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California has increased their pledge to Million Women Mentors to 100,000!
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Congratulations to state leaders Beth Broome, Danielle Deveau-Sires, and Nancy Kirshner-Rodriguez, California’s Steering Committee, and all the participants and mentors. California continues with aggressive work toward building more women and girls in STEM.
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Lieutenant Governor speaks at the Arkansas Association for Career and Technical Education
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MWM-Arkansas Honorary Chair Lieutenant Governor Tim Griffin spoke at the Arkansas Association for Career and Technical Education during its 87th annual Summer Conference. He advocated for the benefits of career and technical education and promoted the Million Women Mentors effort to encourage more female students to pursue careers in STEM.
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MWM-MN Partnering with Soledad O’Brien’s Starfish Foundation
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MWM-MN is partnering with Soledad O’Brien’s Starfish Foundation to promote the 2017 PowHERful Enrichment Conference on August 26th. The PowHERful Foundation works to help young women attend and finish college through financial aid, mentorship, and other services. Their Enrichment Conference is a day-long event focusing on educational, professional and personal development, and is free to girls 14-13.
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GoIT Program and Tata Consultancy Services Hope to Expose Young Students to Tech-Related Topics
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Through the goIT program, Tata Consultancy Services hopes to expose students to technology-related topics at an early age in the hope that it would trigger their interest and encourage them to explore opportunities in information technology and computer engineering. Led by TCS employees, such as Ms. Hillary McDonald and IT professionals, such as Ms. JaNelle Casson, a member of the Million Women Mentor-TX Task Force, these workshops help students understand the importance of IT as a profession and provide direct interaction with experts in emerging technologies. Texas 4-H Urban Outreach Programs presented GoIT - Houston July 31 - August 2, 2017 at Fort Bend - 4-H County Office in Rosenberg, Texas. U. S. Congressmen Pete Olson provided the opening remarks. Read more about TCS’ GoIT program HERE
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Hillary McDonald from TCS and Congressmen Pete Olson
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JaNelle Casson, Congressmen Pete Olson, and participants
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Hillary McDonald from TCS
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For the last 4 months they've been on the road talking to locals and influencers about the future of work in their cities. They're getting ready for their San Francisco tour stop on August 9th and would love to see you there!
Connect with Lorena Fimbres,
VP and Chief Business Development Officer for STEMconnector and Million Women Mentors, who will be part of the speakers line-up.
[email protected]
REGISTER HERE!
Top 3 Reasons YOU should come to our tour stop next Wednesday
- FIND A JOB. 20+ growing startups are recruiting and are looking for great talent like you.
- Mentoring With Megan. Need we say more?
- Hear incredible speakers!
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KENYA: Woman of Passion - A Dream to Empower Women
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“I dreamed of being a great scientist. I grew up in Kisii seeing species of birds and mushrooms disappearing and I wanted to solve some of the world’s environmental problems. Getting Ellie renewed this drive. I worked hard to graduate,” she recalls.
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INDIA: Karnataka’s Flagship Programme Elevate 100 gets Overwhelming Response
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ELEVATE 100 - the Karnataka Government‘s Flagship Programme to identify 100 of the most innovative start-ups in the State kicked-off last month has received an overwhelming response from 1700 start-ups across Karnataka.
The State Government in association with SheThePeople.TV will co-locate ‘The Women Entrepreneur Innovation Summit’ on August 20 at the Elevate100 Grand Finale.
The summit is aimed at supporting women tech entrepreneurs with access to mentoring and funds earmarked for women entrepreneurs. The Government will also provide necessary support in marketing, accounting and legal matters.
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In Washington’s Most Diverse District, STEM Opportunities Provide New Paths to Success
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Federal Way Public Schools (FWPS) is the most diverse district in the state of Washington, serving 70 percent scholars of color. Current statistics show that scholars of color and females are underrepresented in STEM fields across the country, and so FWPS is actively taking steps to provide STEM and STEAM (STEM with an emphasis on the arts) opportunities for each scholar from kindergarten through high school graduation.
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Get To Know The Young Women At The Center Of ‘Step’
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On Friday, Step will hit theaters. The heartfelt documentary follows three seniors at Baltimore Leadership School For Young Women with their eyes on college and their final year as members of their high school’s step team.
"I’m happy for me, specifically, since I’m in STEM, because it’s not so much broadcast, black girls in STEM,” she said. "So, I’m really happy that I was able to share that part of myself in the movie.” - Cori Grainger
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Kate Lack, 2017 Miss Showgirl Finalist and STEM Student
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Finalist, Kate Lack, 21, graduated from USQ with a Bachelor in Spatial Science majoring in Surveying (Hons). Kate now lives in Moranbah and works as a Graduate Surveyor with BHP. She is also the current Global Social Media Manager for Robogals. In the future, Kate hopes to continue her role as a mentor and role model for girls in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths) and continue to engage young girls in the endless opportunities STEM careers can have. Kate’s hobbies include raising chickens, reading and sewing. She was also the captain for the 2016 USQ University Games Team and captained the women’s basketball team.
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Camp Introduces Girls to AI, the Modern Day ‘Industrial Revolution’
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Tiny cars buzz around a classroom in the Stanford Gates Computer Science Building as eight teen girls look on, laptops in hand. These young programmers at SAILORS, the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Outreach Summer program, are testing code for their mini self-driving cars.
