<div dir="ltr"><div><div><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(49,49,49)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Hi PCC Community,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(49,49,49)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(49,49,49)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">As you know, the US weather and climate research community is facing an unprecedented attack on our research and forecasting capabilities. </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">From </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Wed. May 28th to Sun. June 1st</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">, we will begin a public-facing, nonpartisan 100-hour </span><a href="https://wcstreamathon.netlify.app/" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";color:rgb(66,133,244)" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Weather & Climate Livestream</span></a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">, where meteorologists and climate scientists from across the country will give virtual 20-minute talks continuously as we share our work and why it matters for every American. Viewers will get a chance to interact with the speakers via moderated questions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(49,49,49)"><br></p><p style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";font-style:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(49,49,49)" dir="auto"><span style="font-weight:400;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I'm helping organize this, and we still need ~30 speakers to fill our livestream.</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> If you are willing to participate and are </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap">a climate scientist or meteorologist whose work has ever been funded in part by the US federal government, </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">please email me directly. Additionally, </span><b>we have</b><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap"><b> an urgent need for someone to fill open slots from 12:30 - 1 am and 1:30-2 am Pacific Time on early Thursday morning</b>. If you are willing to do this in the name of protecting climate science, please email me ASAP!  </span></p><p style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";font-style:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(49,49,49)" dir="auto"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";font-style:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(49,49,49)"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap">Additionally, please follow us on Youtube and social media <a class="gmail_plusreply" id="plusReplyChip-0">@wclivestream</a></span></p><p style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";font-style:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(49,49,49)" dir="auto"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";font-style:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(49,49,49)"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you so much for your consideration! <br></span></p><p style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";font-style:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(49,49,49)" dir="auto"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";font-style:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(49,49,49)"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap">Best, </span></p><p style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";font-style:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(49,49,49)"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap">Stella </span></p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size="4" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Stella Heflin</font></b> <font style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)">(she/her)</font></font><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">University of Washington | Graduate Student </font><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Atmospheric and Climate Science | Fu Group </font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">PCC | Graduate Steering Committee Member </font></div><div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Graduate Fellow | Center for Environmental Politics</font></div></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://graduateclimateconference.github.io/" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" target="_blank">GCC 2025</a> | Organizing Committee</font></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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