*Free*

The DC Science Writers invites all press attendees to our annual holiday party! Join our members and friends for a free festive celebration on Gather Town, a virtual platform designed for networking.

In Gather Town, you can create an avatar, ‘walk’ around a ‘room,’ and have video conversations with fellow attendees in groups or individually—sort of like Club Penguin (or other multiplayer online games) with a video chat function. When you walk up to another person’s avatar, your videos will automatically pop up like a Zoom call and you can mingle or network, almost like we’re together at the National Press Club as usual.

This year’s holiday party admission will be free, thanks to the benefit of no venue cost or catering expenses. But we want this event to be special, so we are selling $5 DCSWA coffee mugs when you register to hold your beverages for future DCSWA gatherings! (The cost offsets shipping, but we're covering the rest.) You're also welcome to make a donation so we can pay our speakers and panelists for future events.

• You can visit an example Gather Town room in this tutorial.
• Gather Town Instructions Google Doc written by DCSWA. 
• You can register today and order your mug! After registering, you will receive a confirmation email from Wild Apricot.Registration.

*Times listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5:00)