<div dir="ltr">Dear CEDAR friends,<div><br></div><div>I'm proud to present 

<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Maison Neue Book","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(40,40,40);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">a new Space Science youth Education and Outreach initiative called <b>Girls InSpace</b>, that spans a collection of four books written by me, a Brazilian (still young) Space Scientist and member of CEDAR community. 

<span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Each story brings to life female protagonists as it illustrates fascinating space science concepts.</span> </span></span></div><div><br></div><div>On Feb 11th, the International 

<span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Day of women and girls in Science, a Kickstarter campaign was launched <span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">to 

<span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">fund the illustrations and translations</span>

of the 4 Portuguese stories targeted at 9-13 year old girls (just as the gender gap in STEM is solidifying) into English, Spanish, French and Arabic (since the main goal of the Project is reach out kids from American and African countries). </span></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">

<p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:6px 0px;display:block;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Please, take a look on our Kickstarter page and spr<span class="gmail-text_exposed_show" style="display:inline;font-family:inherit">ead the word: everyday is a good day to fight for Gender Equality in Science. Please, support <b>Girls InSpace</b> and help <span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);float:none;display:inline">girls become future female scientists by giving them resources early in life with relatable role models!</span><span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> </span></span></p><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:6px 0px;display:block;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="gmail-text_exposed_show" style="display:inline;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">

<a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/girlsinspace/girls-inspace-collection" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">https://www.kickstarter.com/<wbr>projects/girlsinspace/girls-<wbr>inspace-collection</a>

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</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">**</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font size="1"><b><i>Alessandra Abe Pacini, PhD^2</i></b></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;line-height:17px;background-color:rgb(246,246,246)"><font size="1"><b><i><a href="https://br.linkedin.com/pub/alessandra-pacini/b9/262/351" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://br.linkedin.com/pub/alessandra-pacini/b9/262/351</a></i></b></font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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