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{{short description|Series of rallies and marches on Earth Day}}
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| title            = March for Science
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| partof           = Protests against Donald Trump
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| date             =  April 22, 2017
| place            = Worldwide
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| causes           = Donald Trump administration's views on [[Earth:Climate change|climate change]] and [[Science|science]]<br />The misrepresentation and exclusion of scientific knowledge in policy decisions
| methods          = Protest march
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| leadfigures1     = '''Co-chairs & National Steering Committee'''{{plain list|
* Caroline Weinberg<ref name="VOA"/>
* Valorie Aquino
* Jonathan Berman<ref name="TWPGoingToProtest" />}}
* Sofia Ahsanuddin<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/10/23/six-months-later-the-march-for-science-tries-to-build-a-lasting-movement/|title=Six months later, the March for Science tries to build a lasting movement|first=Sarah|last=Kaplan|date=October 23, 2017|access-date=January 30, 2018|via=www.WashingtonPost.com|archive-date=January 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130145436/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/10/23/six-months-later-the-march-for-science-tries-to-build-a-lasting-movement/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Lucky Tran
* Joanna Spencer-Segal
* Rosalyn LaPier
| leadfigures2     = '''Honorary co-chairs'''{{plain list|
* [[Biography:Bill Nye|Bill Nye]]
* Mona Hanna-Attisha
* Lydia Villa-Komaroff<ref name="KaplanNye">Sarah Kaplan, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/03/30/bill-nye-will-join-the-march-for-science/ Bill Nye will join the March for Science] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330190912/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/03/30/bill-nye-will-join-the-march-for-science/ |date=March 30, 2017 }}, ''The Washington Post'' (March 30, 2017).</ref>}}
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| howmany3         = Hundreds of thousands<ref>{{cite news|last1=Milman|first1=Oliver|title=March for Science puts Earth Day focus on global opposition to Trump|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/apr/22/march-for-science-earth-day-climate-change-trump|access-date=April 22, 2017|newspaper=theguardian.com|date=April 22, 2017|archive-date=April 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422182139/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/apr/22/march-for-science-earth-day-climate-change-trump|url-status=live}}</ref>
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The '''March for Science''' (formerly known as the '''Scientists' March on Washington''')<ref name="indepToOppose">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/donald-trump-science-march-washington-climate-change-global-warming-a7547206.html |title=Scientists to oppose Donald Trump in huge 'March for Science' in Washington |newspaper=The Independent |date=January 26, 2017 |access-date=January 26, 2017 |archive-date=February 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216143901/https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/donald-trump-science-march-washington-climate-change-global-warming-a7547206.html |url-status=live }}</ref> is an international series of rallies and marches held on [[Biology:Earth Day|Earth Day]]. The inaugural march was held on April 22, 2017, in [[Place:Washington, D.C.|Washington, D.C.]], and more than 600 other cities across the world.<ref name="NYT-20170422a">{{cite news |last=St. Fleur |first=Nicholas |title=Scientists, Feeling Under Siege, March Against Trump Policies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/22/science/march-for-science.html |date=April 22, 2017 |newspaper={{wipe|The New York Times}} |access-date=April 26, 2017 |archive-date=April 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425235739/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/22/science/march-for-science.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NYT-20170422b">{{cite news |author=Staff |title=Pictures From the March for Science |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/22/science/science-march-photos.html |date=April 22, 2017 |newspaper={{wipe|The New York Times}} |access-date=April 26, 2017 |archive-date=April 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425084657/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/22/science/science-march-photos.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="map1">{{cite web |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/marches-science-one-global-interactive-map |title=The marches for science, on one global interactive map |date=February 7, 2017 |access-date=February 20, 2017 |archive-date=February 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221105628/http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/02/marches-science-one-global-interactive-map |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="M4Sofficialsite">{{cite web |url=https://www.marchforscience.com/satellite-marches/ |title=Satellite Marches |date=April 13, 2017 |access-date=April 13, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413200036/https://www.marchforscience.com/satellite-marches/ |archive-date=April 13, 2017  }}</ref><ref name="M4Sbadforscience">{{cite magazine |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/140944/march-science-bad-scientists |title=Is the March for Science Bad for Scientists? |magazine=The New Republic |date=March 1, 2017 |access-date=March 6, 2017 |archive-date=March 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307045500/https://newrepublic.com/article/140944/march-science-bad-scientists |url-status=live }}</ref> According to organizers, the march is a [[Social:Nonpartisanism|non-partisan]] movement to celebrate [[Science|science]] and the role it plays in everyday lives.<ref name="M4Sofficialsitemission">{{cite web |url=https://www.marchforscience.com/mission-and-vision/ |title=March For Science Mission and vision |date=March 6, 2017 |access-date=March 6, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318183426/https://www.marchforscience.com/mission-and-vision |archive-date=March 18, 2017  }}</ref> The goals of the marches and rallies were to emphasize that science upholds the [[Philosophy:Common good|common good]] and to call for [[Evidence-based policy|evidence-based policy]] in the public's best interest.<ref name="M4Sbadforscience"/><ref name="21goals">{{cite web |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/03/what-exactly-are-people-marching-for-when-they-march-for-science/518763/ |title=What Exactly Are People Marching for When They March for Science? |website=The Atlantic |date=March 7, 2017 |access-date=March 7, 2017 |archive-date=March 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307205620/https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/03/what-exactly-are-people-marching-for-when-they-march-for-science/518763/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The March for Science organizers, estimated global attendance at 1.07 million, with 100,000 participants estimated for the main March in Washington, D.C., 70,000 in Boston, 60,000 in Chicago, 50,000 in Los Angeles, 50,000 in San Francisco,<ref name="The Science Behind the March for Science Crowd Estimates">{{cite web | url = https://www.marchforscience.com/blog/2017/5/10/the-science-behind-the-march-for-science-crowd-estimates | date = May 15, 2017 | access-date = May 23, 2017 | title = The Science Behind the March for Science Crowd Estimates | archive-date = May 20, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170520004645/https://www.marchforscience.com/blog/2017/5/10/the-science-behind-the-march-for-science-crowd-estimates | url-status = live }}</ref> 20,000 in Seattle, 14,000 in Phoenix, and 11,000 in Berlin.<ref>sueddeutsche.de / Kathrin Zinkant October 24, 2017: [http://www.sueddeutsche.de/1.3715344 ''Wissen an die Macht''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304173151/https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/forschung-und-gesellschaft-wissen-an-die-macht-1.3715344 |date=March 4, 2021 }}</ref>

