Hundreds of scientists marched in front of federal offices in Los Angeles as part of a nationwide protest against Trump administration policy.
They oppose threats to research and science, and they carry signs of subject matter, including signs of “What will Albert do?”. Accompanying Einstein’s photo.
The rally outside the Wilshire Federal Building attracted graduate students and professors from the University of California and UCLA and was held under the banner of the “Science Movement”, which inspired science to be held in 2017 shortly after Trump began his term.
Many scientists feel attacked again. Over the course of weeks, the second Trump administration cut work at scientific institutions, including the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement (again), reviewed reviewed research papers in scientific journals to conduct reviews of scientific journals to scrub the provisions of political rights such as the “transgender” program and to terminate plans for global health. The government is also trying to block grants and reduce funding from research institutions.
Protesters raised signs related to science to express their dissatisfaction. The Los Angeles Rally is at least 32 of the science demonstrations held nationwide on Friday.
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“We have seen incredible chaos and are trying to tear down the country’s very effective research infrastructure. Judith Currier, a professor of medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), said during the demonstration that it is enough, enough.
At least 32 coordinated rallies were held across the country on Friday, held by the National Mall in Washington, D.C., and attended by thousands.
Duke Han, a professor of psychiatry and family medicine at the University of Southern California, said that although he did not participate in the marches of the science movement during Trump’s first tenure at the White House, he chose to participate in these protests because the level of intervention has become increasingly important. Historically, science has been considered nonpartisan, but recent events have made people in the field speak out.
“Many of us are trying to figure out what we can do,” Han said. “Many of us are becoming more and more active politically or politically active for the first time.”
For Han, the influence is not theoretical. He said his institution has become more cautious about offering quotes to graduate students. A grant that would have funded his involvement in the research to determine early signs of Alzheimer’s disease was five weeks late. He contacted NIH but thought “this is what happened above them.”
The rally outside the federal building in Westwood attracted professors, graduate students and others.
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Several people in the protest said the money used to fund scientific work paid dividends – losing it could have disastrous consequences for biomedical research, drug development and more. Young scientists shared their attention during the event. An international student at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) said she came to the United States because of “huge research.” “But look at the situation now,” the 21-year-old undergraduate, originally from India, refused to provide her name because it could affect her immigration status.
Katherine Karlsgodt, an associate professor in the Department of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), said she helped organize the LA rally, saying she was “very frustrated” by the change and the consequences of focusing on them.
Changes to the scientific agency funding “possibly derails scientific and medical research” [and] It has a huge impact on the budgets of universities and universities and our ability to train students and do research and basically everything we do. ”
Karlsgodt caught the storm of scientific efforts, but she was disappointed when she didn’t see the local rally. Then some people from UCLA and US.C. started talking, she said. One of her students – Dylan Hughes, a doctoral student at the UCLA Clinical Psychology Program, booked the site and they began trying to spread the word. By the night before the event started, 300 people had RSVP.
“It’s a dark moment for science and humanity,” said Dylan Hughes, a graduate student at UCLA, who helped organize the LA rally, “but the energy we create here is really helpful and has the ability to change the world.” ”
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The expression of anger and alarm is mixed with hope and unity at the rally. Sam Cooke’s “Change is Coming” plays, with dozens of attendees mixing together, flashing clever signs to drive toward the Wilshire Boulevard car. The tweet caused cheers. A dog in the crowd announced a sign around his neck to declare a “dog rival” as a allegation from the so-called government efficiency department led by Elon Musk, who led most of the Trump administration’s efforts to cut costs.
Now is a national movement at the Blues Post.
exist. According to the New York Times, on February 8, Emory University psychology graduate student Colette Delawalla announced online that she is planning a national scientific protest. It hit a collective nerve, and other scientists quickly joined the ship, constantly evolving into science.
Behind the rally are policy objectives outlined on the organization’s website, including ending political intervention and censorship; restoring and expanding research funding; and defending diversity and accessibility.
Back in Los Angeles, Hughes, a UCLA PhD student, helped pioneer local events and urged people to attend.
“It’s a dark moment for science and humanity, but the energy we create here is really helpful and has the power to change the world,” Hughes said.
The stance of the science movement draws inspiration from the science in March 2017.
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