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As part of our #ScientistSolidarity drive, we've been posting threads on the intersections of science with anti-Blackness, abolition, racial justice, and solidarity over the past few weeks. Here's a handy compilation of all those threads… as another THREAD! 
We hope this compilation can be a helpful primer for anyone hoping to learn about/ get involved in efforts to create a more just, equitable, and accountable science that works toward Black liberation & the dismantling of oppressive systems. #BlackLivesMatter 
#ScienceIsPolitical
#ScienceIsPolitical
To launch the drive, we stated our goals & named some who’ve lost their lives to police violence. We also named our commitment to fighting systemic anti-Blackness as it intersects with transphobia & gender-based violence. #SayTheirNames #RestInPower https://twitter.com/freeradsorg/status/1270028922596409345
Early on we also posted a call to action, with concrete ways to practice solidarity, on & off the streets. #Strike4BlackLives also has suggestions for how to meaningfully take action to help end global anti-Blackness. https://www.particlesforjustice.org/strike-details https://twitter.com/freeradsorg/status/1270761483702423552
Part of practicing solidarity is unlearning & relearning what we’ve been taught about science in the classroom. We posted this thread on how the origins & foundation (as well as the present-day structures) of Western institutional science are anti-Black. https://twitter.com/freeradsorg/status/1270389796624494592
Along with learning how Western science has been & is anti-Black, it’s just as crucial to learn how Black folks have always been at the helm of science & knowledge making. That’s why we’re sharing this series celebrating Black scientists/ ways of knowing: https://twitter.com/freeradsorg/status/1272950951561789445
The first thread in the series spotlights some Black scientists and ways of knowing that have shaped our understanding, study, and experience of DATA & TECH: https://twitter.com/freeradsorg/status/1272956203312779264
The next thread spotlights some Black scientists and ways of knowing that have taught us about NATURE, ECOLOGY & CLIMATE https://twitter.com/freeradsorg/status/1273713475160850432
Stay tuned: there are more threads to come! On medicine/ healing/ human biology, physics/ space/ time, chemistry/ alchemy, and history/ sociology/ culture/ storytelling...
Another part of practicing solidarity is transforming the ways we work as scientists, researchers, teachers, and communicators. We posted this intro to research justice, with examples of community-led and justice-oriented research that we admire: https://twitter.com/freeradsorg/status/1273374553880752129
Along with that, here’s a print-friendly worksheet with guiding questions to help you reflect on and reframe your own scientific work! http://freerads.org/rj-worksheet
We also shared an example of solidarity in action, along w/ a lesson on valuing knowledge, from our own collective. Namely, this campaign’s success came from prioritizing the lived & embodied experiences of community members over academic interpretations: https://twitter.com/freeradsorg/status/1271616065743683584
Our LA chapter is committed to continuing this work, including partnering with @StopLAPDSpying to expose tech companies’ deep complicity in state violence: https://twitter.com/freeradsorg/status/1274022558019403776
As part of this drive, Y’ALL also submitted amazing actions pledges for dismantling white supremacy and joining the movement for Black lives, inside and outside your scientific work. Check them out: https://twitter.com/freeradsorg/status/1275474711653126145
Being an accomplice for Black liberation is a *lifelong* commitment that involves transforming our actions and redistributing resources, including $$. Give directly to Black folks in your communities & recurrently support grassroots racial justice groups — like these 
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Philadelphia Community Bail Fund: https://twitter.com/freeradsorg/status/1272315231558139909
Los Angeles Action Bail Fund: https://twitter.com/freeradsorg/status/1272627604269367297
Justice for Jayson: https://twitter.com/freeradsorg/status/1272354004853329922