A second March for Science was held April 14, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.marchforscience.com/2018|title=March for Science {{!}} DC {{!}} March for Science|website=March for Science {{!}} DC {{!}} March for Science|language=en|access-date=March 8, 2018|archive-date=February 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222104919/https://www.marchforscience.com/2018|url-status=live}}</ref>  230 satellite events around the world participated in the 2nd annual event, including New York City,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://marchforsciencenyc.com/|title=March For Science New York City 2018 {{!}} March For Science New York City 2018|website=March For Science New York City 2018|language=en-US|access-date=March 8, 2018|archive-date=March 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308232552/https://marchforsciencenyc.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> Abuja, Nigeria,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/events/1028767747266356/|title=March For Science 2018!|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=March 8, 2018|archive-date=March 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304173210/https://www.facebook.com/events/1028767747266356/|url-status=live}}</ref> and Baraut, India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://actionnetwork.org/events/march-for-science-2018-baraut|title=March for science 2018, baraut|last=Network|first=Action|website=actionnetwork.org|language=en-US|access-date=March 8, 2018|archive-date=August 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803214153/https://actionnetwork.org/events/march-for-science-2018-baraut|url-status=live}}</ref> A third March for Science took place on May 22, 2019, this time with 150 locations around the world participating.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.marchforscience.com/post/third-annual-march-for-science-draws-crowds-in-new-york-and-over-150-locations-around-the-world|title=Third Annual March for Science Draws Crowds in New York and Over 150 Locations Around The World|website=March for Science|language=en|access-date=May 16, 2019|archive-date=June 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619211737/https://www.marchforscience.com/post/third-annual-march-for-science-draws-crowds-in-new-york-and-over-150-locations-around-the-world|url-status=live}}</ref>

The March for Science organizers and supporters say that support for science should be nonpartisan.<ref name="Ahuja">{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/25/politics/scientists-march-dc-trnd/index.html |title=Scientists planning their own march in Washington |last=Ahuja |first=Masuma |publisher=CNN |access-date=January 31, 2017 |archive-date=January 31, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131100922/http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/25/politics/scientists-march-dc-trnd/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Rossman">{{Cite news |author=Sean Rossman |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/26/first-women-now-scientists-march-washington/97079742/ |title=First women, now scientists to march on Washington |newspaper=[[Software:USA Today|USA Today]] |language=en |access-date=January 31, 2017 |archive-date=February 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201132705/http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/26/first-women-now-scientists-march-washington/97079742/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="rathernotmarch">{{cite web |author=Adam Frank |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2017/02/12/513873493/why-id-rather-not-march |title=Why I'd Rather Not March |website=NPR |date=February 12, 2017 |access-date=March 6, 2017 |archive-date=March 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307045942/http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2017/02/12/513873493/why-id-rather-not-march |url-status=live }}</ref> The march is being organized by scientists<ref name="VOA">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPFOZ40Ugpc |title=Scientists Speak Out and March for Science |last=VOA News |date=April 18, 2017 |publisher=Voice of America |access-date=April 24, 2017 |via=YouTube |archive-date=August 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817063852/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPFOZ40Ugpc |url-status=live }}</ref> skeptical of the agenda of the Trump administration,<ref name="Rossman"/> and critical of Trump administration policies widely viewed as hostile to science.<ref name="Kahn">{{Cite news |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-are-planning-the-next-big-washington-march/ |title=Scientists Are Planning the Next Big Washington March |author=Brian Kahn |publisher=[[Earth:Climate Central|Climate Central]] (republished by Scientific American) |language=en |access-date=January 31, 2017 |archive-date=February 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202060019/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-are-planning-the-next-big-washington-march/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The march's website states that an "American government that ignores science to pursue ideological agendas endangers the world."<ref name="Ahuja"/><ref name="Rossman"/>

