This is a message of solidarity with Greenland from a group of U.S.-citizen Greenland research scientists:

I write on behalf of a group of U.S. scientists who conduct research in/about Greenland. We are speaking out now in defense of Greenland's sovereignty, and in opposition to our president's aggressive threats. As scientists, we have graciously been granted permission to work in Greenland, whose people and institutions have been welcoming, generous partners for generations, even in spite of the U.S.'s own role in Greenland's colonial history. 

We came together to:

1) express gratitude to Greenland and our connections there for their generations of partnership, welcoming us and graciously granting us permission to conduct research in Greenland;

2) publicly oppose any notion that Greenland can be "bought" or "sold"

3) publicly oppose our president's threats to Greenland's sovereignty, and to make sure our friends in Greenland know that we stand with them.

Our statement, which includes 190+ signatures and is presented in Greenlandic and English, is here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y6jrCmRiaxWG8SV7ekwlni5G2p9IszPhlPs4dTOfkwE/edit?usp=sharing

I especially direct you to the bottom of that document, where signatories share personal anecdotes about working in Greenland and WHY supporting Greenland and its sovereignty is important to them and for the world. 

The statement was spearheaded by Dr. Yarrow Axford (climate scientist at Northwestern University), with contributions from myself and: 

Helen Amanda Fricker, Professor, UC San Diego

Twila Moon, Research Scientist, University of Colorado Boulder

Irina Overeem, Associate Professor, University of Colorado Boulder

Erin Pettit, Professor, Oregon State University

Aurora Roth, PhD Student, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD

Fiamma Straneo, Gordon McKay Professor, Harvard University

Ane Marie Poulsen was hired for translation between English and Greenlandic. 

We believe Greenland belongs to its people. We want to continue working with our Greenland-based colleagues as true partners, maintaining mutual respect and benefits from our collaborations. We will continue to collect signatures to build support, circulate this statement to our government representatives in the U.S., and hope to publish it widely in media. 

We would be so grateful if you would consider publishing our statement. Should you be interested in speaking with some of us for a media article, please let me know