CEDAR email: ANNOUNCEMENT: Project LISA-Helio (Leaders for an Inclusive and SAfe Heliophysics community)

[Nikoukar, Romina]

Dear Colleagues,

We announce the formation of Project LISA-Helio (Leaders for an Inclusive and SAfe Heliophysics community), dedicated to opposing harassment within our science community, with the goal of creating a future for heliophysics that is safe and welcoming for people of all backgrounds. This initiative will serve as a platform for advocacy, mentorship, education, and support for women and other underrepresented groups, and fundamentally shift the current culture, where harassment goes ignored or outright dismissed. We call upon everyone within our community to contribute to this cause.

This movement is inspired by a broad systemic problem that is deeply ingrained within our wider Heliophysics community. Whether serving on committees or panels, presenting at conferences, or in our day-to-day work, we are constantly reminded of the pervasiveness of sexual and gender harassment and the lack of adequate training and protections.

Project LISA-Helio  is dedicated to bringing awareness and change in order to create a safe culture and environment in our field. If these sentiments resonate with you, please respond to this call to action by signing up for our mailing list on this Google form: https://forms.gle/8yuffMAhieg6Q89x7. More details will follow.

Sincerely,
Lisa Winter-Baek, Raluca Ilie, Romina Nikoukar, Alessandra Pacini, and Lisa Upton
Email address: Womeninheliophysics at gmail.com



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