Particular issues of [[Science policy|science policy]] raised by the marchers include support for evidence-based policymaking,<ref name="Kahn"/> as well as support for government [[Funding of science|funding for scientific research]], [[Open government|government transparency]], and government acceptance of the [[Earth:Scientific consensus on climate change|scientific consensus on climate change]] and [[Biology:Level of support for evolution|evolution]].<ref name="Ahuja"/><ref name="Rossman"/> The march is part of growing political activity by American scientists in the wake of the November 2016 elections and the 2017 Women's March.<ref name="rathernotmarch"/><ref name="Kahn"/><ref>{{citation |title=In Age of Trump, Scientists Show Signs of a Political Pulse |authors=Amy Harmon and Henry Fountain |date=February 6, 2017 |newspaper={{wipe|The New York Times}} |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/06/science/donald-trump-scientists-politics.html |access-date=February 8, 2017 |archive-date=February 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208144316/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/06/science/donald-trump-scientists-politics.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Biography:Robert N. Proctor|Robert N. Proctor]], a historian of science at Stanford University, stated that the March for Science was "pretty unprecedented in terms of the scale and breadth of the scientific community that's involved" and was rooted in "a broader perception of a massive attack on sacred notions of truth that are sacred to the scientific community."<ref>Chris Mooney, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/04/22/historians-say-the-march-for-science-is-pretty-unprecedented/ Historians say the March for Science is 'pretty unprecedented'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422204331/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/04/22/historians-say-the-march-for-science-is-pretty-unprecedented/ |date=April 22, 2017 }}, ''The Washington Post'' (April 22, 2017).</ref>

==Background==

=== Donald Trump ===
In 2012, Donald Trump referred to [[Earth:Climate change|climate change]] as a hoax.<ref>{{cite web |last=Alcorn |first=Chauncey |url=https://mic.com/articles/174536/march-for-science-dc-what-to-know-about-the-april-2017-march-on-washington |title=March for Science DC: What to know about the April 2017 march on Washington |work=Mic |date=April 19, 2017 |access-date=April 26, 2017 |archive-date=April 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426152450/https://mic.com/articles/174536/march-for-science-dc-what-to-know-about-the-april-2017-march-on-washington |url-status=live }}</ref> As a presidential candidate,<ref name="Lucky Tran">{{YouTube|ngD8l-n6Jck|Lucky Tran and the March for Science}} published on April 21, 2017 The National - CBC</ref> he promised to resume construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline and roll back U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations adopted by the Obama administration.<ref>{{cite web |first1=Ashley |last1=Parker |first2=Coral |last2=Davenport |date=May 26, 2016 |title=Donald Trump's Energy Plan: More Fossil Fuels and Fewer Rules |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/27/us/politics/donald-trump-global-warming-energy-policy.html |work={{wipe|The New York Times}} |access-date=February 21, 2017 |archive-date=March 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301114413/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/27/us/politics/donald-trump-global-warming-energy-policy.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

After Trump's election, his transition team sought out specific U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) employees who had worked on climate change during the Obama administration.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/12/09/trump-transition-team-for-energy-department-seeks-names-of-employees-involved-in-climate-meetings/ |title=Trump transition team for Energy Department seeks names of employees involved in climate meetings |newspaper={{wipe|The Washington Post}} |access-date=February 20, 2017 |archive-date=February 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220232636/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/12/09/trump-transition-team-for-energy-department-seeks-names-of-employees-involved-in-climate-meetings/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Prior to Trump's inauguration, many climate scientists began downloading climate data from government websites that they feared might be deleted by the Trump administration.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/12/13/scientists-are-frantically-copying-u-s-climate-data-fearing-it-might-vanish-under-trump/ |title=Scientists are frantically copying U.S. climate data, fearing it might vanish under Trump |newspaper={{wipe|The Washington Post}} |access-date=February 20, 2017 |archive-date=February 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221010225/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/12/13/scientists-are-frantically-copying-u-s-climate-data-fearing-it-might-vanish-under-trump/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Other actions taken or promised by the Trump administration inspired the march, including pulling out of the Paris Agreement,<ref name=NetburnFrontier>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-scientists-politics-trump-20170209-story.html |title=Science entering a new frontier: Politics |first=Deborah |last=Netburn |work=Los Angeles Times |date=February 9, 2017 |access-date=February 21, 2020 |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212064046/https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-scientists-politics-trump-20170209-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> the stances of his Cabinet nominees, the freezing of research grants,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-are-planning-the-next-big-washington-march/ |title=Scientists Are Planning the Next Big Washington March: In just two days, more than 300,000 people join a Facebook planning group |first=Brian |last=Kahn |work=Scientific American |date=January 26, 2017 |access-date=January 26, 2017 |archive-date=January 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126125334/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-are-planning-the-next-big-washington-march/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and a [[Social:Gag order|gag order]] placed on scientists in the EPA regarding dissemination of their research findings.<ref name="TWPGoingToProtest">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/01/24/are-scientists-going-to-march-on-washington/ |title=Are scientists going to march on Washington? |first=Sarah |last=Kaplan |newspaper={{wipe|The Washington Post}} |date=January 25, 2017 |access-date=January 25, 2017 |archive-date=January 31, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131152535/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/01/24/are-scientists-going-to-march-on-washington/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/316023-scientists-are-planning-their-own-march-on-washington |title=Scientists are planning their own march on Washington |first=Paulina |last=Firozi |work=The Hill |date=January 25, 2017 |access-date=January 25, 2017 |archive-date=January 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170125172541/http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/316023-scientists-are-planning-their-own-march-on-washington |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/1/25/14382514/scientists-march-on-washington-donald-trump-science-gag-order-epa |title=Scientists plan to march on Washington and run for office to fight Trump |first=Loren |last=Grush |work=[[The Verge]] |date=January 25, 2017 |access-date=January 25, 2017 |archive-date=January 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170125172606/http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/25/14382514/scientists-march-on-washington-donald-trump-science-gag-order-epa |url-status=live }}</ref> In February 2017, [[Biography:William Happer|William Happer]], a possible Trump science advisor with skeptical views on human caused global warming, described an area of climate science as "really more like a cult" and its practitioners "glassy-eyed".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/15/trump-science-adviser-william-happer-climate-change-cult |title=Trump's likely science adviser calls climate scientists 'glassy-eyed cult' |author=Hannah Devlin |date=February 15, 2017 |work=The Guardian |access-date=February 20, 2017 |archive-date=February 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220030000/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/15/trump-science-adviser-william-happer-climate-change-cult |url-status=live }}</ref> ''ScienceInsider'' reported Trump's first budget request as "A grim budget day for U.S. science" because it contained major funding cuts to [[Organization:National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]'s research and satellite programs, the EPA's Office of Research and Development, the DOE's Office of Science and energy programs, the U.S. Geological Survey, the [[Organization:National Institutes of Health|National Institutes of Health]], and other science agencies.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/03/trumps-first-budget-analysis-and-reaction |title=A grim budget day for U.S. science: analysis and reaction to Trump's plan |journal=Science |publisher=AAAS |date=March 16, 2017 |language=en |access-date=March 29, 2017 |archive-date=March 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330005235/http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/03/trumps-first-budget-analysis-and-reaction |url-status=live }}</ref>

