The International Younger Chemists Netwrok (IYCN) strongly supports the three main points of the March for Science movement of 2018.

As scientists, we tend to be pretty great at failing – come on all you graduate students out there, you know what I’m talking about. Yet when it comes to stepping out of our comfort zones we freeze. Whether because we are just a bit more reserved or because we think people won’t get us, this has to change. If we don’t tell society what we need, nobody will. As scientists, we need to put ourselves out there, let people hear what we have to say. We need to be loud, we need to c

We march for young chemists around the world so their voices can be heard. We march because some of the largest scientific advancements have been made in the face of adversity. We march because we believe that everyone should have the right to share their intellectual ideas and not be silenced. We march so that all young people regardless of gender or identity know that they too can be chemists. And doctors, and astronauts. We march because chemists can guarantee the best pha