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SUMMARY:GSJ: Science Speaks: Getting Lawmakers to Listen
DESCRIPTION:  \nWednesday\, September 17th\, 7-8:30 pm \nIn-Person \nLocation: Little Kings Shuffle Club\, 223 W Hancock Ave\, Athens\, GA 30601 \nFeatured Speaker: Amy Sharma\, PhD\n \nScience Speaks: Getting Lawmakers to Listen \nJoin us as we share this important talk with Athens Science Cafe and Coalition of Athens Scientists! This Georgia Science Junction is FREE to all attendees! \n \n  \nFeeling a bit overwhelmed by the past few months? \nReady to do something? \nYour legislators need to hear from you! Your voice is critical in advancing the needs of our community. Remember\, your legislator works for you. Learn hands-on in this workshop what are the key ingredients to changing minds and policy. We will discuss effective advocacy communication strategy and provide an overview of upcoming things you can do to advocate for change. \n \nSpeaker Name: Amy Sharma\, PhD \nSpeaker Bio: \nAmy Sharma\, PhD\, is the Executive Director of Science for Georgia\, a non-profit dedicated to engaging scientists and the community in productive dialogue. Its mission is to improve communication among scientists and the public\, increase public engagement with science\, and advocate for the responsible use of science in public policy. In this role she is spearheading achieving Science for Georgia’s vision and mission. \nPrior to joining Science for Georgia\, she was VP of Product for Prediko\, a start-up that was successfully acquired by United Technologies Corp. Dr. Sharma has worked in many aspects of the engineering field: spearheading the development of the big data vertical and managing a $1M annual Independent Research and Development (IRAD) program at GTRI\, working as an Assistant Professor in Medical Physics at the University of Western Australia\, working as an Assistant Program Manager for the National Science Foundation\, receiving political and outreach training as a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow\, obtaining a PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Duke University\, and designing hardware logic for advanced server microprocessors at IBM. \nDr Sharma enjoys difficult challenges\, jobs with overly long titles\, developing big-picture strategies\, communicating scientific and technical ideas to non-scientists\, sewing\, and smoking various foods. \n  \nScience Speaks
URL:https://scienceforgeorgia.org/event/gsj-science-speaks-athens/
LOCATION:Little Kings Shuffle Club\, 223 W Hancock Ave\, Athens\, GA\, 30601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Georgia Science Junction,Partner Event
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SUMMARY:Things Can Be Better: How to Change Minds and Stop Propaganda
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, September 28th\, 2-3pm \nIn-Person \nLocation: Charis Books & More\, 184 S. Candler St.\, Decatur\, GA 30030 \nFeatured Speaker: Michael Czajkowski\, PhD\n \nThings Can Be Better: How to Change Minds and Stop Propaganda \n  \nJoin us as we share this important talk with Charis Books & More! This Talk is FREE to all attendees! \n \n  \nThis event takes place in person at Charis and on Crowdcast\, Charis’ virtual event platform. This event is free\, but registration is required for virtual attendance. Click here to register to attend virtually. Please read the in-person event guidelines to be sure you can participate in the event. \n  \nCharis welcomes Michael Czajkowski for Things Can Be Better: How to Change Minds and Stop Propaganda\, a workshop around propaganda\, misinformation\, and offering hope and skills for a way forward. \nWorkshop Description \nI feel vulnerable. Everyday I feel strained and uncertain about my future and safety due to current events. Maybe you do too. To make real progress seems to require the changing of so many minds that feel so close yet so far away. This might feel bleak to you\, but I feel hope about this. Based in science. This workshop is to spread this hope. \nI will review the lesser-known and yet most powerful challenges to the progress of society\, which will be difficult to face. We will then go through a large-scale strategy which turns these challenges into advantages. Finally\, core to this strategy is a lesser known set of interpersonal communication habits\, which we will practice together. \n  \nThe event is free and open to all people\, especially to those who have no income or low income\, but we encourage and appreciate a donation of $5-20 in support of the work of Charis Circle\, our programming non-profit. Charis Circle’s mission is to foster sustainable feminist communities\, work for social justice\, and encourage the expression of diverse and marginalized voices. Donate on Crowdcast or via their website. \n  \n \nWorkshop Facilitator: Michael Czajkowski\, PhD \nMichael Czajkowski is the Director of Advocacy for the nonprofit Science for Georgia working on community science translation projects to support community autonomy\, awareness of environmental health threats\, and resistance against more general forms of misinformation and manipulation. They have diverse experiences working in art\, science\, facilitation\, community organizing and many different levels of education\, which is hopefully leading to useful new insights and perspectives. Michael’s background in soft matter physics is not so relevant to this\, but is pretty fun and they love to talk about it. \n 
URL:https://scienceforgeorgia.org/event/things-can-be-better/
LOCATION:Charis Books & More\, 184 S. Candler St.\, Decatur\, 30030\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Partner Event
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