Full STEAM ahead! Join us for this special exhibition of art made by scientists. The event is co-sponsored by Gallery 1064 (https://gallery1064.com/) and will feature artists representing visual arts as well as dance and music. We will also feature a special guest, Ahna Skop, who is an AAAS If/Then Ambassador widely known for her work in SciArt and science communication.

The event is free to attend, but we encourage you to add an optional donation to your ticket. All proceeds will go to SisterSong (https://www.sistersong.net/), an organization fighting for reproductive justice. Admission to the event includes gourmet food and wine provided by Cook Weaver, so please donate generously!

All ages and all genders are welcome to join us! This is a great opportunity for current or aspiring scientists to network, and for those interested in the intersection of Science and Art to meet like-minded folks.

Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/scienceart-show-tickets-306914809457

Have you seen or heard about the movie Don’t Look Up? Did you think it was a parable about climate change? Or was it more generally about the role of science in society and politics? Is this movie funny or depressing? Is it quite clever or actually pretty bad?

We’ve got opinions and we’d love to get together to discuss them! Don’t Look Up has been nominated for four Oscars, including Best Picture. Let’s get together (virtually) to watch the movie before the Oscars and share our opinions. We will have climate scientists (and others) on hand to ensure a thrilling and informative conversation.

The watch party will be on Saturday March 12th from 5pm - 7:30pm. We will watch on Netflix and use the Teleparty Chrome Extension. This means you will need to have your own Netflix account, and install the extension before the party starts. https://www.teleparty.com/ During the movie, there will be a text-only chat available. Then after the movie, we will move onto Zoom for a face-to-face discussion from 7:30-8:30pm. You are welcome to join us for either or both parts of the event.

If you’d like to join us, please register at this link: https://forms.gle/6q1R8yWxRdaqRA5K9

You will receive links to join both the watch party and the zoom chat about 15 minutes prior to the start of the event. Feel free to email us at sea500womensci@gmail.com if you have any questions before the event.

This meeting is open to all members, including prospective members who just want to check out what we're all about. We will discuss upcoming plans for events, what issues we should work on next, and have a brief introduction to influencing the Washington State Legislature, which is currently in session.

It's a great time to meet some of your fellow (awesome) women and non-binary scientists in town, network, and connect. Find out if you'd like to get more involved in the organization!

This is a virtual meeting held over Zoom. You can get the invite link here: https://forms.gle/FvjHJmo3tyVAMoVM8

NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK.

Please join us at this event with Dr. Devasmita Chakraverty to explore the ways that STEM workers experience impostor syndrome. Admission to this event includes free access to the aquarium exhibits. There will also be time before and after the talk to network while enjoying some light snacks and drinks. All ages and genders are welcome to join us!

Event schedule:

3-4pm aquarium exhibits and event space open for networking

4-5pm Dr. Chakraverty's talk on impostor syndrome

5-6pm aquarium exhibits and event space open for networking

About the topic:

Impostor phenomenon, popularly known as the impostor syndrome, is an internalized experience of intellectual phoniness. People who feel like impostors are typically bright, motivated and successful, yet have incorrect, unrealistic and self-defeating perceptions about themselves. They think that they are not smart enough and may not have a realistic sense of their competence . These self-perceptions affect how people navigate their career, take professional decisions, and seek advancement opportunities. Academic training in STEM is a time-intensive, complex process. Yet, research examining how those who feel like impostors navigate academic training is not well-documented. This talk will address how individuals in STEM describe their impostor experiences in relation to their doctoral and post-doctoral training. Women and underrepresented minorities, in particular, are more vulnerable to experiencing this phenomenon. This talk also explores how women draw connections between experiencing workplace harassment and their impostor phenomenon.

