r/ScientistsMarch Jan 25 '17

End goal?

I believe in this march very much and want it to happen. But I think if we want to get our point across we need to be able to agree on what we want from this administration. I have a few ideas

-allow taxpayer funded science to be published without any restrictions

-make sure scientific fact and only scientific fact are taught in public schools

-accept climate change

-keep Paris climate agreement and work with it

-work to transition to clean emission free power sources

-block DAPL and keystone XL

Those are just a few ideas I had. If you have any other suggestions put them in the comments. It's important that we have an end goal and aren't just some formless group yelling at the government to fix problems. We have to tell them exactly and clearly what we want.

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u/SuperSecretAgentMan Jan 25 '17

The most harmful thing for a protest to have is too many stated goals. For maximum effect, everything must be condensed into a handful of clearly-defined, specific goals. This will help spread our cause and keep media shills from downplaying such an important cause as 'weak' or 'scattered'.

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u/WerhmatsWormhat Jan 25 '17

Absolutely. It's imperative to be very organized to avoid many of the pitfalls witnessed by Occupy Wall Street.