I was working on finishing my Storify of #WOC who have left @ScienceMarchDC & I get pinged about this: https://twitter.com/ScienceMarchDC/status/853269241121972224 … #marginsci
and refused to work with #BlackLivesMatter & other #POC groups despite Black scientists' suggestions (https://twitter.com/HeyDrWilson/status/824480926654726145 …) #marginsci
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FYI this "refusal" isn't accurate. I was in a room with organizers a week ago along with several
@womensmarch WOC advisors. They are trying -
You're making valid critiques. I guess I also value the openness with which organizers are admitting challenges and working to fix
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There has been three months of
@ScienceMarchDC organisers *not* listening until they hit one crisis after another http://latinorebels.com/2017/03/14/the-march-for-science-cant-figure-out-how-to-handle-diversity/ … -
March has a major prob of anti-diversity sentiment among members: http://www.minoritypostdoc.org/view/2017-8-1-zevallos-MfSDiversityDiscourse.html … That's a result of mismanagement by organisers
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Moreover, a number of
#POC and White women have left the@ScienceMarchDC committee & satellites due to anti-diversity within organisation.
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