Dear UKPN members,
We would like to invite you to join us and our partners across APECS in celebrating Polar Pride Day on 18th November 2023. As Polar Pride is on the weekend this year we would encourage departments and organisations to do something on the 17th November to then celebrate online for the 18th November.
Polar Pride Day is a celebration of the contributions of LGBTQIA+ people to Polar science. Polar Pride launched in 2020 with participation from 49 countries with over 4000 tweets, and a global reach of over 12.8 million people! In 2023 we want to build on this success and take the Polar Pride message to an even bigger audience and we need your help to do it.
A particular highlight of last year were the images of celebrations in the field. If you have plans to celebrate at either pole, at your institute or virtually, please make sure that you take some photos or video to share on the day. If you are using Twitter, please use the hashtags #PolarPride, #PolarPrideDay or #PolarPride2023.
Please share widely, stay in touch, and let us know what you'll be getting up to! More information can be found in the attached document.
Thanks,
Millie and Louise
EDI Co-Officers
UK Polar Network (https://polarnetwork.org/)
Twitter:@UKPolarNetwork
Email: edi@polarnetwork.org
