DEIA and Education Activities at the 240th AAS Meeting

By Nicolle Zellner, Karly Pitman, Rolf Danner, Karen Knierman, Sarah Tuttle, Laura Lopez, and Nicole Cabrera Salazar

See you in Pasadena!

Below is the list of sessions sponsored by the AAS’s Inclusion Committees, and we encourage you to attend and participate when you can. These committees were established to work with the AAS Board of Trustees to promote equity of opportunity for and enhance participation of underrepresented groups in our field, including women, minorities, sexual orientation and gender minorities, and disabled astronomers. Each of our committees and events are open to all who are interested in learning more or helping with these goals.

CSWA, CSMA, and SGMA events at AAS

Monday, 5:30 - 7 p.m. PT: Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy (CSWA) 

CSWA Activities in the Context of the Astro2020 Decadal

Monday, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. PT: Committee on the Status of Minorities in Astronomy (CSMA) Town Hall: After the 2020 World-Wide Protests: Progress and Failures of Implementing Substantial Change in Astronomy

Monday, 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. PT: Committee on the Status of Minorities in Astronomy (CSMA)  

CSMA Meet and Greet

Wednesday, 7 - 8:30 p.m. PT: Committee for Sexual-Orientation & Gender Minorities in Astronomy (SGMA) Meet and Greet, 

SGMA Meet and Greet for LGBTIA Members and Students

Additionally, a few of us will be holding “office hours” at the AAS Booth in the Exhibit Hall, so please stop by for a chat! CSWA, Monday 9-10 a.m. PT WGAD, Monday 9-10 a.m. PT SGMA, Tuesday 9-10 a.m. PT

Education, outreach, and diversity opportunities

Monday, 10 - 11:30 am PT:  Diversification in Astronomy & Astrophysics at NASA GSFC

Monday, 2 - 3:30 pm PT: Systemic Change for Equity in Astronomy Graduate Education: A Primer
Tuesday, 10 - 11:30 am PT: Public Engagement and Education Research
Tuesday, 1-1:30 pm PT: Q&A with the AAS Education Committee
Tuesday, 5:30 - 6:30 pm PT: Education Programs, Resources, and Research iPoster
Wednesday, 10 - 11:30 am PT: College Education and Outreach Programs

An exhibitor theater presentation, “Life in Hawai’i: Outreach, Education, and the Community Engagement Efforts of the Maunakea Observatories” will be presented on Tuesday, from 3 - 3:30 pm and on Wednesday from 12:30 - 1 pm PT. The full block schedule can be found here. And if you attend one of our events, feel free to say hi in-person or tag and tweet us! 

Reach out if you have any questions

Nicolle Zellner and Karly Pitman (CSWA, @AAS_Women, CSWA on Facebook)
Rolf Danner (SGMA)

Karen Knierman and Sarah Tuttle (WGAD, @AAS_WGAD)
Laura Lopez and Nicole Cabrera Salazar (CSMA, @AAS_CSMA, CSMA on Facebook, AstronomyinColor Blog)