ScienceandPoli,cs

ErikaHamdenJuly24th,2017

CarnegieObservatories

WhydoesanyofthismaEer?

WhydoesanyofthismaEer?

WhydoesanyofthismaEer?

WhydoesanyofthismaEer?

WashingtonPost

PopQuiz!

1.Areyouregisteredtovote?

PopQuiz!

1.  Areyouregisteredtovote?2.  Whoisyourcongressperson?Whatdistrict

doyouvotein?

PopQuiz!

1.  Areyouregisteredtovote?2.  Whoisyourcongressperson?Whatdistrict

doyouvotein?

3.  Whoareyoursenators?

PopQuiz!

1.  Areyouregisteredtovote?2.  Whoisyourcongressperson?Whatdistrict

doyouvotein?

3.  Whoareyoursenators?

4.  Whorepresentsyouatthestatelevel?Onyourtowncouncil?

Poli,calac,onforci,zens

•  Knowwhoyourrepsareandcontactthemonaregularbasis.Everyday,everyweek.

•  hEps://whoaremyrepresenta,ves.org/

Contac,ngelectedofficials

•  YOUROPINIONMATTERS!Youhaveavoice.

•  Youcanvisittheofficetoo!!

•  Callabout1issueata,me.

•  Makearequest,askforanac,on.

•  CallsaretalliedandprovidedtotheMember

•  Localandstateofficesgethardlyanycalls!

•  Callevenifyourrepresenta,veagreeswithyou!•  Howtoknowwhatrequesttomake?

Whattoaskabout

•  Youdon’thavetohaveananswer.•  Organiza,onslike:hEps://5calls.org/•  OrhEps://www.ourstates.org/•  Providescriptsbasedonissue•  Butthinkofyourownissues!WhatdoyoucareaboutandwanttoseemadebeEer?

•  AIPhasaweeklynewsleEercalledFYI,aboutsciencepolicy,whichisveryinforma,ve.

•  Youcanalsoprovidecommentstodepartmentsandagenciesduringtheirpubliccommentperiod

Beingascien,stintheworld

•  Youhavearesponsibilitytospeakout-eitherthroughoutreachevents,wri,ngar,cles/leEerstotheeditor,interac,ngwithregularpeople.

•  Theriseof“fakenews”,denial-ismofvariouskinds,aretreatfromfactdrivenpolicy,isacrisisthatscien,stscanfightagainst.

•  Knowtherhetoricaldevicesusedtoderailaconversa,on:TheGishGallop,gasligh,ng,whatabou,sm,andothers

•  Aswithmanythings,CarlSaganwroteaboutthisin“TheDemonHauntedWorld”,inachaptercalled“TheFineArtofBaloneyDetec,on”

Tellastory

PublicNarra,ve

•  DevelopedbyMarshallGanz-organizerforUnitedFarmWorkers,nowatHarvard.

•  Appealstoac,onviaemo,on,notnecessarilyfacts.

•  Summarizedas:Storyofself,storyofus,storyofnow.

PublicNarra,ve:Crea,ngastoryofself

•  Whatisthechangeyouwanttomakeintheworld:yourstoryofnow?

•  Whyareyoucalledtomakethatchange:Whatspecificexperienceshaveshapedyourstoryofself?

•  Whatpersonalstorycanyoutellthatwillhelpothersunderstandwhyyouwanttomakethatchange?StructureitwithChallenge,Choice,Outcome.

PublicNarra,ve:Expandtostoryofus

•  “IstandhereknowingthatmystoryispartofthelargerAmericanstory.”–BarackObama,2004DNCspeech

•  “IfIamnotformyself,whowillbeforme?IfIamformyselfalone,whatamI?Ifnotnow,when?”–RabbiHillel,quotedbyMarshallGanz

PublicNarra,ve:Storyofnow

Standontheshouldersofgiants

•  Therearemanysuccessfulmovementsyoucanlearnfrom-studywhatothershavedoneandusetheirlessonstocrahyourownmessage.

•  Joinupwithgroupsthatalreadyexistorarenewlyformed.

•  Takeupspaceintheworld-beasloudasthepeoplewhowouldopposeyou.

NoonewantstobeagainstScience

•  Pickatopicyoucareaboutandfocusonit•  SignupforAAScongressionalvisitdaysandothercongressionalvisitopportuni,es

•  Invitestafferstovisityourcampusandlabs,developprofessionalrela,onshipswiththemifpossible.

•  ContactyourofficeofGovernmentRela,onsandseehowyoucanworkwiththemforbeEerresults

•  Personalstoriesaremorepersuasivethanfactsalone!

Runforoffice!

•  Everypersoninthisroomshouldconsiderrunningforpublicoffice.

•  Thereareabunchofgroupsthatexisttohelpyou!