How Do We Best Serve Our Native American Girls? It Takes a Village

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 –Continue reading "How Do We Best Serve Our Native American Girls? It Takes a Village"

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 deservingContinue reading "Taking Up Space Facebook Live Event"

Coding is How We Talk to Computers!

Our New Program Teaches Indigenous Girls to Code We are delighted to announce a collaboration with SONAC: “Sisterhood of Native American Coders,” a nonprofit organization founded by Elisabeth Holm. SONAC will provide an interactive introduction to STEM for 9 - 12 year old Native American girls. We will be hosting an online program creating projects,Continue reading "Coding is How We Talk to Computers!"

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/1530675Continue 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 SpaceContinue reading "We Are So Thankful!"

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, andContinue reading "Congratulations Class of 2019!"

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