===International solidarity===
International sister marches were planned for countries around the world. These both supported American scientists and climate scientists more generally, and protested against other impingements on academic freedom internationally, such as government action against the [[Organization:Central European University|Central European University]] in Hungary and the closure of educational institutes and dismissal of academics in the 2016–17 Turkish purges, as well as local issues.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/marchers-around-world-tell-us-why-theyre-taking-streets-science |title=Marchers around the world tell us why they're taking to the streets for science |date=April 13, 2017 |access-date=April 24, 2017 |newspaper=Science |archive-date=April 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425025211/http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/marchers-around-world-tell-us-why-theyre-taking-streets-science |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Planning and participants==
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A major source of inspiration behind the planning of the march was the 2017 Women's March of January 21, 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZJUI2_t5nk |title=Behind the scenes at the March for Science |last=Science Magazine |date=April 12, 2017 |access-date=April 24, 2017 |via=YouTube |archive-date=April 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413121710/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZJUI2_t5nk |url-status=live }}</ref> The specific idea to create a march originated from a [[Company:Reddit|Reddit]] discussion thread about the removal of references to climate change from the White House website.<ref name="TWPGoingToProtest" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/eve-science-march-planners-look-ahead |title=On eve of science march, planners look ahead |date=April 11, 2017 |work=sciencemag.org |access-date=April 24, 2017 |archive-date=April 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425024405/http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/eve-science-march-planners-look-ahead |url-status=live }}</ref> In the discussion, an anonymous poster named "Beaverteeth92" made a comment regarding the need for a "Scientist's March on Washington".<ref name="throwaway"/> Dozens of Reddit users responded positively to the proposal.<ref name=throwaway>Ben Guarino, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/04/21/the-march-for-science-began-with-this-persons-throwaway-line-on-reddit/ The March for Science began with this person's 'throwaway line' on Reddit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423081417/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/04/21/the-march-for-science-began-with-this-persons-throwaway-line-on-reddit/ |date=April 23, 2017 }}, ''The Washington Post'', (April 21, 2017)</ref> Jonathan Berman, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas Health Science Center and a participant in the original conversation, created a Facebook page, Twitter feed and website to organize a march.<ref name="TWPGoingToProtest"/><ref name="throwaway"/> The [[Company:Facebook|Facebook]] group grew from 200 members to 300,000 in less than a week,<ref name="TWPGoingToProtest" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertglatter/2017/01/26/scientists-march-on-washington-being-planned/#20c88fda56a7 |title=Scientists' March On Washington Being Planned |work=Forbes |date=January 26, 2017 |access-date=January 26, 2017 |archive-date=January 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126120939/http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertglatter/2017/01/26/scientists-march-on-washington-being-planned/#20c88fda56a7 |url-status=live }}</ref> growing to 800,000 members.<ref>{{cite journal |title=To Change Politics, Do More Than March for Science; To fight antiresearch policies, scientists must become activists for the long haul |volume=316 |issue=5 |pages=9 |author=Scientific American's editors |date=May 2017 |journal=Scientific American |quote=The protests, planned for Washington, D.C., and other cities around the U.S. and the globe, quickly gathered support from major scientific societies, tens of thousands of volunteers, hordes of Twitter supporters and 800,000 members in a Facebook group|doi=10.1038/scientificamerican0517-9 |pmid=28437405 }}</ref>  Individual scientists have both applauded and criticized this development.<ref>{{citation |title=Scientists Are Arguing About Whether The March For Science Will Be Too Political |author=Azeen Ghorayshi |date=February 4, 2017 |publisher=BuzzFeed |quote=a heated argument has broken out about whether the march is making science too political — or whether it's not making science political enough |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/azeenghorayshi/is-science-political |access-date=February 8, 2017 |archive-date=February 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208233804/https://www.buzzfeed.com/azeenghorayshi/is-science-political |url-status=live }}</ref> 
[[File:Bill Nye by Gage Skidmore.jpg |thumb |upright |Bill Nye, honorary co-chair]]
It was announced on March 30 that [[Biography:Bill Nye|Bill Nye]], Mona Hanna-Attisha, and Lydia Villa-Komaroff would headline the march, and serve as honorary co-chairs.<ref name="KaplanNye"/> The protest was set to occur on [[Biology:Earth Day|Earth Day]],<ref name="Kahn 2017">{{Cite news |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/march-for-science-set-for-earth-day/ |title=March for Science Set for Earth Day |work=Scientific American |last=Kahn |first=Brian |date=February 3, 2017 |access-date=February 3, 2017 |archive-date=February 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203163713/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/march-for-science-set-for-earth-day/ |url-status=live }}</ref> with satellite rallies planned in hundreds of cities across the world.<ref name="map1"/>

