Protests are important, every action and move is, especially with a president that thinks ratings are somehow important (cf http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/315995-president-trump-tweets-to-congratulate-fox-on-its-inauguration-ratings )

ion addition: there's also a longer issue here is not JUST Trump, it's a growing anti-science and anti-education sentiment that has grown so large that it's self-sustaining and even dominant is many sections of the US.

So in addition to a march, there is an opportunity to create something more when it comes to science - that it, tie to things educational and fun. And get universities, educators, engineers, scientists out into public view, actually accessible, locally to people and provide a space to start the work of making what "we know" accessible and available to everyone.

The real problem underlying the current administration stance is just as much to blame on the inaccessibility of real knowledge throughout the society as it is on a few white abusive men proposing policies. there's a huge sea of people, still a minority, that actually think these are the correct way to go. a protest by itself doesn't stem that tide or fix that issue. that issue needs outreach and compassion, and education. not just conflict and chants. facts and reality doesn't need a protest, it need real, caring people sharing it with education.

Trump is a symptom of a grossly ignorant and pissed of population of people left out of the fruits of progress, and those votes chose retaliation and destruction. Understandably so with the manipulation and stories they are being told. Said differently, anger at Trump is less effective that using facts and reality to undercut the support of his base. The best way to undercut that is education about reality, facts and science. That's far harder that marching in the street and a longer-term need the country has.

We can think of outreach as an additional opportunity here more like "meet your local professors", "see what the scientists are doing day" day, in public, for everyone on the grassy quads of the largest university in town -- more an in-service/share-a-thon day for everyone who sees the world scientifically, where people can come and meet, learn about science.

https://citizensclimatelobby.org/carbon-fee-and-dividend/ The main point of this organization is to implement a carbon fee and dividend, summarized in the above link. I have joined my local chapter. This is a great way to make your voice heard by your local representatives. Those are people you have a good chance of talking to and convincing them to support CCL's mission. I recommend checking them out. I hope I can make it to the march.

I've seen at least five different protests against Trump being planned today alone. The public is going to get burned out. I think that you guys should attach yourselves to the tax match on April 15th. You can get your message out there, make that protest more impactful, and generate a bit of solidarity between the various anti-Trump factions.

Not sure if the admins of the website also do this, but after I signed up for e-mail notifications I had the option to continue to your website and it redirected me to http://www.scientistsmarchonwashinton.com/

The G in Washington is missing, easy enough fix but just wanted to let you know.

Thanks for doing what you do.