We stand in solidarity with all immigrants and international students in the US, regardless of visa status, including those who are threatened by this week’s decision. As universities and vocational schools move classes online to reduce in-person interactions in the midst of a pandemic while continuing to educate our students, ICE and the Trump administration…
Category: in solidarity
STEM in solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter Rally
Wed. June 10th, 3:30pm, Albany St + Main St, (near MIT/Broad/ Kendal Square T stop) Followed by march to Boston City Hall to join rally from Nubian Square. Details here Please join the STEM community in a rally to show solidarity with Black Lives Matter and related movements across the country. We will have a short…
Statement of solidarity with Black Lives Matter and related movements across the country
Science, as organized and practiced today, is an endeavor that exhibits extreme bias. The makeup of the scientific workforce does not reflect the racial makeup of our society; black people are wildly underrepresented, with a particularly egregious underrepresentation of black women. This is unjust, both as a violation of equality of opportunity, and because science…
Make schools safe from ICE!
In light of the recent reports that Boston Public School officials put their students at risk of deportation by sharing information with the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Science for the People Boston joins the calls from the Student Immigrant Movement and Unafraid Educators to keep ICE out of schools and to…