314 Action
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| Founded | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Shaughnessy Naughton |
| Type | Political action committee |
| Website | www |
314 Action is a nonprofit political action committee that seeks to elect scientists in the United States.
Mission[]
The mission of 314 Action is to connect people with backgrounds in science, technology, engineering, and math to the skills and funding needed for a successful political campaign.[1][2]
The group is characterized as a liberal and Democratic-leaning group since 314 Action uses ActBlue as its payment processing platform and mostly targets Republican-held federal and state positions in its campaigns.[citation needed]
Founding[]
The organization was founded in 2016 by researcher Shaughnessy Naughton.[3][4] Naughton is a business owner and a chemist who ran for Congress in Pennsylvania in 2014.[5]
Name[]
The group gets its name from pi (π), a mathematical constant approximately equal to 3.14.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Kaplan, Sarah (January 18, 2017). "This group wants to fight 'anti-science' rhetoric by getting scientists to run for office". The Washington Post.
- ^ Livni, Ephrat (December 15, 2017). "Scientists in the US are running for office to combat the science-denial descending on DC". QZ.com. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
- ^ Yong, Ed (January 25, 2017). "Thanks to Trump, Scientists Are Planning to Run for Office". The Atlantic. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
- ^ "'It’s important to have scientific voices heard at all levels of government'". Los Angeles Times. December 15, 2017.
- ^ Martin, Michel (February 26, 2017). "Fearing Climate Change Policy Under Trump, STEM Group Works To Get Scientists Elected". All Things Considered. National Public Radio.
Sources[]
- "As a Response to Trump, This Group Is Drafting Scientists to Run for Office". Motherboard. January 10, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
- Mukherjee, Sy (January 25, 2017). "Scientists Gear Up to Run for Office In a World of 'Alternate Facts'". Fortune. January 25, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
- Amy Harmon and Henry Fountain "In Age of Trump, Scientists Show Signs of a Political Pulse". New York Times. February 6, 2017.
- Ed Yong February 28, 2018 "Here's How The Scientists Running for Office Are Doing". The Atlantic. February 28, 2018.
- Maggie Astor January 13, 2019"An Ocean Engineer and a Nuclear Physicist Walk Into Congress …. ". New York Times. January 13, 2019.
- Emma Goldberg May 9, 2020 "Nightly Applause Is Nice, but Some Doctors Think Votes Would Be Nicer". New York Times. May 9, 2020.
- Joseph Marks May 20, 2019 "The Cybersecurity 202: These political candidates are running on their cybersecurity expertise". The Washington Post. May 20, 2019.
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