the kids will pop in and say hi. And so then I'll tell little parenting antidotes about my. and as I recount those stories I am always. reminded of what a cool ass dude you are and that you can just flex in and out right along with me because I will flex from, yes, I need to do these reports, project management, what we're doing with North Star.
And then, oh, Camille, she just eat, you know, she, she just wanted, did a refrigerator, she got her own food , and then get back into, okay, what are we doing for Black History Month? And you have the uncanny ability to just laugh and flex with. and that is something that is so priceless and I truly appreciate. So Clinton, last but not least where can we find out more about North Star ?
North Star exists to try to create what I talk about sometimes is a geo stem c. That centers on intersectional racial justice, meaning a, a community of, of all the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math that relate to geography. So there's geospatial, there's gis, there's, marine science marine microbiology, ecology, archeology.
We wanna make sure that when folks are doing. They're mapping work, doing their analysis, that they are considering people as a primary stakeholder and ensuring that the results of their work will lead to more racial justice. And we also wanna make sure that the people who do that practice, Better reflect the, the Black African diaspora, but also other underrepresented groups as well.
So we do that work by trying to bringing together practitioners in geo stem focus on improving practices in geo stem and creating spaces where people from all backgrounds can find a sense of belonging. Some of the, the main ways that we do that is literally to engage people around events.
We have a Black History Month event series coming up. And as with every year, we look to the Black History month theme for the year as for inspiration. And, and this year it's black resistance. So we've expanded that, that concept to think about ideas of resilience, resistance, and empowerment in black communities across many different topics, like climate and environ.
During February, and later in the year we'll have a, big gathering of folks from across the globe, both virtual and in person in the DC area that we call homecoming init. And again, with that theme actually Aisha had this great idea of, of talking about it as homecoming r and r, and we can, we can think about r and r as resistance and resilience.
Rest and relaxation, all the ways in which we have to recover and reclaim spaces that are necessary for black communities to successfully resist and be resilient and, and be fully empowered.
Thank you for that. You know, being a member of north star. When we put it together, it just resonated with me so much. And I'm so proud. I'm so I'm so inspired by what we do at north star. Even as I helped to create some of the things.
I'm excited about the black history and people who are equally just as excited. People from the black diaspora people from the, from across the globe, people consider themselves. Allies. Where can they go to find out more information about north star?
They can visit
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