For the inaugural march in Washington, D.C., the National Committee consisted of (in alphabetic order):<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 21, 2017|title=March for Science|url=https://www.marchforscience.com/national-committee/|access-date=April 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421034335/https://www.marchforscience.com/national-committee/|archive-date=April 21, 2017}}</ref> 

Sofia Ahsanuddin, Valorie V. Aquino, Jonathan Berman, Teon L. Brooks,<ref>{{Citation|title=March for Science chat with Mozilla Science Fellow, Teon Brooks|url=https://www.facebook.com/mozilla/videos/march-for-science-chat-with-mozilla-science-fellow-teon-brooks/10155126293402381/|language=en|access-date=April 17, 2021}}</ref> Beka Economopoulos, Kate Gage, Kristen Gunther, Kishore Hari, Sloane Henningsen, Rachael Holloway, Aaron Huertas, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Rosalyn LaPier, Julia MacFall, Adam Miller, Lina Miller, Caitlin Pharo, Jennifer Redig, Joanna Spencer-Segal, Lucky Tran, Courtnie Weber, Caroline Weinberg, and Amanda Yang.


These are the roles of the National Committee along with their teams:
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Committees
!Team Leads
!Team Members
|-
|'''Co-Chairs'''
|Valorie Aquino, Jonathan Berman, Caroline Weinberg
|
|-
|'''Steering'''
|Sofia Ahsanuddin, Rosalyn LaPier, Joanna Spencer-Segal, Lucky Tran
|
|-
|'''Logistics and Operations'''
|Kate Gage, Lina Miller 
|Amanda Yang
|-
|'''Satellite Coordination'''
|Kishore Hari, Caitlin Pharo
|Adam Arcus, Jocelyn Barton, Rachael Holloway, Miles Greb, Claudio Paganini, Markus Strehlau, Erin Vaughn, Hugo Valls, Robin Viouroux
|-
|'''Communications'''
|Aaron Huertas
|Atu Darko, Paige Knappenberger, Bridget McGann
|-
|'''Social Media'''
|Beka Economopoulos, Courtnie Weber
|Thomas Gaudin, Anna Hardin, Karen James, David Lash, Ed Marshall, Carmi Orenstein, Kristina Sullivan
|-
|'''Mission Strategy'''
|Kristen Gunther
|Lucky Tran, Beka Economopoulos, Aaron Huertas
|-
|'''Partnerships'''
|Teon L. Brooks, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
|Sofia Ahsanuddin, Kate Gage, Charise Johnson, Mercedes Paredes, and Sabriya Yukes
|-
|'''Fundraising'''
|Julia MacFall
|Anthony Burn
|-
|'''Blog'''
|Jennifer Redig
|Poornima Apte, Diana Crandall, Manasseh Franklin, Jayde Lovell, and Zoe Wood
|-
|'''Creative/Design'''
|Sloane Henningsen
|
|-
|'''Logo Design'''
|Bryan Francis 
|
|-
|'''Tech'''
|Adam Miller
|Sam Kim, Amanda Yang
|}
During the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the largest scientific organization in the US, scientists held the "Rally to Stand Up for Science" at Copley Square, Boston, on February 19.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/scientists-hold-rally-boston-protest-threats-science-45598104 |title=Scientists hold rally in Boston to protest threat to science |publisher=ABC News |access-date=February 22, 2017 |archive-date=February 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222025039/http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/scientists-hold-rally-boston-protest-threats-science-45598104 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/02/18/scientists-feel-compelled-speak-out-trump/pJwmb99B5DdEyQA2T2dCLL/story.html |title=Scientists feel compelled to speak out on Trump |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=February 18, 2017 |access-date=February 20, 2017 |archive-date=February 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221191026/http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/02/18/scientists-feel-compelled-speak-out-trump/pJwmb99B5DdEyQA2T2dCLL/story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The same month, the AAAS announced its support for the march.<ref name="KaplanNye"/><ref name="Ghosh">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39024648 |title=AAAS chief puts weight behind protest march |first=Pallab |last=Ghosh |date=February 20, 2017 |work=BBC News |access-date=June 22, 2018 |archive-date=October 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008221212/http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39024648 |url-status=live }}</ref> By mid-March, some 100 science organizations endorsed the March for Science, including many scientific societies. Endorsers of the march included the [[Organization:American Geophysical Union|American Geophysical Union]], [[Organization:American Association of Geographers|American Association of Geographers]], American Association of Physical Anthropologists, [[Organization:Society for Neuroscience|Society for Neuroscience]], [[Organization:Society for Freshwater Science|Society for Freshwater Science]], American Statistical Association, [[Organization:Association for Psychological Science|Association for Psychological Science]], American Sociological Association, [[Organization:Electrochemical Society|Electrochemical Society]], Entomological Society of America, California Academy of Sciences, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium.<ref>{{Citation |first=Lindzi |last=Wessel |url=http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/02/will-they-or-won-t-they-what-science-groups-are-saying-about-joining-march-science |title=Updated: Some 100 groups have now endorsed the March for Science |journal=Science |date=March 15, 2017 |doi=10.1126/science.aal0697 |access-date=April 25, 2017 |archive-date=April 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427003643/http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/02/will-they-or-won-t-they-what-science-groups-are-saying-about-joining-march-science |url-status=live }}</ref>

