{"id":635,"date":"2020-06-10T09:26:32","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T13:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/bzlab\/?p=635"},"modified":"2020-06-10T09:26:32","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T13:26:32","slug":"shutdownstem-shutdownacademia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/bzlab\/2020\/06\/10\/shutdownstem-shutdownacademia\/","title":{"rendered":"#ShutDownSTEM #ShutDownAcademia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/bzlab\/files\/2020\/06\/IMG_3142.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-636\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/bzlab\/files\/2020\/06\/IMG_3142-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/bzlab\/files\/2020\/06\/IMG_3142-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/bzlab\/files\/2020\/06\/IMG_3142-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/bzlab\/files\/2020\/06\/IMG_3142.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/bzlab\/files\/2020\/06\/IMG_3143.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-637\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/bzlab\/files\/2020\/06\/IMG_3143-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/bzlab\/files\/2020\/06\/IMG_3143-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/bzlab\/files\/2020\/06\/IMG_3143-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/bzlab\/files\/2020\/06\/IMG_3143.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today as part of the BLM (Black Lives Matter) movement there is #ShutDownSTEM and #ShutDownAcademia. The Zupan lab will also be participating. We will not be conducting research. We will not be holding meetings. We will not go on as business as usual. We will, however, be actively engaging in a conversation\u00a0about race,\u00a0its\u00a0intersectionality with STEM, and how to make our lab a more equitable space especially for our BIPOC (Black\/Indeginous\/People of Color) and LGBTQ+ students.\u00a0We are writing this in solidarity and recognize it is our responsibility\u00a0as non-Black allies to do the work.<\/p>\n<p>This moment\u00a0is a time for us to educate ourselves, but to also create and follow through with plans to eradicate racism in STEM and academia. This is to hold us accountable and to support our BIPOC students. This day is not meant to be a one time checklist\u00a0of being an ally\u00a0or proving wokeness. Being an ally is not a noun it is a verb &#8211; it\u00a0means constant work and action. As such we will be updating our progress and efforts to the movement on this page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today as part of the BLM (Black Lives Matter) movement there is #ShutDownSTEM and #ShutDownAcademia. The Zupan lab will also be participating. We will not be conducting research. We will not be holding meetings. We will not go on as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/bzlab\/2020\/06\/10\/shutdownstem-shutdownacademia\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8728,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/bzlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/bzlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/bzlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/bzlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8728"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/bzlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/bzlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":638,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/bzlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635\/revisions\/638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/bzlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/bzlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/bzlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}