March for Science Melbourne
Join us in Melbourne on April 22nd to champion science as a pillar of human prosperity! This will be huge – invite everyone to come – yes, everyone!
WHEN: EARTH DAY, 22nd April 2017
WHERE: Melbourne (Schedule & Location TBA)
WHY: Among other things, a global event bringing together people from all walks of life who believe we need more evidence and reason in our political process.
“The March for Science champions publicly funded and publicly communicated science as a pillar of human freedom and prosperity. We unite as a diverse, nonpartisan group to call for science that upholds the common good, and for political leaders and policymakers to enact evidence-based policies in the public interest.”
The March for Science in Melbourne will be on the 22nd of April. Please join the meetup group and tweet about it – push it out on social media!
The global mission statement is as follows: “THE MARCH FOR SCIENCE CHAMPIONS PUBLICLY FUNDED AND PUBLICLY COMMUNICATED SCIENCE AS A PILLAR OF HUMAN FREEDOM AND PROSPERITY. WE UNITE AS A DIVERSE, NONPARTISAN GROUP TO CALL FOR SCIENCE THAT UPHOLDS THE COMMON GOOD, AND FOR POLITICAL LEADERS AND POLICYMAKERS TO ENACT EVIDENCE-BASED POLICIES IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.”
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScienceMarchMel
- Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/Science-Technology-and-the-Future/events/237390215/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ScienceMarchMelb/
SCIENCE, NOT SILENCE
Recent world events have inspired us to march in our cities to ask our leaders to use science to make decisions through evidence, not ignorance, and to ensure science and scientific literacy is accessible and achievable to all.
Robert S. Young thinks it’s a bad idea – what do you think?
Check out the main facebook page (connected to the March in Washington DC). And the Main Website!
