Million Women Mentors News
A Bi-Weekly UpdateJanuary 22,  2014
THANKS A MILLION!

Check out the launch of Million Women Mentors! Jan 8th at the National Press Club. Actor  Hill Harper, Tena Clark, Judge Glenda Hatchett, the Science Cheerleaders, Edie Fraser, Jorge Benitez (Accenture), Michael Norris (Sodexo), Patrice D'Eramo (Cisco), Jennifer Sirangelo (National 4-H Council) , Balaji Ganapathy (Tata Consultancy Group) and more! We invite you to enjoy the official photo gallery of the  launch HERE , US News & World Report story HERE and send a big shout our of appreciation to:

Our Founding Partners: National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP), MentorNet, and NPower. 
 
Founding Sponsors include (as of 1-8): (Platinum) Accenture, Cisco, Sodexo, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (Gold) Diana Davis Spencer Foundation, Microsoft Research, Walmart and ADP (Silver) Adecco Group North America, General Motors, Intellectual Ventures and UST Global. Profiles of all Sponsors & Partners HERE.
 
Our National Partners who serve over 18 million girls & young women: The National 4-H Council, Girls Inc., The Manufacturing Institute, MENTOR, Teach for America, AAUW, Great Minds in STEM, American Institute of Architects (AIA), Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC), Business and Professional Women's Foundation (BPW), National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT), YWCA, Junior Achievement, Sally Ride Science, Skills USA, Girl Scouts of the USA, Lean In, US News & World Report, Diversity Woman, Diplomatic Courier, Enterprising Women, Discovery Communications, National Utilities Diversity Council (NUDC), National Women's Political Caucus, eWomen Network, US Chamber of Commerce, Girlstart, Global WIN, Innovate+Educate, My College Options, National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity (NAPE), US 2020, Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN), Computer Clubhouse Network, LATINAstyle, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), Success in the City, Arizona State University, Nepris, AGU, FIRST Robotics.

 

CALL TO ACTION. PLEDGE-TO-MENTOR 
42,406 Have Pledged to Mentor a Girl or Young Women in STEM skills. 
 
Big Shout Out! Texas Girls Collaborative Project, Tata Consultancy Services, AAUW and Nepris, LLC, and  KC STEM Alliance, have pledged to mentor over 40,000. Companies pledge-to-mentor at www.millionwomenmentors.org. 455 pledges since Jan 8th launch and over 6 million twitter impressions!   

 

"We have the responsibility as a country to move the needle on girls and young women in STEM careers from 24 percent of our current workforce to 50 percent," said Edie Fraser, CEO of STEMconnector� and Co-Founder of Million Women Mentors. 

 

 

DON'T DELAY- MENTOR GIRLS IN STEM SKILLS 
Yinka Robinson of STEMconnector Introduces MWM Founding Partners Karen Peterson of NGCP, Mary Fernandez of Mentornet, Stephanie Cuskley of NPower and Jennifer Sirangelo of The National 4-H Council
Million Women Mentors, launched as an initiative of STEMconnector�, will support the engagement of one million women (and men) in STEM to serve as mentors by 2018.  Our shared vision with 44 lead partners* is to serve at least one million girls and young women throughout the high school to work age continuum to increase the interest and confidence to persist and succeed in STEM programs and careers. 

If you haven't already, you can pledge-to-mentor HERE or at www.millionwomenmentors.org as a corporation, organization or individual.

 

 Young girls and women are less likely than their male counterparts to work in STEM fields. In fact, just 24 percent of women work in STEM fields. The good news is that women in STEM careers earn 92 cents for every dollar male-STEM counterparts earn versus 75 cents in other fields. What's more, 80 percent of the fastest growing occupations in the United States depend on mastery of mathematics and scientific knowledge and skills.

 

Under the pledge you have the option to sign on as a corporation with a designated point person, Individual or organization that will bring mentors to the table with a minimum requirement of 20 hours a year. Companies and organizations choose how they want to mentor through five suggested pathways to build their program or leverage what they are doing already. These pathways are delineated in the pledge section and include online, face to face, internships, sponsorship of a young woman and more. Many of our 44 National partners who serve combined over 18 million girls are in need of mentors. 

