Good coverage of new "Scientific Freedom Lecture" series at NIH from @arstechnica.com arstechnica.com/science/2026... 1/2

Philadelphia has always been a sanctuary city. The abolition movement, the Underground Railroad. It continues today. I am proof of that, and so many people who can’t be here; we need to speak for them. - Councilmember Nina Ahmad #standupforscience #philadelphiascienceaction #sancturycity

Thank you, Philadelphia for doing what you’ve done for me. I am living proof that immigrants thrive and give back to this great city. That’s why I got into public service. - Councilmember Nina Ahmad #standupforscience #philadelphiascienceaction #philadelphia #immigrants

This is not Gilead and we are not Handmaids. We cannot build a healthy society while ignoring the science of our reproductive health. - Saleemah McNeil, Oshun Family Center #standupforscience #philadelphiascienceaction #doula #doulas

The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate among wealthy nations. And black women are still three to four times higher to die for pregnancy-related causes than their white counterparts. -Saleemah McNeil, Oshun Family Center #standupforscience #philadelphiascienceaction #doula #doulas

The future of humanity should not depend on whether billionaires feel generous; it should depend on the democratic will of us - Todd Wolfson, AAUP #standupforscience #philadelphiascienceaction #taxbillionaires

Every dollar spent on bombs is a dollar not spent on curing disease. Every missle built is laboratory that doesn’t get built. - Todd Wolfson, AAUP #standupforscience #philadelphiascienceaction #nowar

If you’re an immigrant, if you’re first generation, if you’re a woman, a scientist of color, trans, or gay, you belong in science. - Maya English, PhD student, GETUP UAW #standupforscience #philadelphiascienceaction

When you attack immigrants, you attack science - Philadelphia Councilmember Jamie Gauthier #standupforscience #philadelphia #philadelphiascienceaction

Defending immigrant rights is not separate from science - Matthew Goldshore, pediatric surgeon #standupforscience #immigrantrights #philadelphia #medicine #philadelphiascienceaction #abolishice

Stand Up for Science at Philadelphia, the original American city of science. #standupforscience # Philadelphia

‪Ars Technica: Americans trust Fauci over RFK Jr. and career scientists over Trump officials RFK Jr. has tried hard to villainize Fauci. Americans still trust Fauci more. by Beth Mole @bethmariem.bsky.social @arstechnica.com 👉 bit.ly/4rZfVQ7

Dr. Rachel Levine, former Deputy Director for Health at HHS and former PA state Health Commissioner and Dr. Ghady Haidar, an infectious disease-focused physician, having a "fireside chat" discussion at the Pittsburgh @standupforscience.bsky.social rally.

Philly march today led by @marionleary.bsky.social Stand Up For Science @standupforscience.bsky.social

Morning. I hope to see you all at the @standupforscience.bsky.social rally today! In Philly we will be at City Hall at 11a.

Science powers our country, protects our environment, saves lives, and protects our communities. The money spent on one bomb could fund a lab. The money spent on one day of war could save thousands of lives. #StandUpForScience #StandUpForSciencePhilly

I will always show up, speak up, and stand up to defend science and all it encompasses - including protecting our immigrant colleagues, students, patients and neighbors. Thx to everyone who did just that today - showed up, spoke up, and stood up together! @philadelphiascienceaction.substack.com

🚨 Here is our final speaker list for the @philadelphiascienceaction.substack.com @standupforscience.bsky.social rally and march - tomorrow Saturday at 11a at City Hall🚨 We hope to see you there so that we can stand together for and with our immigrants neighbors and science.

On sabotage of our young scientists, by @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#Standupforscience #Philadelphia City Hall This Saturday March 7th, 11am

Get ready, Science Jawns 🧪🦅! Action week is here! 3/5: TEACH-IN on the State of American Science One Year into the Trump Admin. RSVP HERE: www.eventbrite.com/e/philadelph... 3/7: Philly's STEM, Healthcare, & Ed community will RALLY & MARCH to oppose the harms of aggressive immigration enforcement.

Get ready, Science Jawns 🧪🦅! Action week is here! 3/5: TEACH-IN on the State of American Science One Year into the Trump Admin. RSVP HERE: www.eventbrite.com/e/philadelph... 3/7: Philly's STEM, Healthcare, & Ed community will RALLY & MARCH to oppose the harms of aggressive immigration enforcement.

We are hosting the Action in #Philly. Follow us for speaker announcements, event details and more!

That's right. Worse than Pointless www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/o...

I’m incredibly proud of the work I’ve been doing with @philadelphiascienceaction.substack.com This week, we’re hosting 2 urgent, timely events addressing the escalating attacks on U.S. science and the immigrant communities that power and sustain it. Both free & open to public. RSVP for teach-in:

This is an exciting and busy week for @philadelphiascienceaction.substack.com. In the birthplace of this country, where we will celebrate 250 years in July, our history shows that Philly is a hub of science, healthcare, education, activism, and advocacy. Join us in continuing that tradition.

🧪 February is #BlackHistoryMonth In 1951, Henrietta Lacks's cervical cancer cells were taken w/o her consent & used for research. Her cells, coined HeLa, became the first immortal human cell line. They engendered advances in medicine such as cancer/HIV research, vaccine dev & genome sequencing.

