Techbridge Girls

Happy International Day Of The World's Indigenous People! 🌍

Techbridge Girls believes in paying respect to the native elders and stewards of our lands, past, present and future. Today, we honor and recognize their unique contributions to our society.

Head to https://native-land.ca/ and type in your location in the search bar. In the chat let us know what native land you’re on.

Learn more about our new CEO, Savita Raj at https://ow.ly/t5uC50STNBf.

Techbridge Girls has the opportunity to speak at SXSW EDU!

The way history tells the story of STEM will impact the leaders of tomorrow, especially about who belongs. In our panel, STEM leaders, educators, and professionals will discuss how learning about the contributions of Black, Latina, and Indigenous communities has affected their personal lineage in the industry.

Vote now for "The Stories That Aren’t Told," at https://ow.ly/rqEf50SSYHS.

Happy Professional Engineers Day!

We recognize our institutions do not adequately prepare nor create access to high quality STEM learning and career paths that center girls of color.

TBG is focused on re-engineering STEM education so girls are inspired and prepared to persist toward their STEM aspirations. Learn more at https://bit.ly/3Aobg3X.

The Techbridge Girls Board of Directors has announced the appointment of its new CEO, Savita Raj!

Savita brings decades-long experience in leadership, strategy, and fundraising focused on creating equitable STEM programs in underserved communities.

Learn more about our new leader at https://ow.ly/MW5a50SS2i4.

Join the Fall 2024 STEM Equity Learning Community!

The SELC is designed to equip out-of-school-time (OST) program managers, administrators, and site directors with the tools to create equitable learning spaces for young girls of color.

Learn more and apply at https://bit.ly/3SCQdRG.

How Techbridge Girls Empowers Educators!

Did you know? Your support for Techbridge Girls goes beyond just girls in STEM.
We equip educators with the tools they need through our Professional Development Track Program!

Track 1 offers a variety of development opportunities that enhance teachers’ professional and personal capacities.By embracing multimodal learning, educators are equipped with the tools to foster critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills in their STEM classrooms.

Track 2 values the efforts of individuals and institutions as they strive to create positive change on their STEM equity journey. By credentialing and contextualizing each learner’s needs, we ensure that teachers are equipped to provide high-quality education for all students.

This Teacher Appreciation Week, let’s continue to support and empower our educators who play a vital role in shaping the future leaders of tomorrow. Your direct support of Techbridge Girls, not only invests in the future generation of STEM leaders, but also empowers the educators who guide them!

Learn More by visiting techbridgegirls.org or reaching out to: [email protected].

⭐️⭐️This week Caitlin Davis,
Manager of Educator Training and Support had the great opportunity to attend the BOOST Conference in beautiful Palm Springs!

Today, Caitlin presented “Lighting the Way - Building STEM Identity and Belonging for BIPOC Girls and Gender-Expansive Youth” ! Way to represent TBG, Caitlin and our work to equip educators!

BOOST conference is the largest global convening of in and out-of-school time professionals and we hope all that attended felt empowered and expanded your knowledge of the endless possibilities for inspiring youth.

Together we CAN Inspire Youth. Inspire Learning. Inspire Change. So great to have seen you all in sunny Palm Springs!
#2024

Happy !

Did you know this year’s theme is Planet vs. Plastics? It calls on government leaders, businesses, and everyday people to reduce plastic production by 60% by 2040. It is also calling for the full elimination of single use plastics by the end of this decade.

Are you up for this environmental challenge? We’d love to hear how you’re taking steps to celebrate planet Earth— making it a better and healthier place for us all! 🫶🏾🌎

🎉As a STEM partner we have exciting news!

The television series Mission Unstoppable has been recognized by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences and nominated for a Webby Award and a Webby People’s Voice Award! This award honors Mission Unstoppable digital series!

The award is decided based on general population votes. We are asking for your vote! https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting #/2024/video/video-series-channels/science-education! Voting is open through Thursday, April 18th, at 11:59 pm PDT. You can only vote once.

⭐️MU, the television series made possible by Lyda Hill Philanthropies’ IF/THEN® Initiative and Executive Produced by Geena Davis, is created by a team of people with a passion for making stellar STEM content that is inspiring, digestible, and entertaining.

Let’s gooo Mission Unstoppable!! ✨✨✨✨

❓Did you know that there are women working in STEM right now that got their start in Techbridge Girls programming? Women like Sarah, who became excited about STEM after her participation in TBG and is now working at John Hopkins on MRNA vaccines. Or, women like Aileen, who was told that she would not have success in her career because she was a woman, but after the exposure to STEM from TBG graduated from college with a degree in Mathematics.

