SCIENCE, NOT SILENCE
The March for Science demonstrates our passion for science and sounds a call to support and safeguard the scientific community. Recent policy changes have caused heightened worry among scientists. The incredible and immediate outpouring of support has made clear that these concerns are also shared by the support of hundreds of thousands of people around the world.
The mischaracterization of science as a partisan issue, which has given policymakers permission to reject overwhelming evidence, is a critical and urgent matter. It is time for people who support scientific research and evidence-based policies to take a public stand and be counted.
ON APRIL 22, 2017, WE WALK OUT OF THE LAB AND INTO THE STREETS.
In Ketchikan, we will march to the town center, stopping to rest and gather, at various points along the route. (TBD) At these resting points, there will be presentation by area scientists to show the influence of science on our own community, and to relate Ketchikan to the world around us. As the date nears, we will add details to the itinerary and share them with all of you.