This week's Why Social Science? post comes from three participants from this year's Social Science Advocacy Day who reflected upon their advocacy experiences and the importance of advocating for the social sciences.
Contributors: Kami Silk, University of Delaware; Sofi Cavenaile, University of Texas, San Antonio; and Adrianna Spindle-Jackson, Boston University
On March 29, 2022, nearly 70 social and behavioral science researchers, students, university administrators, and other stakeholders participated in Social Science Advocacy Day. This annual event, organized by in the Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA), brings together advocates from across the country to engage with Members of Congress and their staff to explain why social science needs to be supported and how these sciences are putting people back at the center of policymaking. This year, advocates from 22 states met virtually with 88 Congressional offices in the House of Representatives and Senate. In this month's post, there are reflections from three of them: a department chair, a doctoral student, and an undergraduate student.