"Thousands of scientists participated in a one day strike on June 10 as part of the nationwide wave of protests that followed the death of George Floyd at the hands of police two weeks earlier. Called to focus attention on racial injustice in STEM fields, the strike was supported by an array of academic institutions and scientific societies, including AIP, that halted regular business for the day." Andrea Peterson of AIP writes in Discussions Intensify on Systemic Racism in Physics. Cranmer is part of the Particles for Justice group, which first called for the strike.

Peterson continues, "Since the strike, discussions have continued in the physical sciences community, with a focus on deepening long-term efforts to ensure that educational and research environments are equitable, safe, and welcoming for all. For instance, this month’s meeting of the federal government’s High Energy Physics Advisory Panel featured a discussion with physicists affiliated with the Particles for Justice group, which first called for the strike. And in June, the American Physical Society hosted a webinar titled, “From Passion to Action: Levers and Tools for Making Physics Inclusive and Equitable.”

Cranmer joined, Ketevi Assamagan, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, and Brian Shuve in the HEPAP panel discussion.

Other press around the strike:

• Gizmodo: Scientists Call for Academic Shutdown in Support of Black Lives

• Physics Today: Academics to stage Strike for Black Lives, ShutDownSTEM on 10 June

• Nature: Thousands of scientists worldwide to go on strike for Black lives

• Sojourner Truth Radio: Interview with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein and Brian Nord

• Scientific American: Scientists and Others Stage a #Strike4BlackLives

• Science: Researchers around the world prepare to #ShutDownSTEM and ‘Strike For Black Lives’

• CBS News: Scientists around the world will go on one-day strike to protest institutional racism

• Wired: Across the Globe, Scientists Are Striking for Black Lives

• New Scientist: Scientists around the world are striking against racism in academia

• Voice of America: "Particles for Justice" Strike: Black Scientists and the Universe of Racism

• la Repubblica: Morte Floyd, lo sciopero della scienza contro il razzismo

• La Vanguardia: Científicos de todo el mundo secundan una huelga contra el racismo

• Der Spiegel: Wissenschaftler weltweit legen aus Protest die Arbeit nieder

• EarthSky: Scientists to strike on June 10 #ShutDownSTEM #Strike4BlackLives

• Chicago Tribune: Scientists across the US are on strike Wednesday in support of Black Lives Matter, organized in part by Fermilab, U. of C. physicist

• New York Times: For a Day, Scientists Pause Science to Confront Racism

• Live Science: Amazing Black scientists

• Built in Chicago: #ShutDownSTEM Movement Co-Founded by UChicago Scientist Goes Global

• RPP: La ciencia también se une: Científicos de todo el mundo harán huelga por 'Black Lives Matter'

• New York Times: From Cosmetics to NASCAR, Calls for Racial Justice Are Spreading

• FQXi Podcast: Strike for Black Lives

• Grist: Earth scientists #ShutDownSTEM — and reckon with racism in their departments

• Axios: Astronomers and physicists fight systemic racism in their own fields

• Around the O: UO community pauses for reflection on racism in research

• University Affairs: How a group of physicists started a protest movement in solidarity with Black Lives Matter