Freedom and Independence: Fields, Streets and Stars

You haven’t missed it. Watch on YouTube.

4:30pm PT / 6:30pm CT / 7:30pm ET

Join us in this online conversation with astrophysicist, Dr. Hakeem Oluyesi. You may know Dr. Oluyesi from his appearance on The Science Channel’s Outrageous Acts of Science, conversation with Neil deGrasse Tyson on StarTalk or on his own Does it fly podcast. Do you know his thoughts and experience of freedom and independence?

Hosted in conversation by Dr. Holmes, we’ll explore Dr. Oluyesi’s experience of freedom in the rural south, in academia at Tougaloo College and Stanford University. We’ll walk through what he has learned from his communities and history that now shapes how he creates opportunities that build bridges from fields and streets to the stars.

Hakeem Oluyesi is CEO of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. A society with a history of inviting everyone–amateurs and experts– to participate, to learn and to engage in the love of stars, astronomy and physics.

Raquell Holmes is Associate Director of EdEon STEM Learning at Sonoma State University bringing high-end technology platforms to teachers and students in rural high schools and middle schools. Check out the STEMACES program for professional development opportunities.

July 2nd, 4:30pm PT / 6:30pm CT / 7:30pm ET