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FY2019 GSA ANNUAL REPORT
GSA 2020
MEMBERSHIP
Renew at
Bridging the Geosciences www.geosociety.org/
members
and Public Policy
DID YOU KNOW… GSA MEMBERS MEET WITH representative, reflected, “I learned so
much about geoscience policy, legislation,
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
Five GSA Geographic Sections GSA provides opportunities for its mem- and how we, the scientists, can have a
bers to meet with policy makers by holding positive impact on the continuation of
sponsored students to attend Congressional Visits Days and associated geoscience federal funding and support
Congressional Visits Day in training sessions. Participants begin with from Congress members. This was an
September 2018. an orientation workshop that covers rel- amazing opportunity.”
evant legislation, the structure of Congress,
and strategies to build relationships
HOW GSA MEMBERS CAN GET between scientists and policy makers
INVOLVED: before conducting congressional visits.
GSA led the organization of Geo-
Attend Congressional Visits Day. sciences Congressional Visits Day in
September 2018, during which 40 geosci-
Advocate for science policy.
entists from multiple scientific societies
Simply paying your dues helps conducted visits to 70 congressional
offices. Five GSA Geographic Sections
GSA to work in this area.
sponsored students to attend, joining GSA
leadership and scientists selected through
Apply to be a GSA Science Policy GSA’s online application process. Vanessa GSA student representatives meet with Rep.
Fellow or GSA-USGS Congressional Swenton, the Cordilleran Section student Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) during Congres-
sional Visits Day.
Science Fellow.
From field camp to the
halls of the U.S. Capitol,
my journey as a profes-
sional earth scientist was
made possible by the op-
portunities and the people
of GSA.”—D. Szymanski GSA Geology & Public Policy Committee members meet with Congressional
Research Service staff.
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