Science is a Drag (Previously funded 2022)
Science is a Drag is working towards a just world where all barriers to participation and retention in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Medicine (STEMM)
A remembering and returning to Love.
This pillar is our foundation — The root of all wave-making.
The selfless act of using one’s time to make impactful change is, within itself, a loving act of kindness.
It is leading with compassion and choosing to do the internal work so that we can always find our way back to love. It is filling up our own cup, so that we have enough overflow to share with others.
How can we make generosity and connection as present as the air we breathe?
#STWLove #STWKindness
A remembering and returning to Love.
This pillar is our foundation — The root of all wave-making.
The selfless act of using one’s time to make impactful change is, within itself, a loving act of kindness.
It is leading with compassion and choosing to do the internal work so that we can always find our way back to love. It is filling up our own cup, so that we have enough overflow to share with others.
How can we make generosity and connection as present as the air we breathe?
#STWLove #STWKindness
Science is a Drag is working towards a just world where all barriers to participation and retention in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Medicine (STEMM)
Phoenix, Arizona – Akimel O’odham (Upper Pima), Hohokam, and O’odham land
Our mission is to empower and uplift parents so that they can provide the love, acceptance, and support that their children need to thrive. We
Texas, US – Coahuiltecan, Jumanos, Nʉmʉnʉʉ (Comanche), and Tonkawa lands
Our vision is to support individuals who have been in catastrophic level car accidents with a healing and regenerative process whereby through a series of
British Columbia, Canada – Turtle Island
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