Winners of “Share Your Stance on Personal Genetics (SYS)” Copies!
PGED is thrilled to announce the winners of our DNA Day contest! Five entrants, chosen at random, were selected on April 15th to receive free copies of “Share Your Stance on Personal Genetics (SYS)”. Share Your Stance on Personal Genetics (SYS) is PGED’s first tabletop conversation starter about science, policy, technology, and identity in the genomic age.
Selected from more than 70 submissions, we wish to congratulate our lucky winners:
- Emily Bates, PhD
- Pravalika Rayala
- A. Zientek
- HMS MEDscience
- M. U. E.
Our winners are spread across US geography, with locations in Colorado, Massachusetts, Maryland, Utah, and Wisconsin. They are planning to engage members of their local communities by playing SYS in places of worship, history museums, and in high school bioethics and genetic counseling classrooms.
All of our entrants submitted inspiring ideas about where and how to use SYS. Some highlights include:
- Public health educational outreach events
- Family and friend gatherings
- Disability community spaces
- Girl Guides groups
- STEM festivals
- College club meetings
- Biology class “bell ringer” activity
- Science and lab course “ice breaker” activity
- Department meeting or program retreat “icebreaker” activity
Thank you to our winners and all contest entrants for your excitement about SYS! If you were not selected, you can still play with SYS on DNA Day. Download the free printables for the game on our website through our Resource Hub to print and prepare the materials at home!
We will also be offering a limited number of professionally printed card decks through our website soon. Stay tuned to get your card deck when they’re available!
