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Why an ad in major news media?
To really mount the kind of defense of science the current situation
demands, there is an urgent need to reach very broadly, far beyond the
“usual suspects”. One member of Defend Science recently wrote:
“last spring I traveled to Anaheim, CA for the National Science
Teachers' Association convention. This was occurring right on the
heels of the Dover, PA decision against ID. We and Defend Science
got a very warm welcome from hundreds of the high school teachers there
and many have signed the statement - but along with that we often got
an earful along the lines of: ‘...it's about time you academics came
down out of your ivory tower and helped us! We're out here in the
localities catching hell from ID and other more crude forms of
creationists. Many of us are being intimidated into not teaching
evolution. For every victory like Dover there are scores of
school boards, state boards, etc getting bombarded...’”
Running the Defend Science Statement in USA Today will enable
scientists to speak broadly to the population - to speak to those who
are the targets of these attempts to deny science education, to deny
access to scientific knowledge and scientific thinking. Running
the ad in USA Today will greatly help people like the teachers we
talked to in Anaheim - it will show them that the scientific community
“has their backs”, and will encourage and strengthen their own efforts,
and, we hope, it will encourage many to become part of a kind of
movement to Defend Science. And there are other readers of USA
Today who are perhaps less clear or knowledgeable about the importance
of science, or are influenced by Christian fundamentalism, but who do
recognize science as a crucial part of modern life. We think that
these people are going to be jolted by the Statement, in a good
way. It will sound an alarm and raise some big questions about
what is going on, and why, and what this means. It will spark
thinking about all kinds of questions - and without this kind of broad
outreach and ferment, we cannot win the battle to defend science.
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We intend to broadly publish the
statement in newspaper ads.
Scientists and Members of the Scientific Community:
• Sign and Circulate This Statement.
• Help Raise Funds to Have it Printed in Newspapers Across the Country,
and Internationally.
• Get This Statement Adopted by Scientific, Educational and Other
Associations and Institutions.
Members of the General Public:
• Reprint and Circulate This
Statement, Help Spread the Word, Contribute Your Ideas About How to
Wage This Crucial Battle
• Join With People in the Scientific Community and Others to Wage This
Battle.
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