{"id":1989,"date":"2016-08-02T21:23:12","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T04:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arturopelayo.com\/?p=1989"},"modified":"2016-08-02T21:27:52","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T04:27:52","slug":"new-affiliation-astronomers-without-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arturopelayo.com\/?p=1989","title":{"rendered":"New Affiliation: Astronomers Without Borders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In August 2016, I joined Astronomers Without Borders as part of the\u00a0development of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tactile.education\">Tactile Education and Tactile Astronomy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As part of my affiliation with\u00a0Astronomers Without Borders, we will develop resource materials for Global Astronomy Month (April) \u00a02017.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wevolver.com\/group\/tactile.astronomy\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1992\" src=\"https:\/\/arturopelayo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/wevolver-logo.png\" alt=\"wevolver-logo\" width=\"254\" height=\"76\" \/><\/a>The global repository of our work will be accesible through <a href=\"http:\/\/wevolver.com\/group\/tactile.astronomy\/\">the WEVOLVER platform<\/a> in real time under the tenants of open innovation and open source development.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Why does it matter to me to join Astronomers Without Borders?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Because\u00a0Tactile Astronomy abides by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1977\" src=\"https:\/\/arturopelayo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/uncprd.jpg\" alt=\"uncprd\" width=\"1890\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arturopelayo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/uncprd.jpg 1890w, https:\/\/arturopelayo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/uncprd-290x86.jpg 290w, https:\/\/arturopelayo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/uncprd-300x89.jpg 300w, https:\/\/arturopelayo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/uncprd-1024x303.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1890px) 100vw, 1890px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>I. Article 4.1G <\/strong><br \/>\nUndertake research and development of, and promote availability and use of new technologies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>II. Article 9<\/strong><br \/>\nAccessibility, to participate fully in all areas of life on an equal basis with others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>III. Article 24 <\/strong><br \/>\nProviding reasonable accommodation and individualized support to maximize effective education and academic development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In August 2016, I joined Astronomers Without Borders as part of the development of Tactile Education and Tactile Astronomy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1995,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lead","category-memberships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arturopelayo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arturopelayo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arturopelayo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arturopelayo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arturopelayo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1989"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/arturopelayo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1994,"href":"https:\/\/arturopelayo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1989\/revisions\/1994"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arturopelayo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arturopelayo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arturopelayo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arturopelayo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}