Rachel Kirpes

Here in the Midwest, the Great Lakes have historically had bipartisan support, but now NOAA and EPA Great Lakes offices are being threatened. Ask you elected officials what they are doing to protect our largest source of fresh water.

Make it clear how these actions are directly impacting their constituents and key issues they care about. Make it personal.

5. And yes, call your members of Congress (and governors and local officials). Attend town halls. Show up to their local offices.
Do your research - keep track of how they are voting. are they up for reelection? In a competitive seat? On relevant committees or in leadership?

4. Support federal worker unions. AFGE has a mutual aid store with neat merch afgeemployeemutualaidstore.com supporting laid off employees.

3. Leverage scientific societies. Pressure them to stand up, speak out, and fight back.

2. Support former students, colleagues, and other contacts who have lost their jobs. Provide stellar references and letters of recommendation.

1. Email folks you’ve worked with - project officers, research collaborators, technical contacts - and let them know they are valued and appreciated. If you can, document how they have gone above and beyond to contribute to a project, provide support or technical assistance, etc

I’ve had several people reach out lately asking how they can help. Here’s a few personal thoughts on how to support federal employees:

SCIENCE IRL: Community SciComm mini-grant Skype a Scientist is offering $300-1,000 mini-grants to support boots-on-the-ground science communication. The Science IRL mini-grants will support projects that put either 1) important science messa...

I am extremely excited to announce that for the first time ever, Skype a Scientist is offering mini-grants to support IRL science communication!!

Communicating science out in our communities is critical. We want to enable others to get their projects off the ground!

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