That is paving the way. High five to Sarah and Aileen! 🙌🏾

When you support Techbridge Girls, you are encouraging more young girls to be like Sarah and Aileen. With TBG, girls are inspired and prepared to persist toward their STEM aspirations.

Listen to our Board Member, Nicole Grogan’s experience and affinity to TBG.

“As the parent of a daughter with STEM career aspirations and a leader in finance and tech spaces for the past 30 years, I am passionate about Techbridge Girls mission to equip educators and incorporate equitable STEM curriculum to prepare students for post-secondary STEM degrees and jobs. These efforts will help close gender gaps in math and science careers while providing greater opportunities for economic mobility.”

Join Nicole to become a part of our community of Techbridge Girls supporters today by contributing to equitable STEM education! Your gift will mean more girls can find belonging in STEM in 2024 and beyond. 🔭

Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, this month your gift will go even further. Every gift up to $5,000 will be matched for the month of March! ✨✨✨✨

✨✨✨✨ICYMI✨✨✨✨ Our programming team “Lighting the Way” during their conference stay with

Shout out to Casi and Caitlin for a rockstar presentation: “Building STEM Identity & Belonging for BIPOC girls and gender expansive youth.”⭐️

Have some favorite moments at the conference? Share in the comment below!!

We're always excited to share others' excitement! 😀 Thanks for posting! Happy Friday to all!

The Dennis Project team is preparing for our Girl Rep in STEM: ChangeMakers program - a 12-session STEM and SEL series for middle school BIPOC girls. I'm SUPER excited about the workshop entitled "Wear Your Crown". Thanks to Techbridge Girls for providing STEM curriculum that gives our girls a voice!

It's a 2-part session centering on coily and curly hair, girls* learn about Dr. Tamarra James-Todd and her work to expose the Hidden Stories behind chemicals in shampoo. They'll learn about controversial chemicals in shampoo, and conduct a foam test to measure sulfate content.

Part two - The girls build upon the long lineage of cultural haircare methods and histories of Black women entrepreneurs developing products formulated for their hair textures; the foundational story of Madame CJ Walker and how Zandra Cunningham is continuing her chemical engineering legacy through her product line. They'll make their own shampoo for their hair texture, test its pH, and label and present it. The session will end with affirmations that encourage ChangeMakers to wear their crown!

📣Are you planning to attend ? We are!! Come check us out as we present our session: “Lighting the Way -Building STEM Identity and Belonging” at the National After School Association (NAA) annual OST professionals convention in Dallas, March 17-20, 2024.

Click here to learn more about and see you in Dallas! https://loom.ly/GzQZmp4

📝According to the National Center for Engineering and Science Statistics (2023), women working in STEM is growing with women in the STEM workforce growing 31% from 2011 to 2021. This includes remarkable women such as the creator of TransTech Social Enterprises Angelica Ross, or roboticist, entrepreneur and educator Ayanna Howard. Not to mention our incredible TBG team members, board members and educators. ⭐️⭐️

“Innovation drives our country and the best innovation comes from a multitude of backgrounds. Women’s input can lead to groundbreaking inventions. At TBG, we encourage them to see themselves in STEM careers, thus changing what is possible for them and for our society”
Rachel Sheinbein, TBG Board Member

At Techbridge Girls, we know that STEM is good for girls and girls are good for STEM. ✨✨✨

When you support Techbridge Girls, you are changing this narrative in our field and industry so girls are inspired and prepared to persist toward their STEM aspirations.🔭🥼

Consider being a part of our community of Techbridge Girls supporters today by contributing to equitable STEM education! Your gift will mean more girls can find belonging in STEM in 2024 and beyond. Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, this month your gift will go even further. Every gift up to $5,000 will be matched for the month of March!

Head to https://www.techbridgegirls.org/donate/

African American women have played a crucial role in shaping the field of (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) through their contributions and achievements. Despite facing discrimination and barriers to entry, Black women have made significant advancements in various scientific fields throughout history.
One notable figure is Katherine Johnson, a mathematician whose calculations were instrumental in the success of NASA’s early space missions. Her work helped send astronauts to the moon and back safely. That is what we call “out of this world”! 🚀

STEM contributors like Katherine Johnson have not only broken barriers but have also inspired future generations of Black women to pursue careers in STEM. Their contributions serve as a reminder of the resilience and intelligence of Black women throughout history and continue to inspire young girls to dream big and reach for the stars! ✨✨✨✨✨

Consider being a part of our community of Techbridge Girls supporters today by contributing to equitable STEM education! Your gift will mean more girls can find belonging in STEM in 2024 and beyond. Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, this month your gift will go even further. Every gift up to $5,000 will be matched for the month of March!

