There must be thousands of photos and videos online of the thousands of people attending the March for Science – Boston yesterday, in concert with many, many more people in similar marches around the world that day.  In Boston, MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito spoke to the crowd, saying:

In the ’60s, the President galvanized America under a dream of science. This time, we have an attack on science.  We shouldn’t take that attack and cower in fear. We should take it as a challenge, as an opportunity.  We have all these people who care about science, marching all over the world.  It’s not only our opportunity — it’s our obligation — to take advantage of this energy to come together.  If you’re a scientist, or even if you’re not a scientist, reach out to the people who are not here today, who aren’t excited about science. Don’t argue with them. Share your passion. Get them to join the team. We have to come together under a passion for science, rather than fear, fighting, and arguing. And I think we can do it.