{"id":9318,"date":"2017-04-19T12:10:25","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T16:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/march-for-science-in-albany-is-this-weekend\/"},"modified":"2017-04-19T12:10:25","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T16:10:25","slug":"march-for-science-in-albany-is-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/march-for-science-in-albany-is-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"March for Science in Albany is this weekend!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Albany March for Science will be this\u00a0Saturday, April 22nd from noon to 4 p.m. at the Empire State Plaza. This is going to be an incredible event! We expect a very large crowd (2,000 to 5,000 people). The march is a non-political gathering of support for the value of science to our society and to help reinforce the idea that science is done by real people and it benefits real people &#8212; people who live all around us.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1-2:30 p.m. &#8212; Family friendly science activities and informational tables (including science experiments from local college clubs)<\/li>\n<li>2:30-3:15 p.m. &#8212; Rally at the West Steps<\/li>\n<li>3:15-4:00 p.m. &#8212; March around the Capitol building and the surrounding neighborhood<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can park under the plaza in the visitor parking and walk over to the Capitol building.<\/p>\n<p>People will begin arriving at 1 p.m. and the activity tables will go on until about 3:15 when the march begins; speakers will begin at 2:30.\u00a0 We have permission to use the Hudson Valley Community College banner, so those marching may carry it with them if they would like.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preparation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Parking information: <a href=\"https:\/\/ogs.ny.gov\/BU\/BA\/Parking\/Visitor\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ogs.ny.gov\/BU\/BA\/Parking\/Visitor\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bathrooms: In the concourse, open through the Abrams\/Justice Building.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure you dress in layers and bring and food and \/ or water since none will be available.<\/li>\n<li>Food: No vendors at the March. Daily Grind (Lark St); Starbucks (State and Pearl) are both within easy walking distance to the March, as are other food vendors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Helping Out<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>HVCC has an activity table that is well staffed, but the March itself needs volunteers for setup, guides, march wardens, and cleanup. \u00a0You can sign up to volunteer here &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1lKjwJdySl3mGrB-fRjTdGzcstKh20WbYekqEenrZtFs\/viewform?edit_requested=true\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1lKjwJdySl3mGrB-fRjTdGzcstKh20WbYekqEenrZtFs\/viewform?edit_requested=true<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Want to volunteer to be a &#8220;Meet the Scientist&#8221; participant? \u00a0Register here &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1vJkJ4qLIw5wttgDg8PJYg2tGjZVUM7n0P7bFVbMWEiw\/viewform?edit_requested=true\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1vJkJ4qLIw5wttgDg8PJYg2tGjZVUM7n0P7bFVbMWEiw\/viewform?edit_requested=true<\/a>. If you have registered to be a &#8220;meet the scientist,&#8221; you can arrive any time before 1 p.m. and check in at the information table. Feel free to join us at the activity table when you have a free moment.<\/li>\n<li>Advertise this with our students, your family and friends, and the community!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out the Facebook page for information about the other groups attending and our speakers (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1803568203236451\/?active_tab=discussion\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1803568203236451\/?active_tab=discussion<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>See you there!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Wed, 19 Apr 2017 12:10:25 +0000 by\u00a0j.thompson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Albany March for Science will be this\u00a0Saturday, April 22nd from noon to 4 p.m. at the Empire State&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}