Philadelphia Science Action

When science is under attack, Philly STANDS UP & FIGHTS BACK! Join us at the Academy of Natural Science on Tuesday morning ito let Drexel University know that this is not going down without a fight! ✊🦖 RSVP here: luma.com/1qwnrqz2

Posters ready Speakers lined up See you at the rally on Tuesday at 10am in front of the academy of natural sciences. We’re asking Drexel, the Academy Board, and the city to find a way to keep the museum open to the public. RSVP luma.com/1qwnrqz2

at the rally to save the academy of natural sciences, my kid’s favorite museum (organized by @sarahmackattack.bsky.social !)

amazing crowd today to save the Academy of Natural Sciences! save-the-academy.org and awesome speech by Councilwoman @ninaahmadphl.bsky.social!! #savetheacademy @sarahmackattack.bsky.social @skypeascientist.bsky.social @philadelphiascienceaction.substack.com @greenphilly.bsky.social

Come to the rally at 10am today, and sign the petition to save the Academy of Natural Sciences!

This is happened at 10am TODAY Hope to see you there, Philly

Philadelphia is proud to be a city of firsts, including: 1st university 🎓 1st zoo 🐯 1st hospital 🏥 1st library 📚 1st museum of natural history 🦖 Drexel just announced plans to close The Academy of Natural Sciences to the public at the end of this month. We must stop this.

Rally: luma.com/1qwnrqz2

Sign: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...

Philly call to action! Urge Drexel to preserve the nation's first Natural History Museum. Don't let the Academy of Natural Sciences close. Sign this petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...

Philly just celebrated the nation's 250th anniversary promoting itself as the city of firsts. Allowing the Academy of Natural Sciences to close is an embarrassment and exposes that pride as little more than a marketing slogan. Sign the petition and come to the protest! luma.com/1qwnrqz2

Attention Philadelphia! We're hosting a rally to demand that Drexel University maintain The Academy of Natural Sciences Museum open to the public. Join us on Tuesday morning at 10am in front of the academy. Please spread the word, we need all hands on deck! RSVP here: luma.com/1qwnrqz2

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/...

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...