It Takes a Village Oh my what a year it has been! Under all of the anxiety that filled the air, as always there was hope, charity, and civility. We’re committed to our mission and the community we serve. We therefore partnered and helped launch a 14 week on-line Summer coding program for 9 –ContinueContinue reading “How Do We Best Serve Our Native American Girls? It Takes a Village”
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Taking Up Space Facebook Live Event
12/19/20 Facebook Live Event Join us this Saturday as Program Director Czarina Salido talks about Taking Up Space past, present and future with the Space Hipsters! Space Hipsters is a public online group with over 19,000 members. They have donated several thousand dollars to help with our mission of gifting trips to Space Camp to deservingContinueContinue reading “Taking Up Space Facebook Live Event”
Find a Chicken, Pick it Up, Then All Day You’ll Have Good Luck…
Emily Carney Supports Taking Up Space We are so grateful to spaceflight enthusiast, Emily Carney! Emily is graciously donating the above photograph, signed, to all who contribute (see How to Help below) to our program Taking Up Space – sending Native American girls to Space Camp. How to Help Step 1: Donate $10 here: 👉https://www.paypal.com/us/fundraiser/112574644767835624/charity/1530675ContinueContinue reading “Find a Chicken, Pick it Up, Then All Day You’ll Have Good Luck…”
We Are So Thankful!
We were honored to be a part of the Expect More Excellence Tour which “…spotlights what Arizonans are doing today to make progress toward world-class education, and celebrates the kind of excellence we expect and believe must be available to all students.” Find out what they had to say about Why Girls Taking Up SpaceContinueContinue reading “We Are So Thankful!”
Our Journey: Tribal Council Recognition and Validation
“I made a difference to that one!”
Congratulations Class of 2019!
The kids did great! 👏 Congratulations to Sole and John for successfully completing Space Camp on team Capricorn, and Saydee for completing Aviation challenge Mach II on team Black Hawk! Thank you to everyone who helped them get to Space Camp! 🙏 A special thank you to our sponsors: Pascua Yaqui Tribe, Space Hipsters, andContinueContinue reading “Congratulations Class of 2019!”
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“Girls should be taking up MORE space!”
TFCU Lends a Hand
There’s one thing that continues to amaze us about Tucson, and that is the generosity of our community. Our local credit union, started by a group of teachers in 1937 with $349, is one of our biggest supporters. Their contributions have been critical to our success. Three years ago, our first group of girls wasContinueContinue reading “TFCU Lends a Hand”
Optics and LASERS!
We were very fortunate to get a tour of The University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences and DILAS Coherent, a high-power diode laser components and systems company. We suited up and went inside clean rooms, sat in on optics classes, viewed a large scale mirror, investigated a Halloween “crime scene”, and had an upContinueContinue reading “Optics and LASERS!”
To Space Camp and Beyond!
Congratulations! Another Great Space Camp Experience!
Taking Up Space 