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✨Charles Bolden✨

Former NASA administrator and astronaut, retired US Marine Corps Major General.

Ancien administrateur et astronaute de la NASA, major-général retraité du US Marine Corps.

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#BlackLivesMatter
#Strike4BlackLives
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November 21, 2024 at 10:24 AM
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As part of #ShutDownSTEM & #ShutDownAcademia today, I want to think about building pipelines - that outreach is not enough, but bringing students into training opportunities & labs with mentors can have a more lasting impact for individuals. 2/
November 23, 2024 at 7:05 PM
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I will be participating in the #Shutdownstem and #Shutdownacademia strikes tomorrow. Both STEM and Academia both have a long way to go to be inclusive. I'll be spending the day reading and further educating myself on how to be antiracist. I invite you to join me.
November 24, 2024 at 4:43 AM
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As part of the movement to #ShutDownSTEMhtag/ShutDownSTEM" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#ShutDownSTEM, we will not be originating any content on social media. Instead, we will be amplifying minority voices & retweeting #ShutDownSTEM

#ShutDownAcademia
#BlackLivesMatter
#Strike4BlackLives

https://geog.ufl.edu/2020/06/09/shutdownstem/
December 9, 2024 at 4:57 PM
sarahmackattack.bsky.social
My personal goals for tmrw's #ShutDownSTEM #ShutDownAcademia is to read up on academia-specific anti-racism & start an actionable game plan to discuss with @UConnMCB's DEI task force & for @SkypeScientist

Fellow white academics, what's your...
November 30, 2024 at 11:25 AM
sarahmackattack.bsky.social
Looking for something to read today?

Without inclusion, diversity initiatives may not be enough:
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/357/6356/1101?utm_campaign=SciMag&utm_source=JHubbard&utm_medium=Twitter

@Afro_Herper is a co-author!

#ShutDownAcademia
November 30, 2024 at 11:25 AM
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✨Dr. Katherine Johnson✨

PhD in maths. Her orbital mechanics calculations enabled early NASA missions

Docteure en maths. Ses calculs de méca orbitale ont permis les 1ères missions de la NASA

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November 21, 2024 at 10:24 AM
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✨Dr. Jessica Watkins✨

NASA astronaut, PhD in geology, and former international rugby player.

Astronaute de la NASA, docteure en géologie, ancienne joueuse internationale de rugby.

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November 21, 2024 at 10:24 AM
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✨Lashelle Spencer✨

Scientist @NASAKennedy, analog astronaut at HERA, focus:space crop production!

Scientifique @NASAKennedy, astronaute analogue à HERA, focus:culture de plantes ds l'espace

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November 21, 2024 at 10:24 AM
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✨Dr. Sian Proctor✨

Geology, sustainability & planetary science Prof and @HI_SEAS analog astronaut.

Professeure en géologie, durabilité & science planétaire et astronaute analogue @HI_SEAS.

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November 21, 2024 at 10:24 AM
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✨Dr. Clarence Ellis✨

1st African-American with a Ph.D. in computer science, whose work led to OfficeTalk

1er afro-américain avec un PhD en informatique, dont le travail a mené à OfficeTalk.

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November 21, 2024 at 10:24 AM
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✨Stephanie Wilson✨

NASA astronaut, 3 shuttle missions, now mission support crew branch chief.

Astronaute de la NASA, 3 missions ds la navette, désormais cheffe de l’équipe “mission support”.

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November 21, 2024 at 10:24 AM
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✨Dr. Fatoumata Kébé✨

Docteure en astronomie, spécialiste débris spatiaux et entrepreneuse.

PhD in astronomy, specializing in space debris and entrepreneur.

2019 YTILI Fellow! More:

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#Strike4BlackLives
#ShutDownAcademia
#ShutDownSTEM
November 21, 2024 at 10:24 AM
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✨Dr. Mae Jemison ✨

1st African-American woman NASA astronaut, also physician and engineer.

1ère femme afro-américaine astronaute de la NASA, également médecin et ingénieure.

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#ShutDownAcademia
#ShutDownSTEM
November 21, 2024 at 10:24 AM
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Tomorrow, I'll be joining my colleagues in academia worldwide and #Strike4BlackLives with @Botany_nerd to raise awareness and education and start a profound change to eradicate anti-Black racism in academia and STEM.

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November 21, 2024 at 10:24 AM
ohsusimulation.bsky.social
June 10th 2020: Shut Down For A Day, Build Better Tomorrows! Join the #Strike4BlackLives #ShutDownSTEM #ShutDownAcademia
March 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
cplberry.bsky.social
I strongly recommend that every department use the self-assessment form Appendix 8 to look at your culture and structures. I think doing this at least every 3 years would be best practice. I will suggest that we do this here #ShutDownAcademia 5/6
November 13, 2024 at 12:34 PM
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Appendix 6 gives a wonderful summary of good institutional practices. Valuing teaching is key to a good environment #HigherEd #AcademicChatter. I love these quotes from @ChicagoState! #ShutDownAcademia 4/6
November 13, 2024 at 12:21 PM
cplberry.bsky.social
A thread on the GRE and its counterproductiveness (including many sources to back up arguments to add to your reading list) #GetRidOfTheGRE #ShutDownAcademia #AcademicChatter https://https://t.co/vBEB9DMIFH
November 13, 2024 at 11:30 AM
cplberry.bsky.social
Some of the most recommended reading from #ShutDownAcademia is the @AIP_HQ TEAM-UP The Time Is Now report on increasing African Americans with Physics/Astro degrees https://www.aip.org/diversity-initiatives/team-up-task-force At 180+ pages, it can seem intimidating, so here are some...
November 13, 2024 at 11:30 AM
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“[Not] more diversity, inclusion, & equity seminars… We need people to be active in reforming the institutions they work within, rather than waiting for a top-down solution.” --Chanda Prescod-Weinstein https://bit.ly/37uos5b #ShutDownSTEM #ShutDownAcademia #Strike4BlackLives
Scientists Call for Academic Shutdown in Support of Black Lives
White supremacy is baked into science and academia, from racist language in textbooks to a culture that excludes Black scientists from innovating and
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November 8, 2024 at 12:30 PM
deepseadawn.bsky.social
As so many of us pause today for important reflection as part of #ShutDownSTEM, aka #ShutDownAcademia, aka #Strike4BlackLives, my thoughts go to those before me in academia, including my beloved mother.

She was an… https://www.instagram.com/p/CBRRZZCph-y/?igshid=qz8sqwojb4ls
November 8, 2024 at 12:30 PM
beverleybmiles.bsky.social
“Decolonial thinking comprises a new #epistemology, #ontology and #ethics that rejects the domination of Western rationality and dualism by any means.”

#decolonising #EdChat #CritDigPed #PredatoryDesign #DesignJustice #ShutDownAcademia #FutureOfLearning #PublicInterestTech
September 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
beverleybmiles.bsky.social
◉ There is evidence of settler colonialism in Indigenous academic poetry acknowledged prior to Patrick Wolf

#Futures #Decolonising #Undoing #auspol #nzpol #DesignJustice #EdChat #IvoryTower #ShutdownAcademia #history #DesignJustice
September 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
beverleybmiles.bsky.social
◉ There's value in taking people who come from my background, raised on culture, bringing it into the academy, and challenging those ideas that are normative

#Futures #Decolonising #Undoing #auspol #nzpol #EdChat #IvoryTower #ShutdownAcademia #DesignJustice
September 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM