The petition authors officially delivered the petition to APS on Monday, November 30th, at 8:45 AM EST. At that time, the petition had been signed by 352 people, 174 of whom were APS members.
The petition authors stopped accepting new signatures on Thursday, December 10th, at 2:00 PM EST. In total, the petition was signed by 391 people, 200 of whom were APS members.
Over 250 signatories—including 151 APS members—indicated that they would like to be contacted in the future to discuss actions we can take to resist EO13950 at our workplaces.
The African American Policy Forum (AAPF) is a think tank that "is dedicated to advancing and expanding racial justice, gender equality, and the indivisibility of all human rights, both in the U.S. and internationally." It was co-founded by Kimberlé Crenshaw and Luke Charles Harris.
On October 29, 2020, AAPF released a statement about Executive Order 13950 called "President Trump’s Perverse Equity Gag Order Is Antithetical to Racial Progress and a ‘More Perfect Union’." We encourage you to read the statement and consider signing the corresponding petition (links below). If you have information about how EO13950 is impacting you or your community, we further encourage you to consider providing that information to AAPF.