March for Science
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| Part of Protests against Donald Trump | |||
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| Date | April 22, 2017 | ||
| Location | Worldwide | ||
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Donald Trump administration's views on climate change and science The misrepresentation and exclusion of scientific knowledge in policy decisions |
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| Methods | Protest march | ||
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Hundreds of thousands (Global) |
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Hundreds of thousands
The March for Science (formerly known as the Scientists' March on Washington) was a series of rallies and marches held in Washington, D.C., and more than 600 other cities across the world on Earth Day, April 22, 2017. According to organizers, the march is a non-partisan movement to celebrate science and the role it plays in everyday lives. The goals of the marches and rallies were to emphasize that science upholds the common good and to call for evidence-based policy in the public's best interest. The March for Science organizers, using crowd science techniques, 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, and 50,000 each in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
The March for Science organizers and supporters say that support for science should be nonpartisan. The march is being organized by scientists skeptical of the agenda of the Trump administration, and critical of Trump administration policies widely viewed as hostile to science. The march's website states that an "American government that ignores science to pursue ideological agendas endangers the world."
Particular issues of science policy raised by the marchers include support for evidence-based policymaking, as well as support for government funding for scientific research, government transparency, and government acceptance of the scientific consensus on climate change and evolution. 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.
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