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LUMA @lumamentoring.bsky.social · 19d

Do you need support with writing or working on a project? Movement Consulting, LLC has partnered with LUMA to provide a FREE weekly writing accountability group called The Lightning Collective! We're back this semester with a new time slot: Tuesdays from 3-4pm ET. Check the slack for the zoom link!

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Junellie Perez @spacejunellie.bsky.social · 23d

This panel yesterday was so incredibly encouraging and illuminating 💖 Grateful to hear first hand from amazing women about their journeys and words of wisdom for post-doc season! ✨️

LUMA @lumamentoring.bsky.social · 24d

Today's the day! Join us this afternoon at 5pm ET for a panel discussion with postdoctoral fellows from the 51 Pegasi b, NASA Sagan, and NASA Hubble programs. Open to LUMA, @blackinastro.bsky.social, and @VanguardSTEM members!

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LUMA @lumamentoring.bsky.social · 24d

Today's the day! Join us this afternoon at 5pm ET for a panel discussion with postdoctoral fellows from the 51 Pegasi b, NASA Sagan, and NASA Hubble programs. Open to LUMA, @blackinastro.bsky.social, and @VanguardSTEM members!

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Dr. Caprice Phillips @capricephillips.bsky.social · 25d

Got my physical copy!

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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 29d

Help send a student to #AGU25 in New Orleans this December! Your donation supports their journey toward a science career by connecting them with peers, mentors & leaders. Every gift counts. Donate today. buff.ly/NddzfK5 #AGU

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LUMA @lumamentoring.bsky.social · Sep 9

We like to practice safe internet hygiene here at LUMA. That means we don't share our event registration links without protection. If you're interested in attending any of our events, apply to join LUMA and we'll send them right to your inbox ➡️

LUMA Application

Please fill out the information below and give us up to two weeks to respond. Keeping LUMA a safe and secure space for our members is important to us. Your answers will help ensure that and will…

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LUMA @lumamentoring.bsky.social · Sep 7

It's me again. Reminding you to register for our awesome event with our awesome panelists.

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LUMA @lumamentoring.bsky.social · Sep 6

Psst. LUMA isn't just for astronomers. We're open to womxn in physics, planetary, and earth science too 🤗

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LUMA @lumamentoring.bsky.social · Sep 2

🚨 Upcoming event! LUMA's postdoctoral fellowship panel is coming up, featuring fellows from the @heisingsimonsfdn.bsky.social 51 Pegasi b, NASA Hubble, and NASA Sagan programs! Mark your calendars for Wednesday, 10/17 📆

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LUMA @lumamentoring.bsky.social · Aug 31

Did you know LUMA was founded 10 years ago by Prof. Catherine Espaillat? We celebrated our 10th anniversary at AAS this January 🎉 . Learn more about LUMA at our website

LUMA

The League of Underrepresented Minoritized Astronomers (LUMA) is a peer mentoring community for Black/Indigenous/Latinx womxn who are graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty, and…

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LUMA @lumamentoring.bsky.social · Aug 30

Interested in attending our postdoc fellowship panel but not able to register? Become a LUMA member today! LUMA is a peer Mentoring community for Black, Indigenous and Latinx women and Gender Minorities in #astronomy, #physics and #planetaryscience. Apply now ➡️

LUMA Application

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American Astronomical Society (AAS) @aas.org · Aug 26

Congress will be back in session next week. Take a few minutes today to urge your members of Congress to support the astronomical sciences! aas.org/action-alert...

Action Alert: Protecting Astronomical Programs in Fiscal Year 2026 | American Astronomical Society

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LUMA @lumamentoring.bsky.social · Aug 26

Applying for a postdoc fellowship can be tricky! Join our virtual panel on Sept. 17th to learn about the ins and outs of the application process from past and present fellows! Registration open to all LUMA, @blackinastro.bsky.social, and @VanguardSTEM members! 🚀 🔭

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Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · Jun 8

From Kaz Gary: For Pride Month, Astrobites is interviewing one transgender astronomer every week. This week we interviewed Dr. Eliot Halley Vrijmoet, a postdoctoral fellow at Smith College! 🔭✨☄️
astrobites.org/2025/06/06/e...

