Organization:BlackInAstro
BlackInAstro is an organization that has been created with the purpose to celebrate and amplify the voices of Black scientists and engineers in the space community. The organization is part of a social media movement that has surge as a result of BlackLivesMatter, which lead Black researchers across the U.S. to start using tags such as #BlackBirdersWeek or #BlackinChem. The organization and the broader movement are intended to highlight visibility of Black scientist, researchers and engineers that are often marginalized and face discrimination and other challenges while navigating academia.[1][2]
Origins
The movement came to be when founder and organizer Ashley Walker inspired by the protests and demonstrations generated from the George Floyd case in the U.S., as well as the facts that black scientist experience high rates of discrimination [3] and more specifically, only 22 Black women with Astronomy PhDs[4] and other movements like #BlackBirdersWeek and #BlackInIvory, decided to create #BlackinAstro in the summer of 2020.[5]
The current team of the organization is formed by founder astrochemist Ashley Walker and organizers aerospace engineer Naia Butler-Craig, PhD astronomy student Caprice Phillips ], Cheyenne Polius, Kathleen Muloma Rink, Bryne Hadnott, KeShawn Ivory, David Zegeye, Dr. Tana Joseph, and Dakotah Tyler.
See also
- Black In Neuro
References
- ↑ Mallenbaum, Carly. "#BlackBirdersWeek, #BlackInNeuro: Bla". USA Today. https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/2020/08/04/blackinneuro-blackinchem-can-hashtags-help-black-scientists-build-community-spotlight-excellence/5541431002/.
- ↑ Kwon, Karen (25 June 2020). "Black Astronomers Highlight Achievements and Obstacles". https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/black-astronomers-highlight-achievements-and-obstacles/.
- ↑ Anderson, Monica. "The race gap in science knowledge". https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/09/15/the-race-gap-in-science-knowledge/.
- ↑ African American Women in Physics. "The physicists". https://aawip.com/aawip-members/.
- ↑ Lewis, Briley (16 February 2021). "#BlackInAstro founder Ashley Walker is fighting for equality in the space sciences". massivesci.com. https://massivesci.com/notes/black-astro-ashley-walker-astronomy-physics/.
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