Speaker Bio

Devasmita Chakraverty is faculty of Higher Education at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. Prior to this, she was faculty of science education at Washington State University. She has conducted one of the larger mixed-methods studies on the impostor phenomenon, surveying more than 900 people and interviewing more than 400 of them from various STEM and medical fields in the USA, including PhD students, postdocs, faculty, MD students, residents, and physicians. Dr. Chakraverty earned a Ph.D. in Science Education from the University of Virginia and M.P.H. from the University of Washington. She has conducted research in India, USA, and Germany. You can connect with her on Twitter @DevasmitaTweets

Celebrate the sexier side of science with the Femmes of STEM burlesque crew, featuring the talents of real-life scientists and science communicators! Help us to fund programming aimed at supporting and uplifting progressive voices of science fighting for social justice.

500 Women Scientists is a 501c3 non-profit that believes scientists have a role to play in disrupting institutions of systemic injustice. We provide numbers and facts supported by science to benefit our allies in marginalized communities. We use our scholarship to support and strengthen the voices of women, queer people, POC, climate activists, victims of sexual harassment, and any people working to fight injustice. If you can’t attend the event, you can also donate here.

Tickets
$20 General Seating
$30 VIP Seating
VIP seating gets you a guaranteed good view of the stage, a goody bag and special attention from stage bunnies and ticket providers.
21+ Venue

https://www.facebook.com/events/190254355555420/

NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK.

Would you like to meet up with us for the 2020 Seattle Womxn’s March? This year’s march in Seattle was postponed to March 8th, which is International Women’s Day. You can find out more about the event at the organizers’ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1265882636940368/

If you would like to meet up with our group before the march, you can find us at The Station coffeehouse (right next to the Beacon Hill light rail station) from 12:00-12:30pm on March 8th. From there, we will head out to join the rally, which begins at the Beacon Hill playfield at 1pm. After the rally, the march will proceed into downtown Seattle.

All ages and genders are welcome to join us to march, members and allies alike!

The AAAS is meeting in Seattle this weekend! Whether you are participating in the meeting or not, we invite you to join us for this post-AAAS happy hour meetup!

Come chat over beers with local and national leaders of 500 Women Scientists at this casual happy hour event on February 16th from 6-8pm.  Open to all ages and all genders, both members and allies are welcome.  Food will be available for purchase from the Taqueria La Original food truck at the venue.  This is a great time to meet some of your fellow awesome ladies of science to chat about politics and careers!

This meeting is open to all members, including prospective members who just want to check out what we're all about. We will discuss upcoming plans for events, as well as discuss what issues we should work on next. It's a great time to meet some of your fellow (awesome) women scientists in town, network, and connect. Find out if you'd like to get more involved in the organization!

You can find us in the Snug Room at the back of the pub. Note that this venue is 21+ only, and is accessible by descending one flight of stairs. Please contact us if that is preventing you from attending, so we can accommodate at future meetings.

We’ll meet quarterly, so if you can’t make this one, save the date for our Spring meeting on May 12th!

Anyone is welcome to join our group at the MLK Day rally and march, starting at Garfield High School and finishing at Westlake Park. You are invited to wear a lab coat and/or a flower crown if you have one. All ages and genders, members and allies alike, are welcome to join us and help carry our banner!

If you want meetup details, email us before march day at sea500womensci@gmail.com to get locations and contact info.  

Rally starts at Garfield at 11am. March starts at 12:30pm, and proceeds to Westlake Park.

Weather forecasts indicate cold weather coming, with a possibility of snow.  We will be playing it by ear depending on conditions.  If you're planning to march, make sure you're ready with good boots, coats and other warm gear!

Event page: https://www.seattlemlkcoalition.org/

Our facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2726155534145804/

This is a great opportunity to meet up with some awesome women of science! Current members can join us, as well as prospective members and allies. All genders are welcome. Venue is 21+ only. Kick back and chat science, careers, and politics over drinks and snacks with some new friends!

