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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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