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We've been quiet the past few months, but we've been busy behind the scenes!


These. Are. Crazy. Times. And it's requiring a lot of rethinking, patience, and strength to take even one step forward. You know what we mean, right?!

Well, we've found that making something, ANYTHING, can really go a long way to keep us calmer, focused, and productive... Turns out, the bread-making, gardening, and crafting you've been doing actually helps! Keep it up!

 
IS DECATUR MAKERS OPEN FOR MAKING?
We have moved forward with the Beta Phase of our re-opening! Following CDC recommended protocols, our paying members can schedule supervised visits in the makerspace; We're not open to the public yet. Our Board and Staff are continually assessing the pandemic situation. With the safety of our members and staff of utmost importance, we will cautiously move forward with less restrictive phases as we can. Stay tuned!
 
WHO'S NEW TO THE TEAM?
We're excited to share that we hired two new staff members! Woot Woot!
With Chris in this new position, we're able to move forward with our Making Spaces teacher professional development program pilot. This program will focus primarily on underserved communities who are bearing the brunt of the current upheaval in the educational environment as well as ongoing racial injustice.
 
NEW COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP?
We strive to foster a community and space where ALL makers feel welcomed and accepted regardless of background, race, gender, lifestyle, skill sets, income, experience, or age. And so, we've begun the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and anti-racism work with a long-term commitment to making a difference. This includes partnering with the Beacon Hill Black Alliance for Human Rights on their "Art for the People" project.

Maya Angelou said it best: "All great artists draw from the same resource: the human heart, which tells us all that we are more alike than we are unalike."

 
HANG IN THERE...
We're in this together, and we will get through it; Better times are coming.
Wear your mask, socially distance, wash your hands, be kind, laugh often... and make things!

Warmly,
Irm Diorio, Executive Director, and the entire Decatur Makers Team

 
You can support our programs during these difficult times

We’re putting the fun in fundraising for a second year as Decatur Makers hosts Make It Up!, an Improv Show on Sept 26, 2020, LIVE via Zoom. Join us for a night of laughs, prizes and surprises, all to support Decatur’s inventive non-profit — and Atlanta’s only all-ages makerspace (that’s us!)

This Saturday, Sept 26, 2020 at 7pm!
Show updates: decaturmakers.org including auction and raffle items!
Tickets on sale NOW!

Make It Up! Tickets On Sale NOW!
Our ABC partnership with other metro-Atlanta area makerspaces (Roswell FireLabs, The Maker Station and Gwinnett Geekspace) in making and delivering PPE to healthcare and other frontline professionals, is winding down at the end of October 2020. Our mission, to deliver PPE during the pandemic as supply chains were disrupted, has been met.  #testnegativestaypositive

What We're Making
While at home and in the makerspace, our members have been busy making some of the things that make them happy and/or solve problems. Here are a few that they've shared... #makersgonnamake
 

What's Coming Up
Currently, Decatur Makers is closed to the public, but that doesn't mean we should stop making! Come hang out with us... online! To keep up with the latest of what we have going down, follow us on MeetUp or check out our website Events page.

TONITE Sept 23: 7:00 Online: OPEN BUIILD NIGHT (Get a tour!)

Sept 26: 7:00 LIVE Via Zoom: Make It Up! Improv Show Fundraiser

Sept 29: 3:00 Makerspace Manager Virtual Office Hour(s)

Sept 29: 7:00 Online: Maker Show and Tell

Sept 30: 5:00 Online: Family Build Night (for our littlest makers!)

Sept 30: 7:00 Online: Open Build Night (Get a tour!)

Oct 7: 7:00 Online: Decatur Makers Members Only Meeting

Oct 9: 12:00 Online: Lady Makers Virtual Lunch
 
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