Join EM2024's Dr. Laura Peticolas and Hannah Hellman for a conversation about Solar Punk and rural education this Friday (6/27)!

[Hannah Hellman]

Hello eclipse friends! 

Part of the work that we do, in addition to our work with you all, is to develop curriculum and learning activities for K-12 STEM education. We're very excited to be talking about some of this work on Friday and hope you will join us!

Join us on June 27, 2025, at 12:00pm PT / 2:00pm CT / 3:00pm ET! 

I'll be talking to Dr. Laura Peticolas, one of EdEon's fine leaders, this Friday about the literary genre "Solar Punk" and what its ideas and perspectives can offer our work with rural education. This conversation is happening as part of the "Freedom Festival," a 16-day event hosted from Juneteenth (6/19) to the Fourth of July (7/4). There is much more to the festival, and I hope you'll also check out the other fine events happening as well. 

Here's the event description, and a link below to register for free! 

The literary, artistic, and social movement “Solar Punk” often portrays a futuristic, post-capitalist, and even decolonial, world. What does “Solar Punk” have to do with Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, and Computing (STEM+C) Learning? Is there a relationship between this literary genre and creating equitable access to educational materials? How does freedom play into the ideas of the solar punk movement, and how are those similar or different from creating access to technology in a warming world?

EdEon projects seek to partner with under-resourced, rural communities to bring technological assets that enable community members to engage critically in computational thinking and explore the roles that technology can or does play in their worlds. Laura Peticolas and Hannah Hellman discuss how they see their hands-on education work at EdEon STEM Learning and Sonoma State University reaching rural communities as part of this literary genre. Laura Peticolas is Co-Director of EdEon, a PhD physicist, and STEM+C educator. Hannah Hellman is EdEon’s Communications Specialist, a Masters in English, and writer.

Link to register for free:

https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/solar-punk/

Conversation is happening virtually. Please feel free to reach out with any questions or comments. I'd love to hear from you and see you on Friday!! 

Hannah :) 

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Hannah Hellman, M.A. English

Communications Specialist

EdEon STEM Learning
She/They/Theirs

Sonoma State University
1801 East Cotati Avenue
Rohnert Park, CA 94928