What’s on play the entire month of March? Women’s History Month of course! Techbridge Girls will be loading stories of women from the past, present and future who have turned up the volume in STEM fields.

Welcome to our Black History Month Gallery Walk! Today we admire Lyda D. Newman! Here are just some of the ways Lyda made HERstory:

⚙️ A hair and scalp specialist by trade, she was the first person to create a hairbrush that used synthetic bristles instead of animal hair.
⚙️ In 1898, she received a patent for her hairbrush, which included recessed air chambers to improve ventilation and a removable compartment for collecting—and emptying—debris. Her hairbrush was designed to enhance hairstyling, ensure cleanliness, improve hygiene, offer ease of use, and maximize efficiency. This invention remains associated with her legacy, serving multiple purposes in Black hair care.
⚙️ One of the organizers of an African-American branch of the Woman Suffrage Party, which fought for women’s right to vote, Newman canvassed neighborhoods and organized meetings to raise awareness for gender equality.

Join us this month and every month as we celebrate the life and legacy of incredible STEM role models like Lyda D. Newman! Make sure to share her story and tell us - who has been a STEM role model for you in your life?

Welcome to our Black History Month Gallery Walk! Today we admire Yvonne Clark! Here are just some of the ways Yvonne made HERstory:

⚙️ A pioneer for African-American and women engineers.
⚙️ The first woman to get a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering at Howard University.
⚙️ The first woman to earn a master's degree in Engineering Management from Vanderbilt University.
⚙️ The first woman to serve as a faculty member in the College of Engineering and Technology at Tennessee State University.
⚙️ At the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, she helped design the containers Neil Armstrong used to bring Moon samples back to Earth.
⚙️ Discovered methods for revitalizing and modernizing part of the inner city through the Westinghouse's Defense and Space Center in Baltimore, Maryland.

Join us this month and every month as we celebrate the life and legacy of incredible STEM role models like Yvonne Clark! Make sure to share her story and tell us - who has been a STEM role model for you in your life?

Welcome to our Black History Month Gallery Walk! Today we admire Susan McKinney-Steward! Here are just some of the ways Susan made HERstory:

⚙️ She was the third Black woman to earn a medical degree in the US and the first in the state of New York.

⚙️ Though from a wealthy family, she paid her own way through medical school by offering singing lessons and graduated valedictorian.

⚙️ Ran her own practice in Brooklyn.

⚙️ Co-founded the Brooklyn Women’s Homeopathic Hospital and Dispensary and worked as college physician at the African Methodist Episcopal Church’s Wilberforce University in Ohio.

⚙️ Sat on the board of and practiced medicine at the Brooklyn Home for Aged Colored People.

Join us this month as we celebrate the life and legacy of incredible STEM role models like Susan McKinney-Steward! Make sure to share her story and tell us - who has been a STEM role model for you in your life?

Have you heard?!📣

Annie Soler, our incredible VP of Programs and Strategic Growth, is on an episode of Motiv8: A STEM Core Podcast! Hear a bit of her story and an in-depth conversation about Techbridge Girls' framework and approach to STEM Equity.

Check out Season 2 Episode 1, "Empowering Innovators: What Steps Can We Take to Foster Women in STEM?", out now at the link: https://ow.ly/6omt50QCVia.

Yesterday was a win for the but it was also a win for and in everywhere! We celebrated the International Day of Women and Girls in Science !!! This annual observance celebrates the importance of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in the scientific community!

Did you know that the NFL Women’s Forum is part of the league’s ongoing commitment to , equity and inclusion? Since 2017, over 250 opportunities have emerged for women in NFL roles with that number continuing to grow in 2024!

Now that’s a touchdown!

Big celebration to all women and girls in STEM— on and off the field whether a ball engineer, a broadcast engineer or statistician! Those are true !!

The contributions of African American leaders and pioneers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) have been invaluable to the advancement of these fields. At TBG take a virtual gallery walk with us for as we celebrate and honor individuals who have paved the way for future generations. ✨✨✨

As an organization committed to equity and education, our educators are empowered to act as advocates for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) girls pursuing their STEM aspirations. We understand the importance of and believe that every girl should be able to see herself as a leader in !

