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Dates:Friday, March 7, 2025 - Friday, March 7, 2025
Hours:12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Ages:Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:Outdoor
Cost:Free
Category:Lectures/Discussions
Location note: because we are expecting a large crowd, we are moving the speaker portion of the event to the Boston Common Liberty Mall area directly across the street from the Massachusetts State House.

We will be on a grassy area following some rain on Wednesday and Thursday so please be prepared for mud.

It is also likely to be very windy.


Our program will begin with speeches from local academics, students, and activists about the importance of pro-science policies and federal funding to their work.

Talks will run from shortly after 12:00 until approximately 2:45pm.

From there, the remainder of the event will shift into an opportunity to continue holding vigil with our signs, networking with each other and state officials, and taking individual actions to stand up for science.

Important safety information: Please do not fully block the sidewalk, stand in the street, or bring signs attached to sticks!

Speakers in order of appearance:

Anthem performance by The Testable Hypotheses, featuring Maria Ferrante, Dr. Abby Schiff, Ted Sharpe, and Professor Thomas Michel

Boston City Councilor Sharon Durkan

U.S. Representative Jake Auchincloss

Marc Abrahams, Editor of Annals of Improbable Research and creator of the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony

Dr. Marzyeh Ghassemi, Germeshausen Career Development Professor, MIT, EECS & IMES

Dave Lahr, Foghorn Therapeutics

Dr. Gary Ruvkun, 2024 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine

Dr. Eric Maskin, 2007 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economic Sciences

Dr. Nancy Kanwisher, Walter A.

Rosenblith Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, MIT

Shoshana Daly

Dr. Sarah Hengel, Assistant Professor of Biology, Tufts University

Dr. Alfredo Hernandez, Assistant Professor of Biology, Tufts University

Catie Kean

Jessie Wayland

Dr. John Selverian

Rachel N. Arey, PhD, Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine

Abigail Schiff, MD, PhD, Rheumatology Fellow, Brigham and Women's College

Rebecca Love, MSN, RN, FIEL

Kary Love, JD

Mia Montrose

Jaida N. Elcock, Co-Founder of Minorities in Shark Sciences

Zev Imani, Scientist Rebellion Boston

Daniel Shen, Chief Steward, UE Local 256 MIT Graduate Student Union

David Cash, Former US EPA Regional Administrator, New England, and former high school science teacher

Dr. Kylie Bemis, Professor of Computer Science, Northeastern University

Lyrics for Stand Up for Science anthem (will be performed at the beginning of the speaker program):

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

(sung to the tune of 'This Land is Your Land' by Woody Guthrie)

Stand up for science-
No time for silence!
New cures for cancers-
We need more answers.
Hear our entreaties-
Cure diabetes.
Science is good for you and me!

Please do not besmirch
Our science research
Please know discovery
Will fuel recovery
And cure diseases:
Stop funding freezes!
Science is good for you and me.

And vaccination
Helps keep our nation
Happy and healthy
For poor and wealthy
This is a true fact
On which we must act.
Science is good for you and me.

For global warming,
The facts come swarming.
Climate denial-
It's suicidal!
You might deny it-
We just don't buy it.
Science is good for you and me.

Don't de-fund science-
Join our alliance!
New forms of energy-
It's time for synergy.
To protect our planet,
Science- don't ban it!!!
Science is good for you and me.

You huddled masses-
Come take our classes.
If you are yearning-
Come here for learning.
And after college-
Please share your knowledge.
Science is good for you and me.

Healthcare is our right,
For which we must fight.
Our vision's global
Our cause is noble.
It's our insistence-
Join the resistance!
Science is good for you and me.

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www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-for-science-2025-boston-ma-tickets-1256026401779

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Boston Common, Boston, MA, 02108 map
Phone: 000-000-0000

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