Transgender in Astronomy: Interview with Dr. Eliot Halley Vrijmoet

For Pride Month, Astrobites is interviewing one transgender astronomer every week. This week we interviewed Dr. Eliot Halley Vrijmoet, a postdoctoral fellow at Smith College!

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LUMA @lumamentoring.bsky.social · Jun 10

Part 2 of our Auntie Jess workshops is happening today! Learn how to build out your own custom self-care plan 📝

Zoom link sent to LUMA members. Join LUMA today for access to the workshop --> forms.gle/1Kf8Txm2K8ZC...

Radical Self-Care
🗓️ 10 June | ⏰ 2-3:30 pm EST

#LUMA #WomeninSTEM

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LUMA @lumamentoring.bsky.social · Jun 3

#WomenInSTEM

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LUMA @lumamentoring.bsky.social · Jun 3

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LUMA @lumamentoring.bsky.social · May 24

Knowing how to take a break and recharge your batteries takes time and reflection. Our upcoming workshop series with Jessica Harris will take you step-by-step through building a self-care plan that works for YOU ✍️

Let's Talk
🗓️ 3 June | ⏰ 2-3:30 pm EST

Radical Self-Care
🗓️ 10 June | ⏰ 2-3:30 pm EST

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Casey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · May 31

Four charts showing the extent of cuts to NASA in the FY26 budget:

- Cuts to every science division
- Smallest science funding since 1984
- 19 active, inflight missions cancelled
- Smallest NASA budget since FY 1961

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LUMA @lumamentoring.bsky.social · Jun 3

Happening today! Join us at 2pm EST for the first part of our self-care series with Jessica Harris. Zoom link emailed to all LUMA members!

LUMA @lumamentoring.bsky.social · May 24

Knowing how to take a break and recharge your batteries takes time and reflection. Our upcoming workshop series with Jessica Harris will take you step-by-step through building a self-care plan that works for YOU ✍️

Let's Talk
🗓️ 3 June | ⏰ 2-3:30 pm EST

Radical Self-Care
🗓️ 10 June | ⏰ 2-3:30 pm EST

LUMA @lumamentoring.bsky.social · May 24

Knowing how to take a break and recharge your batteries takes time and reflection. Our upcoming workshop series with Jessica Harris will take you step-by-step through building a self-care plan that works for YOU ✍️

Let's Talk
🗓️ 3 June | ⏰ 2-3:30 pm EST

Radical Self-Care
🗓️ 10 June | ⏰ 2-3:30 pm EST

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LUMA @lumamentoring.bsky.social · May 22

Confused, worried, or stressed out lately? LUMA is hosting Jessica Harris for a 2-part workshop on self-care. Join us on June 3 and 10 to vent in a safe space and build a self-care plan! Open to LUMA-members 🚀🫂

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Black In Astro @blackinastro.bsky.social · Apr 24

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LUMA @lumamentoring.bsky.social · Apr 22

Reminder to reach out to your legislators in support of NASA! A simple phone call or email can make all the difference. Take a few minutes to tell them about your research and the importance of NASA dollars in making that research happen.

SpacePolicyOnline @spacepolicyonline.bsky.social · Apr 15

Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA), who represents JPL, put out a stmt sounding alarm about cuts to Mars Sample Return, and, with her Republican co-chair of the Congressional Planetary Sci Caucus, Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), about the NASA science cuts broadly. chu.house.gov/media-center...

Rep. Chu Sounds Alarm on White House’s Proposed Budget Cuts to Mars Sample Return

PASADENA, CA — Today, President Trump’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) reportedly sent a preliminary budget plan to NASA that proposes a 50% cut

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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · Apr 22

If the Trump administration cuts NASA’s science program by 48 percent, as is rumored, “the savings to taxpayers would be negligible, and the impact to science would be calamitous,” writes Casey Dreier, the chief of space policy at the Planetary Society.

Opinion | Trump’s Cuts to NASA Will Hurt Our Search for Alien Life

Space science at NASA is on the chopping block.

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LUMA @lumamentoring.bsky.social · Jan 7

Are you a person of color wanting to find community at the @aasoffice.bsky.social meeting next week? Are you a first time attendee or a senior scientist?

If you answered yes, please sign up to attend our 10th anniversary LUMA Splinter Session at #AAS245! 🔭✨️

Sign up here: forms.gle/MTKfVNPsFEBA...

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