood if anyone wants more stuff to print out! Google drive link to pngs and the Canva file here!! drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Handout of 10 cards with phone number to the capitol switchboard 202-224-3121, QR codes to 5calls.org, and calls to action that include: Repubs want to cut Medicaid to fund tax cuts for the rich; Trump is cutting tax funding that saves lives; Elon is hurting federal workers who keep America running; Elon is stealing our private financial data and SSNs; Repubs will kill our public goods to fund tax cuts for the rich. Call your reps today.

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