What's so great about a CSW?

The mission of this platform is to promote the proliferation of dedicated physical spaces known as Community Science Workshops. With multiple perspectives, we hope to articulate what motivates a CSW, what it looks like in action, how it feels, and importantly--how it differs from other STEM spaces and programs.

If all goes well, the contributions to the online discussion will ultimately be distilled into a "how-to" guide...fast forward a couple years...millions of copies, in various languages, will be loaded onto a B57 and dropped, airborne leaflet propaganda style, over inhabited areas around the world.

This first post is intended to cut to the heart of the matter. What, to you personally, is the #1 thing that a CSW provides, especially for kids, that isn't adequately provided by any other aspect of most neighborhoods today ?