A global STEM education program in dozens of countries using resources available to all -- the Sun and sunlight -- with more than one million donated solar glasses.
Highlighting the heroes of astronomy around the world having an outsized impact on the lives and communities where they live through astronomy.
Sharing resources and expertise for including blind and low vision individuals with astronomy outreach organizations worldwide.
In this war-torn country, astronomy students saw the stars when their cities power was out so they requested telescopes. A4E delivered.
With civil war, ISIS, and continuing political unrest, school astronomy clubs provide a respite and hope for the future for these young people.
This educational observatory in northern Tanzania serves the region as a center for students and teachers to learn STEM under the stars.
Astronomy for Equity supports local and regional organizations that use astronomy to reach unserved communities to introduce STEM education, encourage and inspire students by providing role models. Astronomy for Equity provides support not found locally, expands organizations' reach, and shares solutions to avoid reinventing the wheel. Connections with an international NGO can bestow credibility on local efforts, increase awareness through media, and lead to government Sustainability can be a constant struggle, with potential remains untapped. Astronomy for Equity is the hub that brings together those who support programs with those taking action worldwide.
Resources are often plentiful but poorly distributed, not reaching those most in need. Astronomy for Equity is the hub where collaboration between disciplines and organizations can create sustainable and scalable programs without the limitations of boundaries. Experts serve as mentors online for passionate outreach volunteers, resources are adapted and distributed, and support is provided. These programs empower activists who provide local educational opportunities with support from the global community. This leverages the greatest resources of all – the passion of local activists – by expediting and empowering them. Local, grassroots action through coordinated global community.
Support begins with understanding that we are all fellow travelers on a planet traveling through space, what Buckminster Fuller called Spaceship Earth. When we meet others, we see the commonality of our goals, needs, and struggles. Astronauts see Earth as a planet among the stars, returning to Earth with a new perspective that Frank White has called The Overview Effect. Few of us will have that opportunity but other experiences can provide a global perspective. Astronomy for Equity conducts programs across boundaries that foster that perspective, creating connection, understanding, and sympathy. The need to support others and eliminate inequity follows naturally.
Help Astronomy for Equity create opportunities for reliable, sustained, targeted support of unserved communities.