These girls are part of a group of 32 females, all rising high school sophomores, who come from 10 states and five countries to be a part of the world’s only summer artificial intelligence camp for girls. Similar programs will run next year at the University of California, Berkeley, and Princeton University.
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How the Girl Scouts' New CEO is Using Her Time at NASA and Apple to Promote STEM Education
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What started as simply stargazing with her Girl Scouts troop as a 7-year-old in New Mexico has since turned into a career at NASA, IBM, Apple and Dell for Sylvia Acevedo. Sylvia Acevedo's mission: to ensure STEM learning is a part of every young woman's life.
"I had an 'aha' moment when I was a young girl and my troop leader saw me looking at the stars."
"Girl Scouts gave me that early confidence of being competent to talk about money, talk about what I deserve and not taking no for an answer."
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Number of Minorities, Women Taking CS is Skyrocketing Thanks to STEM Collaborations
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Following implementation of a new type of computer science option last fall — AP Computer Science Principles, which puts real-world perspectives on coding — data from 2016 to 2017 shows the number of minorities taking a computer science exam in some form nearly tripled to 22,199, up from 8,283, while the number of girls taking it rose from 12,642 to 29,708.
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STEM: Helping Women Advance from Lab Bench to Boardroom
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At the Fifth Annual STEAM Fair and Reception hosted by the Women’s Congressional Policy Institute (WCPI) last month, the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC—one that’s typically bustling with congressional activity for the U.S. House of Representatives—was filled with a different kind of energy: that of talented middle and high school girls eager to learn more about pursuing education and careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics.
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NKY’s Women’s Initiative announces honorary committee for Annual Regional Summit on Sept. 19
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nternational speaker and author Libby Gill will deliver the keynote addresses under the theme, “Igniting Bold Leadership for Established and Emerging Leaders.”
Known as a strong advocate for women mentoring women, Gill works with executives at companies such as ABC-Disney, Comcast, Deloitte, Eli Lilly, G0-Daddy, Kellogg’s, Microsoft, Nike, Oracle, PayPal, Warner Bros. and Wells Fargo. She will sign two of her books at the event.
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Aberdeen, Helios Fund Push for Gender Diversity
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Efforta to increase gender diversity are gaining traction globally since State Street Global Advisors in March installed the Fearless Girl across from Wall Street's iconic charging bull.
A recent study by a professor at the University of Pennsylvania suggested that, "there is no evidence available to suggest that the addition, or presence, of women on the board actually causes a change in company performance."
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Finance: Women’s Alliance Creates Adviser Directory
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The Accounting and Financial Women’s Alliance has released a directory of more than 200 industry professionals.
AFWA created the Find a Pro Directory as a resource for business owners or individuals looking for finance support in a variety of areas, including bookkeeping, tax preparation and retirement planning.
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When Ego Boyo Led Women Society Empowered Women
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Recently, the International Women Society executive members led by its 60th President, Ego Boyo, graduated 85 women in different vocational skills training at its Lekki centre. It was at its 18th graduation ceremony where Funke Olaode, captured the life-changing experience and confirmed that, indeed, the IWS through its empowerment programme is not just building careers but also providing steam that is driving the nation’s economy.
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FIRST® Announces 2017 STEM Equity Community Innovation Grant Winners
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MANCHESTER, N.H., Aug. 03, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) announced 17 grants to support the development of new, innovative approaches to address equity, inclusion and diversity inequalities in STEM (science, technology, education and math) education, focusing on communities with underserved and underrepresented students.
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Diversity Debate Divides Silicon Valley
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On Saturday an unnamed male engineer published "Google's Ideological Echo Chamber," strongly suggesting the company encourage "ideological" rather than gender diversity. The author contends women don't make up 50% of the company's tech and leadership positions because of differences in their preferences and abilities, not sexism. By early Sunday, the memo had gone viral.
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In a recent Gallup study, only 11 percent of corporate executives perceived that college graduates had the skills they were looking for. How can we better prepare the next generation for the jobs of tomorrow?
In her new book, Teach to Work: How a Mentor, a Mentee and a Project Can Close the Skills Gap in America (Taylor and Francis: March 28, 2017) mentoring expert Patty empowers professionals – whether they are bankers, lawyers, architects, accountants, engineers, IT specialists or artists – to bring their real-world experience and her project based mentoring model into the classroom.
Compelling and insightful, the book reveals how professionals can embark on a journey to transform lives, mentoring one student at a time.
“You have made a difference in the lives of these kids, and most likely you have made a difference in the lives of their kids as well. They have grabbed hold of your light, because they feel your encouragement and kindness, and maybe because they had no other. Thank you for your important leadership in this role.”
— Chris Gardener, Author of The Pursuit of Happyness, 2010 NFTE Dare to Dream speech
For more information visit www.teachtowork.com
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Women’s Quick Facts
brings to life insightful data on the impact of women that everyone should know. From purchasing power, to how efficient women owned companies are with respect to capital compared to men, this book takes the pulse on women in today’s modern economy. Not only does each page compile a broad spectrum of the most current data, it also brings the numbers to life in bite size, easy to read content.
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