The University of Delaware Center for Political Communication conducted a survey of 1,040 members of March for Science Facebook groups or pages from March 31 to April 18 to study their motivations for joining the march.<ref name="Bothum">Peter Bothum, [http://www.labmanager.com/news/2017/04/march-participants-interested-in-both-promoting-defending-science March Participants Interested in Both Promoting, Defending Science] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427003211/http://www.labmanager.com/news/2017/04/march-participants-interested-in-both-promoting-defending-science |date=April 27, 2017 }}, University of Delaware News Office (April 21, 2017).</ref> Respondents cited the following as reasons for marching:<ref name="Bothum"/>

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Reason<ref name="Bothum"/>
! Percent rating<br />"very important"<ref name="Bothum"/>
|-
| Encouraging public officials to make policies based on scientific facts and evidence
| 97%
|-
| Opposing political attacks on the integrity of science
| 93%
|-
| Encouraging the public to support science
| 93%
|-
| Protesting cuts to funding for scientific research 
| 90%
|-
| Celebrating the value of science and scientists to society
| 89%
|-
| Promoting science education and scientific literacy among the public
| 86%
|-
| Encouraging scientists to engage the public
| 70% 
|-
| Encouraging diversity and inclusion in science
| 68%
|-
| To become more involved in politics or policy-making
| 45%
|}

Before April, enthusiasts found existing knitting patterns for a hat shaped like a brain and proposed it as a symbol of solidarity for the march in analogy with the pussyhat project.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.racked.com/2017/4/11/15166094/march-for-science-hat-pussyhat-brain-resistor-dna |title=The March for Science searches for its pussyhat |first=Elizabeth |last=Preston |publisher=Racked |date=April 11, 2017 |access-date=April 22, 2017 |archive-date=April 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421233607/http://www.racked.com/2017/4/11/15166094/march-for-science-hat-pussyhat-brain-resistor-dna |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Participation==

[[File:March for Science, Washington, DC (33825703150).jpg|thumb|Protesters march towards the Capitol Building]]
The primary march, organized by Earth Day Network and March for Science, in [[Place:Washington, D.C.|Washington, D.C.]], began at 10 AM with a rally and teach-in on the grounds of the Washington Monument, featuring speeches by concerned citizens alternating with scientists and engineers; including Denis Hayes, co-founder of the first Earth Day in 1970 and [[Biography:Bill Nye|Bill Nye]].<ref name="planb">{{cite news|title=Why people are marching for science: 'There is no Planet B'|author1=Joel Achenbach|author2=Ben Guarino|author3=Sarah Kaplan|date=April 22, 2017|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/big-turnout-expected-for-march-for-science-in-dc/2017/04/21/67cf7f90-237f-11e7-bb9d-8cd6118e1409_story.html|access-date=April 30, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|archive-date=April 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430201011/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/big-turnout-expected-for-march-for-science-in-dc/2017/04/21/67cf7f90-237f-11e7-bb9d-8cd6118e1409_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> No politicians spoke at the rally.<ref name="planb"/> At 2 PM the crowd of thousands, in spite of the steady rain throughout the day, proceeded down Constitution Avenue to 3rd Street, NW between the National Mall and the west front of the United States Capitol.<ref name="planb"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/22/science/march-for-science.html?_r=0|author=Nicholas St. Fleur|title=Scientists, Feeling Under Siege, March Against Trump Policies|access-date=April 30, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=April 22, 2017|archive-date=September 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903165936/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/22/science/march-for-science.html?_r=0|url-status=live}}</ref>

Protesters gathered in over a hundred cities across the globe, with an estimated 70,000 participants in Boston, Massachusetts, and over 150,000 in several cities in {{wipe|California}}.

==Reception==
[[File:Lydia Villa-Komaroff.jpg |thumb |Lydia Villa-Komaroff]]Professor Robert Proctor of Stanford University said that the March for Science was similar to other efforts by scientists such as Physicians for Social Responsibility; however, the scale was larger because "there's a broader perception of a massive attack on sacred notions of truth that are sacred to the scientific community."<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/politics-government/article146169319.html |title=Historians say the March for Science is 'pretty unprecedented' |work=idahostatesman |access-date=April 22, 2017 |language=en |archive-date=March 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304173213/https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/politics-government/article146169319.html |url-status=live }}</ref>[[File:March_for_Science_2017_El_Paso.jpg |thumb|Organizers and some participants of the El Paso March for Science, April 22, 2017 |alt=Organizers and some participants of the El Paso March for Science, April 22, 2017]]

===Support===
On January 26, 2017, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont expressed his support for the march, congratulating "those scientists and researchers who are fighting back".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Firozi |first1=Paulina |title=Sanders applauds scientists 'fighting back' with planned DC march |url=http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/316453-sanders-backs-scientists-fighting-back-with-planned-march-in-dc-science-is |work=The Hill |date=January 27, 2017 |access-date=February 20, 2017 |archive-date=February 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204124420/http://www.thehill.com/homenews/senate/316453-sanders-backs-scientists-fighting-back-with-planned-march-in-dc-science-is |url-status=live }}</ref> U.S. Representative Bill Foster of Illinois, a physicist and the only current member of Congress with a Ph.D. in a natural sciences field, will join the march, "not as a Democratic member of Congress, but as a scientist."<ref name="Gacher">Lev Gacher, [https://www.statnews.com/2017/04/05/bill-foster-scientist-congress-march/ Congress's one PhD-trained scientist will join march on Washington] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406170603/https://www.statnews.com/2017/04/05/bill-foster-scientist-congress-march/ |date=April 6, 2017 }}, ''Stat (April 5, 2017).</ref> Foster said that he viewed the march as political, but not partisan, saying, "if you see a specific policy that is inconsistent with the known principles of science, every citizen who is also a scientist should speak out."<ref name="Gacher"/>

