Hard to know exactly what we can do. I do not feel our professional society is all that interested in making the science accessible, and this is in part b/c most (though not all) of the ppl involved are not from working class backgrounds. Many really do not understand the limitations or issues

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Mentoring ppl whose parents did not go to college is a huge deal. Giving non-professionals opportunity to be involved in research can provide a first step. I feel however, that just like the arts, much of paleontology is sliding into pay-to-play, which is stupid as collecting fossils is for everyone

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I am looking at maybe having some sponsorship for ppl without the financial means to take the summer off and dig. Am also looking into running a summer prep program for ppl that can't be in the field. Always a need to find funding, which is the tough part.

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Our fieldwork program is free - Not a huge step, but it means there is a place where anyone can come dig & learn w/out paying $2500/wk, or being enrolled in an expensive college. I think I am failing however, as we still get relatively few ppl from working-class backgrounds (as far as I can tell)

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We’ve been working on this all month. He wanted to be a borb. I helped with design and building the cardboard sphere and hemisphere with beak. We painted and decorated it together. I literally designed it so I was sure it could fit through the narrow doorways in our house.

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