This event is a panel discussion co-hosted by Seattle 500 Women Scientists and UAW Local 4121. Following up on the Nov 19th & 20th NASEM public summit of the Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education, this panel will explore the ways that grassroots collective action can help prevent and address sexual harassment in STEM fields and in academia at large. The panel is from 2pm-3pm at Anthony’s Forum inside Dempsey Hall on UW campus. Following this, there will be a social mixer at the College Inn Pub, in the Snug Room (4006 University Way NE) from 3:30pm to 5pm. Both events are open to people of all genders, and allies as well as those new to the movement. The panel event is open to people of all ages, but the mixer venue is 21+ only.

Panelists will include:

Jennifer M. Gómez, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute for Child & Family Development (MPSI)
Wayne State University

Libby Youngerman
Legal Advocate
King County Sexual Assault Resource Center (KCSARC)

Sam Sumpter
Vice President, UAW Local 4121
PhD Candidate, Department of Philosophy, UW

Emily Myers
Executive Board Member, UAW 4121
PhD Candidate, Department of Pharmacology, UW
Leadership, Seattle 500 Women Scientists

Panel will be moderated by Sarah Myhre, PhD

Executive Director, Rowan Institute
Leadership, Seattle 500 Women Scientists

We will be at Geek Girl Con with a fun panel about the Science of SciFi. Hosted by seven awesome Women of Science, we will discuss all your burning questions, such as:

Could we bring dinosaurs back to life? Will we ever make contact with aliens? Will robots take over the world? In this panel, we will explore the links between scientific research and science fiction (SciFi). While keeping scientific concepts accessible, we will discuss the advances being made in fields portrayed in SciFi media. Researchers in robotics, astronomy, and genetics will discuss fiction and real research, and the lessons that each can learn from the other. Find us in the “Uhura” room at 5:30pm on Saturday Nov 16th. All ages and genders are welcome!

Admission requires a day pass to Geek Girl Con, which you can get here:

https://geekgirlcon.com/passes/

And you can check out the full con schedule here:

https://geekgirlcon.com/schedule/

This meeting is open to all members, including prospective members who just want to check out what we're all about. We will discuss upcoming plans for events, as well as discuss what issues we should work on next. It's a great time to meet some of your fellow (awesome) women scientists in town, network, and connect. Find out if you'd like to get more involved in the organization!

You can find us in the Charles Simonyi Mixing Chamber (Level 5). Light snacks will be provided, or you are welcome to bring in your own food.

We’ll meet quarterly, so if you can’t make this one, save the date for our Winter meeting on February 11th!

This is a great opportunity to meet up with some awesome women of science! Current members can join us, as well as prospective members and allies. All ages and genders are welcome. You can bring your dog too! Kick back and chat science, careers, and politics over drinks and snacks with some new friends!

We will be participating in the youth-led climate strike events on Friday Sept 20th. Join us at Cal Anderson Park from 9am - 12:30pm for a Climate Fair. We will be presenting an “Ask A Climate Scientist” booth where all ages can come get their questions answered by real scientists who study climate. Then we will march down to City Hall and rally there from 1pm - 3pm. Join us to help carry our banner, and celebrate this global movement! All ages and genders are welcome to join our group at the event.

This month we will meet up for a potluck! It’s a great time to meet some fellow members, and chat about science and politics in a casual setting. Please bring a dish and/or beverages to share. We will also be making signs for the upcoming Climate Strike events, so if you have sign-making materials to share, bring those too! All genders and all ages are welcome. Feel free to drop by for a few minutes, or stay for the whole event.

The location is the Radford Court Community Room at 6301 65th Ave NE, Seattle 98115. When you arrive, follow signs to the office, and the community room is located next to the office. If you are planning to drive, parking permits are available. Please email us at sea500womensci@gmail.com if you’d like to reserve a permit in advance. Or just ask the organizers for a permit when you arrive.

This meeting is open to all members, including prospective members who just want to check out what we're all about.  We will discuss upcoming plans for events, as well as discuss what issues we should work on next.  It's a great time to meet some of your fellow (awesome) women scientists in town, network, and connect.  Find out if you'd like to get more involved in the organization!

