DEI Taskforce

Though our work is focused on changing institutional culture in our community (academia/STEM), we won't pretend that our Black colleagues aren't affected by the murder of #GeorgeFloyd or centuries of anti-Black violence. This is where the DEI Taskforce stands on police violence:

RSVP for the workshop is required, submit your email here for updates: forms.gle/Snr9eT39HudQNY…

To assist in planning, we are collecting answers to this question: What traits do you think a good scientist possesses? To answer please use this link: PollEv.com/free_text_poll…

Our next event is coming up soon, we will be facilitating a virtual workshop on how to make your workspaces more inclusive for people with disabilities. This workshop, "Disability in STEM," will take place February 15th from 12-1:30 pm ET. We will have an ASL interpreter present.

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@may_gun @ImageAltText ...glitched text saying "Poor mental health can distort your perspective". Below, the text announces an event titled 'Mental Health in STEM', subtitled 'Re-examining the relationship between science culture and mental health. Then it lists event date & RSVP link. Ends w/our logo.

@may_gun @ImageAltText Apologies! Here is AltText: A flyer with a fake zoom meeting on it with 4 participants. Names of 3 participants have been overwritten with someone else's perceptions (harder-working, more worthy, smarter). The 4th screen is the viewers screen. It is distorted and cracked, with...

Poor mental health among science researchers is becoming a crisis. Please join the DEI Taskforce this Wednesday @ Noon for an in-depth discussion about Mental Health in STEM! RSVP here for the zoom link: bit.ly/3nINzsU

It's grad student appreciation week!! Faculty & admins: have you had a discussion with your peers about how you can compensate grad students for their unpaid labor?? Now is an especially great time to bring it up!

CIS PEOPLE: I WANT YOU TO TAKE HALF AN HOUR SOMETIME AND THINK ABOUT YOUR GENDER. REALLY THINK ABOUT IT, HARD. NOT BECAUSE YOU'RE POSSIBLY TRANS (THOUGH MAYBE YOU ARE, IDK), BUT BECAUSE IT'LL LEAD YOU TO BETTER UNDERSTAND A PART OF YOURSELF THAT SOCIETY LETS YOU LEAVE UNEXAMINED

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So proud of our co-founder @FilipeHutchens ! Can’t wait to follow this amazing program

To everyone who's donated to our strike fund: thank you. Your support is deeply appreciated. If you'd like to support us further, this is how to do it: bit.ly/GEOContribute

@FilipeHutchens Hi Filipe! You can head to bit.ly/StoppagePlatfo… for a list! We also issued a press release yesterday, which you can reach here: geo3550.org/2020/09/07/geo…

We have a TEACH-IN for undergrads, parents, allies, etc., planned for noon today. Join at bit.ly/DailyTeachIn, invite your students or anyone else who might want to know what's up.

We stand in solidarity with @geo3550 and encourage all grad students to support our grad student union. Read literature, work on personal/professional development. Do not cross picket lines

Retweeting this for the third time today to make sure all our fabulous trans in STEM siblings see this! Also, the awesome @DoriMatG emailed and found out that applications are open worldwide :)