March for Science

I sent it to three of my research friends.

They immediately emailed back and said, "Can we send this to others?" I said, "Yes." By a couple of days later, I was receiving thanks back through my friends from scientists all over the country, and then the March for Science was announced.

And I just felt, "I have to do this.

I have to make an offer." And so on the website, uh, for the March for Science volunteer slot, where you're supposed to say you will pick up litter from the Mall after the rally, I gave them seven ideas I had for ways poetry might be included, and, um, just said, "Let me know, and, and I will be pleased to help you with any of these."

Mm.

Again, that was Jane Hirshfield, the founder of the group Poets for Science.

She's a marine biologist by training, but as she saw the effects of climate change intensify, she's taken on more public-facing advocacy work, and her work is expansive.

She helped organize the March for Science.

She founded a think tank focused on coastal cities.

She started two podcasts about climate solutions, and she's published a couple of books, including most recently, What If We Get It Right? So today, I'm excited to share that conversation, exploring the state of the climate movement, climate solutions, and Ayana's path.

And what's interesting in their model and how we're taking their model and applying it to a lot of our other partners across the table are this concept between organizing and mobilizing.

And what mobilizing is, is like me calling you up, Molly, saying, I'm going to go do the March for Science.

Do you want to meet me at City Hall? And then we're going to go up State Street to the Capitol.

There will be a rah-rah rally.