tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26774134252185221842024-03-13T10:09:54.744-07:00Galactic OrchidsAn astronomy lecture series raising funds to fight female genital mutilation.
Every 2nd Wednesday of the month, Newington Green Unitarian Church, London.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677413425218522184.post-28020422991631975052012-09-12T16:07:00.003-07:002012-09-12T16:15:24.061-07:00Welcome to Galactic Orchids!Thanks for visiting! This is the website for a public astronomy talk series to raise funds to fight female genital mutilation. Please have a browse around the site to look in more detail at the talks and the cause.<br />
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From October onwards, every 2nd Wednesday of the month, a talk on a different astronomical topic will take place at the Newington Green Unitarian Church. They'll be aimed at aimed at astronomy beginners, enthusiasts, and completely new folks - you don't need to know anything to come along!<br />
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I'm raising money for the <a href="http://orchidproject.org/" target="_blank">Orchid Project</a> and <a href="http://www.dofeve.org/" target="_blank">Daughters of Eve</a>, two charities that campaign to end female genital mutilation and support victims of the practice. I hope representatives from these and similar charities will be able to come along and talk to you.<br />
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My name's Alice Sheppard. I'm a 30 year old astronomy nut, who has moderated the Galaxy Zoo Forum, a public astronomy project, for the last 5 years. I have mostly been learning astronomy on my own, with fellow amateurs, but last year I moved to London to start an MSc in Astrophysics. I blog at <a href="http://aliceingalaxyland.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Alice in Galaxyland</a> and am on Twitter as <a href="http://www.twitter.com/penguingalaxy" target="_blank">@penguingalaxy</a>.<br />
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Huge thanks to <a href="http://www.new-unity.org/" target="_blank">Newington Green Unitarian Church</a> for offering me their lovely venue in support of this cause!<br />
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I hope to see you there - please feel free to send me any questions. (This blog is under construction right now and will have a lot more information over the next few days.)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0