Recently I was browsing the Los Angeles subreddit (as I’m apt to do) and I stumbled across a thread for an educational Kickstarter campaign that totally sparked my imagination, primarily because it’s about a cause that I’m truly passionate about: teaching young people science.
It’s called LA Makerspace and it’s a community-based nonprofit organization with a mission to increase access to STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) education for kids and adults, regardless of ability to pay.
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This past fall LA Makerspace became the primary provider of STEAM education for the Los Angeles Public Library, offering the public free, family-friendly workshops at various LAPL branches. In addition to the public facing programs, they provide “train-the-trainer” professional development for LAPL library staff where librarians learn…
