Program Contact
Marialis Rosario-Franco
Marialis.RosarioFranco@colorado.edu
Our program aims to provide the Hispanic / Latinx community with educational experiences in their native language in the field of astronomy through three observing nights provided in Spanish. Two of the three nights will be based at the CU Boulder main campus, where visitors will rotate among three stations: Fiske Planetarium, Physics demos and Sommers Bausch Observatory (SBO). Each station will support a narrative reinforcing the human connection to Earth and the Cosmos. Specifically, we will highlight the contributions to astronomy made by ancestral civilizations of Latin America as well as current Latinx contributions made to modern astronomy. For the third night, we will use the mobile planetarium (provided by Fiske) to be used at a community event in Spanish.
Astronomy and Physics Engagement with Boulder’s Hispanic / Latinx Community
Additional Info
We provide graduate students and faculty the opportunity to engage with a diverse community of Spanish-speakers in Colorado, as a way of paying homage to their roots, and fostering new generations of students. Through our anti-colonial engagement, we hope to provide an open space for the Hispanic community in Colorado to interact with CU Boulder resources in their native language, Spanish.
Location
in colorado
Boulder
Dates
Ongoing
Public or Private
Private Program (by request only or for a specific audience or group)
Program Fee
No charge to attend/participate in activity or program
Program Activity
Location
Dates
Ongoing
Sponsoring Units
College of Arts & Sciences
- Department of Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences
Program Partners
- Explorando Senderos (ES)
Audiences Served
- Children & Youth (outside school)
- Families
- General Public
- Historically Excluded/Marginalized/Non-dominant Group(s)
- Immigrant Individuals/Communities
- People Of Color