Dr Zuleyka Zevallos

2/2 We're not about to give #SciParty the credit for our success ... or our failure.

The broader conversation today @ErinVaughnAZ is that the @SciencePartyAus has 5 members in the @ScienceMarchAu That's a very big problem.

The march has publicised heavily that it's non-partisan: it has 15 candidates running for pol seats. Five members in the March. That's a COI

I pushed back strongly against the party's involvement. The orgs with party ties are acting as individuals. I wouldn't be involved otherwise

It's admirable that you pushed back. Non-partisan means, at the very least, not having political candidates in the national org committee.

FWIW, in my work with the other cities' orgs I have never felt that they were pushing a partisan agenda. Here in CBR we have zero party orgs

So not only can march now be critiqued for lack of clarity in goals, being sluggish on diversity, but COI undermines non-partisan stance.

Those orgs have helped us move on clarity & diversity. Its only COI if we can't reconcile that what's good for science is good for #SciParty