Hello Everyone, We will be having an open UMD American Nuclear Society meeting on *Wednesday, April 11 at 6:00 PM in CHE1302*. We will be having a very special guest, *Samuel Brinton*, coming in to talk about Nuclear Energy Advocacy. For those who do not know, Samuel Brinton is a member of ANS National and has been with the Bipartisan Policy Center's Energy Project, where they were a senior policy analyst of Nuclear Waste Initiative. They were an adviser on nuclear matters to President Obama and Trump. Brinton is a LGBTQ+ activist and survivor of conversion therapy; they are working with the National Center for Lesbian and #BornPerfect campaign to end conversion therapy through the 50 Bills 50 States initiative. Brinton graduated from MIT in 2014 with a dual masters degree in nuclear engineering and science as well as technology policy. T*here will be pizza! * *For any questions, email us at:* *[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>* Cheers, University of Maryland American Nuclear Society (UMD ANS)