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About ASTC Membership Professional Services & Field Development Advocacy Conference YOUR HELP NOW can push the ASTC Diversity Challenge Fund forward, empowering institutions to increase their cultural competence, nurture a pipeline of diverse leaders, help increase access to science, and contribute to a more equitable society. Your gift will propel us Cristin Dorgelo, former Chief of Staff to President Obama’s science advisor, begins as ASTC's new chief executive. Session, poster, and Intensive workshop proposals can be submitted online and are due December 20. “Preparing Your Strongest ASTC 2019 Proposal” shares tips on developing and submitting your ideas. ASTC members include not only science centers and museums, but also nature centers, aquariums, planetariums, zoos, botanical gardens, space theaters, and natural history and children’s museums, as well as companies that offer products and services to the field and Become part of ASTC's international network of science centers and museums by joining today. ASTC members receive discounts and a wide variety of opportunities to engage with the field. The Professional Development team works with ASTC members to bring informal science learning opportunities to the field through communities of practice (CoPs), webinars, project websites, workshops, the ASTC Annual Conference, minigrant programs, and more. ASTC also advances field development through project collaborations with our members and other partners. “Preparing Your Strongest ASTC 2019 Proposal” shares tips on developing and submitting your ideas. See past presentations from informal science learning experts and ASTC Communities of Practice. This issue looks at afterschool projects that bridge STEM learning across out-of-school and in-clas* settings. ASTC's Office of Government and Public Relations is your voice on policy issues of priority interest to the science center and museum field, locally, nationally, and globally. ASTC represents the field on these issues at national and international levels, and provides