Find us in the Snug Room, all the way at the back of the pub. (Note: Venue is 21+ only. If that’s preventing you from attending, please let us know so we can adjust for future meetings.)

We’ll meet quarterly, so if you can’t make this one, save the date for our Autumn meeting on November 12th!

Do you like science? Do you like beer? Do you like PRIZES? Join us for Science Trivia Night at Peddler Brewing! Peddler is generously donating a dollar from each pint sold, with proceeds going to 500 Women Scientists and Health Alliance International. We also have prizes from Theo Chocolates, Hyperfizzics, and Cubes Baking.

Teams limited to 8 people. This event is open to everyone, members and non-members alike, all ages, and even dogs too!

https://www.facebook.com/events/355957448398626/

It’s time to act on climate change and make Seattle’s streets safe and accessible for everyone: people of all ages, languages, ethnicities, genders, races, and abilities.

Join us on Sunday, June 16 for this family-friendly (and father-friendly!) event calling on City leadership to act boldly on transportation. We'll meet at Seattle City Hall at 1pm for a fun rally and then bike, walk and roll with hundreds of people down 4th Avenue to Westlake Park, where there will be actions to take as well as music, art, and other activities.

There will be a marching band, public officials, calls to action, and plenty of fun as we urge Seattle leaders to step up. More info:

https://www.facebook.com/events/471410100268488/

https://ride4safestreets.org

If you'd like to go and want to meet up with others from our organization before the rally, you can meet up at 12:30pm in front of the Top Pot on 3rd Ave (between Cherry & Columbia).  Some of us will be wearing flower crowns and/or lab coats, and we encourage you to wear any colorful, fun, or scientific attire you enjoy.

Find out the inside scoop on how 500 Women Scientists is going to leverage the international power of over 20,000 women to push the feminist scientist agenda to make STEM more inclusive. Come meet the leadership team of the local 500WS pod, as well as members of the national 500WS leadership board. This event is open to everyone, members and allies alike. All ages and genders are welcome.

https://www.facebook.com/events/686239831817065/

This venue is child and dog friendly, wheel chair accessible and has gender-less bathrooms. It is within a 10 minute walk from the Capitol Hill light rail system and well connected by bus routes. This venue serves only beer and water, but generally has a food truck on the premises. Light snacks will be provided by the org. It is a loud space that might be challenging for people with sensory sensitivities.

This is a great opportunity to meet up with some awesome women of science!  Current members can join us, as well as prospective members and allies.  All genders are welcome.  Kick back and chat science, careers, and politics over drinks and snacks with some new friends! (Note: this venue is 21+ only.)

This meeting is open to all members, including prospective members who just want to check out what we're all about.  We will discuss upcoming plans for events, as well as discuss what issues we should work on next.  It's a great time to meet some of your fellow (awesome) women scientists in town, network, and connect.  Find out if you'd like to get more involved in the organization!

Find us in the Snug Room, all the way at the back of the pub. (Note: Venue is 21+ only. If that’s preventing you from attending, please let us know so we can adjust for future meetings.)

We’ll meet quarterly, so if you can’t make this one, save the date for our Summer meeting on July 9th!

In collaboration with AWIS we are presenting a panel discussion and networking event titled:  "Beyond the Lab: what it takes to bring a science perspective to politics".  Speakers will include:

Yasmeen Hussain, who holds a PhD in biology and recently completed a AAAS Congressional Fellowship, working in the office of Rep. Bill Foster.

Emily Myers, who is a PhD candidate in Pharmacology and is currently running for Seattle City Council in District 4.

And more special guests to be announced!

Schedule
Wednesday, March 20th

6:00 PM – Networking and Refreshment
6:30 PM – Introductions, Program
7:45 PM – Networking and Dessert

Location
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 
Pelton Auditorium
1100 Fairview Ave. N.
Seattle, WA 98109-1024
Please enter through Thomas Building.
*Free Visitor Parking in front of and to the side of Thomas Building and Employee Parking lot off Aloha St. (across from SCCA).

