I came across this powerful conversation with Esra’a Al Shafei, a young activist, blogger, and entrepreneur from Bahrain. In 2017, she talked about her work in the Middle East fighting for democracy and the rights of oppressed minorities and LGBTQ individuals during a plenary session at the Digital Media and Learning conference. Such a powerful and …
Despite having lived in San Francisco for seven years and working in a tech field, I’ve never actually participated in a hackathon. Since I’m not a developer or a designer, it just never felt like something that I would have much to contribute to. That changed this weekend. For the past couple of months, I’ve …
I’m quite excited about the new Digital Civics Toolkit, a suite of educational resources to “support youth to explore, recognize, and take seriously the civic potentials of digital life.” A project that grew out of the MacArthur Research Network on Youth and Participatory Politics, the Digital Civics Toolkit is organized into five sections: Participate Investigate Dialogue Voice and Action …
After more than six wonderful, exciting years at the California Academy of Sciences, I’m now looking for new professional opportunities. I’ve had an incredible run at the Academy, grown a lot, met some wonderful colleagues, and worked on a number of fun and exciting projects. Now feels like the right time to move on and …
Check out this cool video showing how massive the crowds were at the March for Science San Francisco. Love that drone footage! A post shared by March for Science SF (@sciencemarchsf) on Apr 25, 2017 at 9:19am PDT From the March for Science SF instagram feed.
I love this dope science music video on gems and minerals, which features some of our talented young people in the Teen Advocates for Science Communications (TASC) program at the California Academy of Sciences. Warning: it's quite an earworm. Thanks to science Youtubers "Science with Tom" for doing an excellent job working with our teens! …
I love this recent radio conversation with our executive director Jon Foley on local NPR affiliate KQED. Jon focuses on what he calls the “war on science” or the “war on facts” being waged in the federal government right now. Jon speaks so eloquently about the importance of scientific inquiry and the political process, and …
I love this new video from the Field Museum of Chicago. It makes a simple assertion, that strangely needs repeating in this time: facts matter. That said, it's super messed up that the Field Museum even needs to make this video. See more at their website.
From the wonderful Poorly Drawn Lines.
I really needed this short video from Emilie Graslie of The Brainscoop on her commitment to curiosity, diversity and science discourse. YES! Stay curious, challenge your own biases, champion science. Let's go.