IAU Inclusive Outreach Community of Practice Webinar #3

This is the third of the “IAU Inclusive Outreach Community of Practice Webinars” series, held on March 31st, 2023.

Speakers:
Maria Fernanda Duran: “Breaking the Barriers: Adding inclusive elements to outreach activities”
Andra Stoica: “Hands-on workshop: Planets on strings”

Organization, chair and technical support: Kristine Atienza, Rheanne Jimeno

During these webinars, outreach practitioners share their experience so that others can learn from that and contribute with their own knowledge. In more details, the goals of these seminars are:
To provide a forum for IAU members, astronomy outreach practitioners, amateur astronomers, and anyone active in inclusive astronomy outreach practice to showcase their projects, innovation, and activities for astronomy outreach

To provide a platform for cross-collaboration between teams of IAU sub-Working groups, educators, and astronomy outreach practitioners in general

Webinars are structured with of 15-20 minutes each, lasting between 60 and 90 minutes in total, and are scheduled 3 or 4 times per year. Participation is free. Any outreach practitioner who has experience in inclusion practices can apply for a slot in these webinars.

Schedule and agenda are published periodically on the IAU Astronomy for Equity and Inclusion Facebook page (www.facebook.com/Astro4Inclusion). Follow this page for updates and further information.

Science is a key part of human culture, a key ingredient for informed citizenship, and the basis for societal progress and a healthy democracy. Astronomy is probably the most fascinating science for the general public, and therefore the main topic to attract the general public and get people closer to science. People with disabilities should not be given less chances than others to access scientific culture. The overall goal of the “IAU Inclusive Outreach Sub-Workgroup (Inspiring Stars) subWorkgroup” is to foster and facilitate the development of inclusion practices in the astronomy outreach activities around the world, so that also people with disabilities can benefit from the outreach efforts and values.

For more information on the Inclusive Outreach (Inspiring Stars) subWorkgroup, for resources and information on how to participate to the community please refer to iau-oao.nao.ac.jp/iau-inclusion/

Join the community Facebook group at www.facebook.com/groups/iauinclusiveoutreach