Crosspost: A Call for Action Against Harassment in Astronomy

By Authors of Astrobites

Disclaimer: This article was edited by a group of Astrobites authors. It is not intended to be representative of the views of the AAS (which supports Astrobites) or all astronomers.

Over the years, we’ve released many statements encouraging our community to consider how we deal with abuse. With each statement, we’ve been met with hundreds of Twitter likes, tens of retweets, followed quickly by silence and then slowly, but inevitably, the news of yet another harm that we feel obliged to comment on again. 

It’s time we act on these considerations in order to ensure an astronomy that is safe and welcoming to all.  Below, we list a series of actions that would begin to spark this positive, real change. We hope that you, the reader, will join members of Astrobites in signing your name to this open letter.

Read more and sign the letter at

https://astrobites.org/2023/06/25/a-call-for-action-against-harassment-in-astronomy/

Eds note: The CSWA published its Strategic Plan for the 2020s, infomred by its 2019 community survey. Objectives and proposed projects to address Harrassment & Bullying (Focus Area #1) can be found therein.