This event is free to attend, and open to the public.  Both members and non-members are welcome, as well as all ages and all genders!

Come meet up with us on the south side of Seattle…

This is a great opportunity to meet up with some awesome women of science!  Current members can join us, as well as prospective members and allies.  All ages and genders are welcome.  Kick back and chat science, careers, and politics over drinks and snacks with some new friends!

BeerStar is a cool beer hall with a huge tap list: http://www.beerstarusa.com/whitecenter

Food is also available from Lil Woody’s Burgers and South Side Pizza at the same location. This venue is all ages, and dogs are welcome too!

Come celebrate two years of advocating for science activism, evidence-based policy making, and awesome women in STEM! Meet us in the loft space inside Optimism to hear about what we’ve accomplished so far, what we plan to do next, and chat over beers about science, careers, and politics. All genders and all ages are welcome, members and allies alike! Venue is dog-friendly too! There will be fun trivia, cake, postcard writing, cake, a photo booth, and…CAKE!!!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1606312719500850/

The long arc of history bends toward justice not by random chance, but because the people demand it with their souls, their voices and with their bodies.

Join us at the Seattle MLK Jr. Organizing Coalition's annual day of events celebrating the life and legacy of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. The event starts at Garfield High School and features workshops and rallies followed by a march to downtown. Rally begins at 11am in the gymnasium, and the march leaves for downtown at 12:30pm. For pre-rally meetup location details, contact Jodie Katon at jkaton2@yahoo.com . If you can’t come to the rally but want to find us before the march, meet up with us on 23rd Ave directly across the street from Ezell’s Chicken at ~12:30pm.

More about the event: https://www.seattlemlkcoalition.org/

We will present a discussion and workshop focusing on organized labor in STEM fields and highlighting the impact of the #MeToo movement on STEM professionals. Speakers will include leaders from local labor organizations that represent STEM workers, as well as people on the front lines of developing greater protections for women in STEM, who experience rates of workplace sexual harassment second only to those in the military. We will provide guidance on how to navigate through workplace conflicts, and attendees will leave with a toolkit of strategies for dealing with gendered harassment in the workplace. This event is presented as part of “Building Power”, a weekend of community engagement organized by Seattle Womxn Marching Forward, in celebration of the second anniversary of the historic Women’s March protests of 2017. https://www.seattlewomxnmarchingforward.org/anniv-2019/

The long arc of history bends toward justice not by random chance, but because the people demand it with their souls, their voices and with their bodies.

Help us bring our banner through the 3rd Seattle Womxn's March. We'll be wearing purple, flower crowns, and lab coats or other lab gear (but feel free to wear whatever you like). We'll have pre-march snacks, extra posters and are a dog/kid friendly group!

Meet us in the northwest corner of the ball field (Pine St side of the park). We'll be there by 9AM.

More info on the whole weekend available here:

https://www.seattlewomxnmarchingforward.org/

Seattle 500 Women Scientists will be joining The Red Door for “Beer Trumps Hate”. We'll be drinking beer to benefit the Queen Anne Helpline, making posters, and getting amped up for one hell of a weekend.

Be sure to RSVP with the Red Door too: https://www.facebook.com/events/124698118469141/
Our FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/226851861440289/

This meeting is open to all members, including prospective members who just want to check out what we're all about.  We will discuss upcoming plans for events, as well as discuss what issues we should work on next.  It's a great time to meet some of your fellow (awesome) women scientists in town, network, and connect.  Find out if you'd like to get more involved in the organization!

Find us in the Snug Room, all the way at the back of the pub. (Note: Venue is 21+ only. If that’s preventing you from attending, please let us know so we can adjust for future meetings.)

We’ll meet quarterly, so if you can’t make this one, save the date for our Spring meeting on April 9th!