<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px"><div><b>Meet with Your Lawmakers This Summer and Help Inform Science Policy</b><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Registration is open for the 15th annual Biological Sciences Congressional District Visits event. </span><br></div><div><br></div><div>This national initiative, organized by the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), is an opportunity for biologists across the country to meet with their federal or state elected officials to showcase the people, facilities, and equipment that are required to support and conduct scientific research. This initiative helps to put a face on science and to remind lawmakers that science is happening in their district and state.</div><div><br></div>The Biological Sciences Congressional District Visits event enables scientists, graduate students, representatives of research facilities, and people affiliated with scientific collections to meet with their federal or state elected officials without traveling to Washington, DC. <u>Participating scientists can either meet with their elected officials at the local district office or may invite them to visit their research facility.</u><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px"><div dir="ltr">AIBS will schedule participants' meetings with lawmakers and will prepare participants through online training and one-on-one support. Meetings will take place mid-July through October, depending on the participant's schedule and their lawmaker's availability.</div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr">The event is made possible by AIBS, with the support of event sponsors American Society of Plant Taxonomists, American Society of Primatologists, Botanical Society of America, Florida International University Institute of Environment, Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, Organization of Biological Field Stations, Natural Science Collections Alliance, Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, and Society for the Study of Evolution.</div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><b>Registration for participation is free, but required, and closes on July 15, 2024. To learn more and register, visit <a href="http://io.aibs.org/cdv" target="_blank">io.aibs.org/cdv</a>.</b><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Please share this announcement with interested colleagues and graduate students. </div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">___________________</font><br><font face="arial, sans-serif">Jyotsna Pandey, Ph.D.</font></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Director of Community Programs</font></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS)</span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">AIBS website</span><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font color="#000000">:</font><font style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"> <a href="http://www.aibs.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.aibs.org</a></font></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Follow AIBS on X/Twitter! <a href="https://twitter.com/aibsbiology" target="_blank">@AIBSbiology</a></font></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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