In February the AAAS and other science groups announced their support for the march.<ref name="KaplanNye"/> [[Biography:Rush Holt Jr.|Rush Holt Jr.]], the chief executive officer of the AAAS, expressed support for scientist involvement in politics.<ref name="Ghosh"/> Holt also emphasizes the importance of "appreciation for and understanding of science in the general population".<ref name="Distillations"/>

{{quote|What's so interesting is it's the first time, I think, anybody can point to in decades where there has been a spontaneous effort to defend the idea of science. It's not a march pro or con GMOs or pro or con nuclear power. It's about the value of science and the power of evidence. People are understandably and correctly outraged that in so many areas of public policy ideology is crowding out evidence, that evidence seems to be optional in the fashioning of public policy, and that you have officials using phrases like ''alternative fact''.|– Rush Holt<ref name="Distillations">{{cite journal |last1=Roberts |first1=Jacob |title=Political Scientist |journal=Distillations |date=2017 |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=30–33 |url=https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/magazine/political-scientist |access-date=March 20, 2018 |archive-date=April 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411174504/https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/magazine/political-scientist |url-status=live }}</ref>}}

===Criticism===
The march received a torrent of criticism from conservative publications for the perceived [[Social:Left-wing politics|left-wing]] bias and orientation of the event.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/21/march-science-comes-under-microscope-over-left-til/ | title=March for Science comes under microscope over left-tilting political agenda | website=The Washington Times | access-date=November 1, 2018 | archive-date=November 17, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117141228/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/21/march-science-comes-under-microscope-over-left-til/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Donald Trump's science adviser, [[Earth:Climate change denial|climate change denier]] [[Biography:William Happer|William Happer]]<ref>Hannah Devlin, [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/15/trump-science-adviser-william-happer-climate-change-cult Trump's likely science adviser calls climate scientists 'glassy-eyed cult'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219110452/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/15/trump-science-adviser-william-happer-climate-change-cult |date=February 19, 2017 }}, ''The Guardian'', February 15, 2017.</ref> stated that "there's no reason to assume the president is against science" and dismissed the march as a cult.<ref name=BLOOMsome/>

A number of scientists voiced concerns over the march. [[Biography:Sylvester James Gates|Sylvester James Gates]] warned that "such a politically charged event might send a message to the public that scientists are driven by ideology more than by evidence".<ref name=BLOOMsome>{{cite news |last1=Flam |first1=Faye |title=Why Some Scientists Won't March for Science |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-03-07/why-some-scientists-won-t-march-for-science |access-date=March 8, 2017 |work=Bloomberg View |date=March 7, 2017 |archive-date=March 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307230048/https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-03-07/why-some-scientists-won-t-march-for-science |url-status=live }}</ref>  Writing in ''{{wipe|The New York Times}}'', Robert S. Young argued that the march will "reinforce the narrative from skeptical conservatives that scientists are an interest group and politicize their data, research and findings for their own ends" and that it would be better for scientists to "march into local civic groups, churches, county fairs and, privately, into the offices of elected officials."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Young |first1=Robert S. |author-link1=Robert S. Young |title=A Scientists' March on Washington Is a Bad Idea |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/31/opinion/a-scientists-march-on-washington-is-a-bad-idea.html |access-date=March 8, 2017 |newspaper={{wipe|The New York Times}} |date=January 31, 2017 |archive-date=March 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307123333/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/31/opinion/a-scientists-march-on-washington-is-a-bad-idea.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Matthew Nisbet, writing for ''[[Unsolved:Skeptical Inquirer|Skeptical Inquirer]]'' magazine right after the first march in 2017, states that it is not the least educated but the "best educated and most scientifically literate who are prone to biased reasoning and false beliefs about contentious science issues". In his opinion this will mean that the March will only deepen "partisan differences, while jeopardizing trust and impartiality and credibility of scientists". Nisbet feels that confidence in scientists is strong, and they should "use this capital wisely and effectively".<ref name="Nisbet 2017">{{cite journal |last1=Nisbet |first1=Matthew |title=The March for Science: Partisan Protests Put Public Trust in Scientists at Risk |journal=Skeptical Inquirer |date=2017 |volume=41 |issue=4 |pages=18–19 }}</ref>

Responding to criticism surrounding the political nature of the march, meteorologist and columnist Eric Holthaus wrote that the scientific field "has always been political" and referred to the example of Galileo Galilei's [[Astronomy:Galileo affair|confrontation with the political order]]. Holthaus wrote that the scientists must also protest when "truth itself is being called into question".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Holthaus |first1=Eric |title=The March for Science Isn't 'Political'—It's a Defense of Basic Truth |url=https://psmag.com/the-march-for-science-isnt-political-it-s-a-defense-of-basic-truth-4aaf89ebbd4b#.lkbs4lmc6 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20170202023710/https://psmag.com/the-march-for-science-isnt-political-it-s-a-defense-of-basic-truth-4aaf89ebbd4b#.lkbs4lmc6 |url-status=dead|access-date=March 9, 2017 |work=Pacific Standard |date=February 1, 2017 |archive-date=February 2, 2017 }}</ref>

Discussing science's role in policy and government, Rush Holt points out a [[Fallacy|fallacy]] in viewing science and politics as philosophically incompatible: "The ethic in the profession is that you stick to your science, and if you're interested in how science affects public policy or public questions, just let the facts speak for themselves. Of course, there's a fallacy there, too. Facts are, by themselves, voiceless."<ref name="Distillations"/>

San Francisco Lead Organizer Kristen Ratan debated [[Biography:Jerry Coyne|Jerry Coyne]] on KQED's ''Forum''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2017/04/20/scientists-across-the-nation-trade-in-lab-coats-for-protest-signs |title=Scientists Across the Nation Trade in Lab Coats for Protest Signs |work=kqed.org |access-date=April 25, 2017 |archive-date=April 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426023038/https://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2017/04/20/scientists-across-the-nation-trade-in-lab-coats-for-protest-signs/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.kqed.org/.stream/mp3splice/radio//2017/04/Forum20170422a.mp3 |title=Archived copy |access-date=April 25, 2017 |archive-date=March 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304173159/https://od1.kqed.org/mp3splice.kqed/radio/2017/04/Forum20170422a.mp3?listeningSessionID=5fd45ddf091ab54f_7125938_4ey04A4z__00000001HRc |url-status=live }}</ref> regarding his criticism of the March and remarked that the millennial generation is just finding its feet with regard to activism and should be encouraged. Ratan also distinguished between being political and being partisan and suggested that while the March for Science is a political act, it is by no means partisan, which implies blind allegiance to one party over another. Ratan reiterated that the March For Science supports evidence-based policy-making regardless of party or affiliation.

==Follow-up==

Following the march, the organizers of the March for Science encouraged people to a "Week of Action" with an outline of daily actions.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.marchforscience.com/blog/2017/4/23/announcing-the-week-of-action |title='I Marched For Science' - Introducing A Week of Action |work=March for Science |access-date=April 24, 2017 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424221343/https://www.marchforscience.com/blog/2017/4/23/announcing-the-week-of-action |archive-date=April 24, 2017 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

The following spring, ''Science not Silence: Voices from the March for Science Movement,'' was published by MIT Press.<ref name="SI">{{cite book|title=Science not Silence: Voices from the March for Science Movement|date=2018|publisher=The MIT Press|editor1-last=Fine Sasse|editor1-first=Stephanie|editor2-last=Tran|editor2-first=Lucky}}</ref> The book, edited by Stephanie Fine Sasse and Lucky Tran, featured stories and images from marches held around the globe. It was selected as one of the "World's Best Human Rights Books" of Spring 2018 by Hong Kong Free Press.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/02/worlds-best-human-rights-books-spring-2018/|title=The world's best human rights books: Spring 2018|last=Tsung-gan|first=Kong|date=July 2, 2018|website=Hong Kong Free Press HKFP|language=en-GB|access-date=December 18, 2019|archive-date=September 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190906024555/https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/02/worlds-best-human-rights-books-spring-2018/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In July 2018, March for Science created and hosted the SIGNS (Science in Government, Institutions & Society) Summit in Chicago, Illinois. The summit was co-hosted by Field Museum and brought together organizers from satellite marches to connect, strategize, and develop skills to bring back to their communities.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/2018-march-science-will-be-far-more-street-protests |title=2018 March for Science will be far more than street protests &#124; Science &#124; AAAS |access-date=December 18, 2019 |archive-date=September 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925152754/https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/04/2018-march-science-will-be-far-more-street-protests |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://entomologytoday.org/2018/07/26/what-five-entomologists-learned-at-the-march-for-science-summit/ |title=What Five Entomologists Learned at the March for Science Summit |date=July 26, 2018 |access-date=December 18, 2019 |archive-date=December 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218074910/https://entomologytoday.org/2018/07/26/what-five-entomologists-learned-at-the-march-for-science-summit/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The program featured notable figures, including talks by Fabio Rojas, [[Biography:Brian Nord|Brian Nord]], Adia Benton, and Dana R. Fisher, as well as a poetry reading by Ed Roberson. Many sessions were recorded and are available to view online.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://slideslive.com/signs-summit?feed=latest&page=1 |title=SIGNS2018 · SlidesLive |access-date=December 18, 2019 |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803212156/https://slideslive.com/signs-summit?feed=latest&page=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==See also==
{{columns-list |colwidth=22em|
* [[Earth:Climate governance|Climate governance]]
* [[Earth:Environmental policy of the Donald Trump administration|Environmental policy of the Donald Trump administration]]
* [[Social:Environmental politics|Environmental politics]]
* [[Global change]]
* [[Earth:IPCC Fifth Assessment Report|IPCC Fifth Assessment Report]]
* [[Social:Online social movement|Online social movement]]
* [[Social:Politicization of science|Politicization of science]]
* [[Earth:Politics of global warming|Politics of global warming]]
* [[Philosophy:Post-truth politics|Post-truth politics]]
*''[[Earth:The Republican War on Science|The Republican War on Science]]'', 2005 book
}}


==References==
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==External links==
*{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNz8GO-d9wI |title=March for Science Earth Day 2017 in Washington, D.C. |last=Earth Day Network |date=April 22, 2017 |access-date=April 25, 2017 |via=YouTube}} (5:39:07)
*{{cite AV media |first=Dieter |last=Rucht |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKFuhakz1aE |title=Standing Up For Science |date=February 8, 2018 |medium=Documentary |access-date=February 23, 2018 |via=YouTube}} (00:45:28)


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