{"id":2702,"date":"2017-04-23T09:42:30","date_gmt":"2017-04-23T13:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=2702"},"modified":"2017-04-23T09:42:30","modified_gmt":"2017-04-23T13:42:30","slug":"marching-for-science-across-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2702","title":{"rendered":"Marching for Science across Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

The March for Science events across Florida were awesome! I attended the Space Coast March and I was genuinely excited to see how many folks attended. From the front of the march I could look back and see the mass of chanting and sign-waving people stretching out for blocks behind us. This definitely wasn’t some minor protest with a handful of die-hards. This was, in fact, a movement. And that was just from my view in Titusville. The same big crowds were seen all across Florida and the country. Check out these two photos I took. I tried to capture the size of the march as best as I could. In the first photo you can obviously see the marchers in the foreground, but then also look in the distant background: more people!<\/p>\n

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Here’s a story about the Space Coast March:\u00c2\u00a0Hundreds in Titusville march for science<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We think it is extremely important for all children to realize that science is a way of life, not just part of life. I hope this event reminds Brevard County of our roots. We are the Space Coast after all. We should all celebrate and appreciate the diversity that NASA has brought to this area and how fortunate we are to have rocket launches in our back yard.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And here are more stories about Florida marches:<\/p>\n

Orlando joins world in March for Science on Earth Day<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Science is inherently apolitical. There are facts, and then you make decisions based on those facts,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Emerson, 31, said.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Science isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t about one side being good and one side being bad. Science is about one side being right and one side being wrong,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcScience not silence\u00e2\u20ac\u2122: Hundreds of mad scientists descend on downtown Miami<\/a><\/p>\n

Organizers said that it was more than the actions of the current administration that drove them to the streets. Protesters, like retired marine scientist Susan Markley, expressed concern over a societal shift away from science.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m particularly upset that there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a contempt for science now,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Markley said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a rejection. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s described as an elitist approach when that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not what it is at all.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[Tallahassee]\u00c2\u00a0March for Science draws thousands, calls for education<\/a><\/p>\n

“Science matters.”<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Science matters.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

It was the rallying cry for more than 4,000 people who attended Saturday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s March for Science in Tallahassee.<\/p>\n

People held signs saying, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Science will not be silenced\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The truth has no party affiliation.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d They came from as far away as Fort Lauderdale and were as young as a few months old. But they all held the same belief.<\/p>\n

Scientific integrity is important.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[Gainesville] Saturday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s March for Science draws nearly 1,000 protestors<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re out here because we have to be,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Candace Biggerstaff, the assistant manager general of the chemistry lab at UF. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Before, we didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to be political because science wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t being actively stomped on. Now this attack is forcing us to get out of our house and march down the street on a hot day in Florida. I hope the kids don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t forget this moment. I hope we continue to fight.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We here at Florida Citizens say THANK YOU for supporting science. But don’t stop with one day of marching. Keep on marching!<\/p>\n

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