At Beauty In The Universe it has always been our desire to break new ground, do things in a new way and to take challenges head on. January is no exception as this month we are heading in to the year with several successful funding bids in place, new [laces to go to and especially, new cultures to reach. This year we attend our first Islamic school, a girl's school in Preston. This is a really exciting opportunity for us. Right from the start, when we first decided what we wanted to accomplish, reaching minorities was right up there. We even touched on this in one of our teaching videos, Clutching Stardust. FRom the first pitch we put to a school we insisted that what we are doing appeals to all cultures, races, genders, religions and so forth. To educate is all we care about and we never turn down an opportunity to do it.
We approach with sensitivity this great opportunity. It is as much a chance for us to learn as for the students at the school. The response we have experienced from the Islamic community as we have encountered it has been incredibly enthusiastic, as well it should be since that culture has a great heritage in astronomy. We look forward to delivering our service to this school and creating an even more inclusive company, full of passion for the thrill of astronomy, full of respect for it's adherents.
The primary motivation Erica and I decided on was that we love astronomy and we will do anything to teach any child to love this science, and to learn to apply it and explore the universe for themselves. The twentieth century space explorers were almost exclusively white, male westerners, or Russian. We hope that the world can embrace space exploration, and we dream of seeing all peoples work together to further the knowledge of mankind.
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