The American Physical Society strives to:
•Be the leading voice for physics and an authoritative source of physics information for the advancement of physics and the benefit of humanity;
•Collaborate with national scientific societies for the advancement of science, science education and the science community;
•Cooperate with international physics societies to promote physics, to support physicists worldwide and to foster international collaboration;
•Have an active, engaged and diverse membership, and support the activities of its units and members.