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A note from Interim Executive Director Jennifer Shirk At this moment of shared attention to racial disparities, what's on my mind is taking responsibility - in particular, reflecting on where we can take responsibility at the Citizen Science Association (CSA) and across the field. CSA stands for integrity in science and integrity in engagement. As an Association of people devoted to this work - to bridging the gaps between science and society - we know that these two things go hand in hand in what we do. But it is necessary to take a deep look at the way we understand integrity in…

Announcing candidates for the 2020-2023 term on CSA's Board of Directors The Nominations Committee is pleased to put forward the following ballot of candidates to fill the two open seats on the CSA Board of Directors. From this ballot, the two candidates with the most votes will be elected to join the CSA Board. Elected candidates will serve a 3-year term beginning in May. As you review the candidate profiles, we urge you to evaluate them on the skills and ideas each might bring to help advance our still fledgling organization. We rely on Board members to shape the future…

We are pleased to announce the Environmental Justice Practitioners’ Working Group (EJPWG)- the newest of nine CSA working groups.  A group of EJ scholarship awardees at the Citizen Science Association's Conference March 13-16, 2019 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Photo by Marilu Lopez Fretts The need for an EJPWG emerged from conversations at CitSci2019 conference initiated by a cohort of National Science Foundation Scholarship Awardees. The EJPWG's mission includes strategies for equitable "community science" for people of color via "citizen science" affiliations.  The EJPWG has outlined 3 major objectives: Maintain and foster a strong network of community-based EJ practitioners Create learning spaces…

Announcing candidates for the 2019-2022 term on CSA's Board of Directors The Nominations Committee is pleased to put forward the following ballot of candidates to fill the four open seats on the CSA Board of Directors. From this ballot, the four candidates with the most votes will be elected to join the CSA Board. Elected candidates will serve a 3-year term beginning in May. As you review the candidate profiles, we urge you to evaluate them on the skills and ideas each might bring to help advance our still fledgling organization. We rely on Board members to shape the future…

End of year reflections from CSA's Interim Executive Director, Jennifer Shirk The Global Mosquito Alert Consortium tackles issues of public health and species distribution through locally-driven data collection efforts. "Hope punk" is, I've recently learned, a new term for the genre of podcasts that make up most of my playlist (and maybe some of yours as well). As described by some writers and journalists, hope punk is the sense that we can make disruptive, positive choices in light of daunting and unthinkable challenges. To me, this sounds a lot like citizen science. Many of us do citizen science in the…