…will be to use the resources compiled by #Strike4BlackLives and #ShutDownSTEM and 500 Women Scientists to fill in the details of my plans to participate in this critical moment in a way I can sustain long-term.

I will curate my social media contacts to better engage and amplify voices that need to be heard; decide how best to invest my financial support in organizations pushing for change; and take a fresh look for ways I can help fix the leaky (or is it clogged?) pipeline limiting diversity in STEM.

Little step one, this morning I followed through on my vague plan – formed based on hearing him on BookTV – and bought a copy of Frank Wilderson’s  @b_wilderson new book Afropessimism, which will be top on my reading list as soon as it arrives.

Statements from a few of the scientific societies I belong to: ESA and ESA’s Black Ecologist Section, Sigma Xi, American Society for Microbiology, American Society for Cell Biology, American Association for the Advancement of Science

And I’m sure I missed others. Let’s make the world a better place.