Programming Schedule

Please also check out the AAS Journal Author Series x Black Space Week 2025 Collaboration.

This year featuring discussion and articles from: Dr. Arianna Long, Sinclaire Jones, Dr. Amber Young, and Aylin Garcia Soto.

Black Space Week (BSW), presented by Black In Astro (BIA), is an annual global celebration and amplification of Black people in space-related fields and industries taking place the week of Juneteenth. BSW is a full week of primarily virtual programming concerning these fields, reminiscent of a virtual conference. Black Space Week events have included panel interviews, networking meet-and-greets, poetry readings, and more. Subject matter is intentionally broad and interdisciplinary, ranging from astrophysics research, to aerospace, to space humanities and intersections with the social sciences. The benefit of virtual events is accessibility to participants all around the world. Black folks are of course also doing the work behind the scenes, with the BIA Executive Board consisting of Black students and professionals in fields such as astrophysics, data visualization, and space law. 

Black Space Week began in the context of George Floyd’s murder while we had the world’s ear in 2020, evolving into its current format by summer 2022. The intent of Black Space Week is to bring space, as lofty as it is, down to Earth. Black Space Week serves as a way for the Black space community to connect and network. We aim to increase the visibility of Black folks working in space-related fields, in order to foster community and change outdated perceptions of who deserves to study, as well as take up, space.

Sunday June 15 2025

Come kick off #BlackSpaceWeek 2025 with us in this casual meet up to get to know the members of the Black In Astro board along with other members and supporters of the Black In Astro community.

Roll Call for #BlackSpaceWeek 2025. Use the hashtag #BSW2025 to introduce yourself across social medias!

Time: 2:00 - 3:15pm EST

Register to receive Zoom link here

Astro-Art Competition Submissions - Opens at the Start of Black Space Week 2025. Submit your artwork here

Black In Museums and Planetariums Panel | #PicturingtheUniverse

Join us for an excellent discussion on working in museums and planetariums featuring an incredible panel of Black museum/planetarium professionals: Dr. Derrick Pitts, Dr. Belinda Cheeseboro, and James Albury. Moderated by KeShawn Ivory.

Time: 9:30 - 11:00 am EST