ON 3/7, WE RALLY & MARCH to oppose the harms caused by aggressive immigration enforcement on our STEM, healthcare, & education communities! Speakers include: @councilmemberjg.bsky.social, @aaup.org's Dr. Todd Wolfson, @pjsn.bsky.social's Miriam Oppenheimer, & more! 📍North side of City Hall 🕚 11 AM

ON 3/7, WE RALLY & MARCH to oppose the harms caused by aggressive immigration enforcement on our STEM, healthcare, & education communities! Speakers include: @councilmemberjg.bsky.social, @aaup.org's Dr. Todd Wolfson, @pjsn.bsky.social's Miriam Oppenheimer, & more! 📍North side of City Hall 🕚 11 AM

After CDC vaccine changes, states push to keep childhood shots free, accessible www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-...

A response to the opinion that private $ can replace the NIH. Businesses are not charities. They work on profit margins. Decades of $ is essential for research to progress from an initial discovery to treatment. Most of the dirty work goes on in academic labs. 🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

White House stalls release of approved US science budgets: The administration has not yet released funding Congress allocated to multiple research agencies, so they cannot provide it to funded entities/people - including NIH and NASA. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Not spending money that is appropriated for science is a tricky subject to explain, but for people in limbo (like myself, as I mentioned yesterday), it can have cause serious career harm. Many celebrated the NIH budget bill. It’s not supporting science when an unchecked bottleneck still remains.

📣 One week to go until our 2026 Teach-In on the State of American Science One Year into the Trump Administration 🗣️ We will hear from Prof. Lorena Grundy, Dr. Andrea Liu, Dr. Kate Wallis, and more! RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/philadelph...

Dr. Kate Wallis, a developmental and behavioral pediatrician, will discuss the ongoing attacks on evidence-based healthcare policy and the consequences for healthcare delivery in Philadelphia and across the country.

Dr. Andrea Liu, member of the US National Academy of Sciences and the Hepburn Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania, will discuss the importance of US scientists advocating for the protection of both academic freedom and funding.

Dr. Lorena Grundy, VP of @aaup-penn.bsky.social, will discuss their response to the Trump Admin's Compact for Higher Education and the compact's implications for academic freedom, research, and institutional autonomy.

Dr. Kate Wallis, a developmental and behavioral pediatrician, will discuss the ongoing attacks on evidence-based healthcare policy and the consequences for healthcare delivery in Philadelphia and across the country.

Dr. Andrea Liu, member of the US National Academy of Sciences and the Hepburn Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania, will discuss the importance of US scientists advocating for the protection of both academic freedom and funding.

If you care about the environment, healthcare, or academic freedom come to this event next Thursday (March 5) put on by @philadelphiascienceaction.substack.com. Then join the Stand Up For Science march on Saturday, March 7th. All are welcome Bring your curiosity 🙂

Dr. Lorena Grundy, VP of @aaup-penn.bsky.social, will discuss their response to the Trump Admin's Compact for Higher Education and the compact's implications for academic freedom, research, and institutional autonomy.

📣 One week to go until our 2026 Teach-In on the State of American Science One Year into the Trump Administration 🗣️ We will hear from Prof. Lorena Grundy, Dr. Andrea Liu, Dr. Kate Wallis, and more! RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/philadelph...

We are a week and a half out, Philly! Watch this space, speaker announcements for both events, and more, are comin' your way! 🦅🧪✊

We are a week and a half out, Philly! Watch this space, speaker announcements for both events, and more, are comin' your way! 🦅🧪✊

Decades of evidence show that immigrants make disproportionate contributions to scientific discovery and technological advancement. As of 2019, nearly one in four STEM workers in the United States was foreign-born. Scientists cannot afford to treat this as someone else’s issue.

HHS canceled $500M in novel mRNA research, narrowed criteria on who should get the mRNA COVID vaccine, refused to review a completed study of a mRNA flu vaccine. “We reject the claim that our approach to vaccines is anti-science or hostile to innovation.” 🧪 🎁 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/h...

Decades of evidence show that immigrants make disproportionate contributions to scientific discovery and technological advancement. As of 2019, nearly one in four STEM workers in the United States was foreign-born. Scientists cannot afford to treat this as someone else’s issue.

As individual actors, scientists are not positioned to stand up to a coordinated federal assault, but COLLECTIVELY SCIENTISTS HAVE POWER. This power comes from organization... especially unions. Check out the latest article on our Substack, by @dramandar.bsky.social

Mark your calendars, Science Jawns🧪🦅! 🗓️ On 3/5: We are hosting a teach-in discussing the state of American science one year into the Trump Administration. 🗓️ On 3/7: We are once again hosting Philly's @standupforscience.bsky.social Day of Action Rally and March.

Mark your calendars, Science Jawns🧪🦅! 🗓️ On 3/5: We are hosting a teach-in discussing the state of American science one year into the Trump Administration. 🗓️ On 3/7: We are once again hosting Philly's @standupforscience.bsky.social Day of Action Rally and March.