By showcasing the achievements of African American leaders in STEM through our month’s gallery walk, we are excited to provide inspiration and motivation for girls everywhere! They can learn about the accomplishments of women like Mae Jemison, the first African American woman to travel into space, or Katherine Johnson, whose calculations were critical to NASA’s success during the Space Race. 🔭👩🏾‍🚀🚀

These role models serve as beacons of hope for aspiring scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and technologists. They demonstrate that with hard work, dedication, and perseverance, anything is possible!

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We equip educators! Of course, we know how to tinker with crafts to create an amazing team building exercise! 💫

⚙️ Ignite sparks girls*' and gender-expansive youth's interest in STEM. Out-of-School Time (OST) educators work with girls to deliver engaging STEM and social-emotional supportive activities in this program. Ignite offers easy-to-access, high-quality, broad STEM and social-emotional learning (SEL) content through fun, engaging STEM experiences that build connection, community, and family engagement.🎇

⚙️ Inspire encourages girls to explore a wide range of hands-on STEM activities. In this program, OST educators work with girls and gender-expansive youth to deliver engaging STEM and social-emotional supportive activities. Inspire offers online educator training in hands-on STEM and effective practices for delivering equitable STEM education.💡

⚙️ ChangeMakers builds girls' and gender-responsive youth's STEM joy, excitement, belonging, and agency through culturally relevant story-based learning. In this program, OST educators work with girls to deliver engaging STEM through the contributions of BIPOC women who have used STEM as a tool to positively impact systems, communities, and their personal lives. Girls will conclude with a Community Impact Project showcase to present what they have created to resolve a problem in their community. 🦋

Today is the day!! The last day to apply for Spring 2024! Spread the word and follow the link to learn more and apply now: https://ow.ly/EKUp50QiRx5.

* Techbridge Girls (TBG) serves Black, Indigenous, and all girls of color, which includes cis girls, trans youth, gender non-conforming, and/or non-binary youth who experience(d) girlhood and economic insecurity as a part of their journey.

There's still time to apply by Jan 19th (tomorrow)! Follow the link to learn more and apply today: https://ow.ly/LMKV50QcyFu.

By joining this incredible and supportive community, participants will:

⚙️Explore how to use asset-based frameworks and practices to combat inequities in OST STEM.

⚙️Experience culturally relevant and gender-responsive strategies that increase STEM belonging and persistence.

⚙️Deconstruct identity and bias, equipping participants to engage staff in the reflection and action required to facilitate equitable STEM programming.

⚙️Develop STEM equity action steps for their OST program.

⚙️Become part of a unique national community of OST leaders who are growing the number of equitable STEM learning spaces.

⚙️Receive $1000 stipend for their participation in the learning community, evaluation, and research.

There's still time! The deadline to apply is January 19 (this Friday!). Follow and share the link today: https://ow.ly/niOB50QiRq4.

Research tells us that responsive learning environments can make all the difference in girls’ sustained interest in STEM. We also know that OST program managers, directors, and site directors play a critical role in the STEM trajectory for girls because they ensure their afterschool programs’ classrooms are equitable, gender and culturally responsive experiences. The STEM Equity Learning Community is designed to equip OST program managers, administrators, and site directors so that more equitable learning spaces are available for Black, Indigenous, and Latina girls and gender-expensive youth.

We are accepting applications for our STEM Equity Learning Community! The deadline to apply is January 19, 2024.

Follow the link to apply today: https://ow.ly/WtEx50Qcyux.

It's a new year, and Techbridge Girls' resolution is to reach more BIPOC girls* and gender-expansive youth by training and equipping MORE educators to deliver our award-winning, hands-on, culturally-relevant, and gender-responsive STEM curricula. Our goal is to create more and more brave spaces that foster a sense of belonging in STEM spaces. Are you interested in helping us reach more program sites and achieving this goal of spreading STEM equity?

We'd love your help spreading the word that we're still accepting applications for Spring 2024! The deadline to apply is January 19! Follow the link to learn more and apply today: https://ow.ly/mNtH50QiRga.

* Techbridge Girls (TBG) serves Black, Indigenous, and all girls of color, which includes cis girls, trans youth, gender non-conforming, and/or non-binary youth who experience(d) girlhood and economic insecurity as a part of their journey.