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Event - Jan 13, 2026
Solar Stewards Best Practices Summit: Mercy, Mercy Me - Datacenters in Our Community Panel Session

ESAL's executive director, Taylor Spicer, will moderate a session at the Solar Stewards Best Practices Summit about datacenters in our community. Tune in for the session or stay for the whole Summit.

Event - Jan 13, 2026
January ESAL Community Action Hour

Spend an hour with ESAL Community members to research opportunities to engage locally, get support towards taking local action, and build relationships with other members. Open to all members of ESAL Community.

Article - Jan 12, 2026
How Libraries Became the New Launchpads for AI Education 

ESAL spoke with pioneering artificial intelligence researcher and educator Kiri Wagstaff about her roles as a Special Advisor on Artificial Intelligence for the Oregon State University Libraries and instructor of a graduate course on applying AI to real-world challenges.

Event - Dec 15, 2025
AI in Policing

Join ESAL for a discussion about how models are trained, errors, word choices, hallucinations and bias and how defense lawyers might try to question AI-generated reports by inquiring into how the AI agent was created.

Event - Dec 10, 2025
ESAL Local Civic Engagement Virtual Workshop: Getting engaged in your state’s legislative session

Christopher Jackson, PhD, ESAL’s Workshops Director, will be facilitating a virtual workshop to help ESAL Community members get ready for the 2026 state legislative season. Become a member to attend for free on Wednesday, Dec. 17.

Event - Nov 22, 2025
December Happy Hour in D.C.

Engineers & Scientists Acting Locally (ESAL) is excited to invite you to an in-person networking social, hosted in collaboration with Engaging Scientists & Engineers in Policy Coalition (ESEP) and the Science Policy Group at UMD!

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