  

 

 

"For Accenture, the combination of STEM and women is a natural fit," said Jorge Benitez, Accenture's Chief Executive of the United States and senior managing director of North America. "Technology-led innovation is at the heart of our business, and our women are key to our ability to deliver high performance to our clients. Pairing girls and young women with successful role models is a key step to encouraging them to bring their intelligence, talent and ability to STEM careers, and we are pleased to be part of this important initiative."

 

  
"It's incongruent that in 2013 women accounted for 57 percent of bachelor's degrees awarded in the U.S., but STEM accounted for less than 10 percent of all degrees,"
said Michael Norris, Chief Operating Officer & Market President, Sodexo North America.
"Given that by 2020, 81 percent of new workforce entrants will be women or minorities, at Sodexo we hear a call to action today to mentor and prepare girls and young women for unbridled success in tomorrow's demanding global marketplace, and are excited to support this critical STEM careers imperative."

 

 

 

Partners NEWS & Resources

 

 

After a successful launch on January 8th, we've hit the ground running with National Mentoring Month developed by partner MENTOR.  On January 6th, the Manufacturing Institute announced its partnership with MWM along with its 2014 STEP Award Honorees.  Followed by efforts from eWomen Netowrk and Girl Scouts of the USA (GUSA) which included a mentor/mentee luncheon, and a fabulous piece written by CEO of GUSA Anna Maria Chavez featured in the Huffington Post!

 

The National Alliance of Partnerships in Equity (NAPE), Girlstart, NEPRIS, and founding partner the National Girls Collaborative Project hosted webinars discussing the importance of building the STEM pipeline, the role trust plays within the mentor/mentee relationship, connecting classrooms with the real world of STEM,  and the importance of STEM role models for girls. And special thanks to Diversity Woman Magazine and the Business Professional Women's Foundation for starting this week off strong!

 

Stay tuned for the next update.

  

"As a proud founding partner of MWM, nothing is more important than mentoring and supporting girls and women into STEM careers, especially in the underserved communities. We are thrilled to work in more than 1,400 communities with more than eight million girls," said Karen Peterson, President and CEO of National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP
  

 

 

The MWM Web Portal- A Resource for Our Country!
TCS's Balaji Ganapathy and STEMconnector's Julie Kantor Launch the MWM website
Web Portal Goes Live!

 

  

As Brandon Busteed of Gallup Says, "Mentor Duty Should Be the New Jury Duty!" 

 

The  website portal will be developed in phases with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). The first phase launched January 8, 2014 launched above by Balaji Ganapathy of TCS, and STEMconnector's Julie Kantor includes a nationwide call to action to capture and pledge commitments from individuals, organizations and companies that have an interest in mentoring. In the second and third phases, the website will be enhanced with matching capabilities to pair corporation (mentors) with worthy non-profits and educational institutions serving girls in STEM fields. Additionally, the site will recognize those with model mentoring programs, research, Townhalls, and learning resources.

 

"STEM careers offer women and girls the opportunity to engage in some of the most exciting realms of innovation. TCS believes we collectively need an all hands on deck approach, clearing hurdles as women navigate careers in STEM, and paving the way towards realizing greater equality and economic success," said Surya Kant, Tata Consultancy Services' President for North America, UK & Europe. 

 

 

  

 

 

As always, please direct any questions regarding sponsorship info to Julie.Kantor@STEMconnector.org and partnership info to Yinka.Robinson@STEMconnector.org.

See what our partners are doing all month in support of girls in STEM and next we bring Million Women Mentors to Capital Hill with great support from US Senators and more!
 
Sincerely,

 

Julie, Edie, Lorena, Yinka and Giavanni 
STEMConnector™
Million Women Mentors Team

 

ABOUT- STEMconnector� is a consortium of companies, nonprofit associations, government entities and academic institutions actively working to promote STEM education and careers in the United States. We are owned by Diversified Search, LLC. Fulfilling the charge to identify, inform and connect stakeholders in STEM education and workforce development, STEMconnector� is both a resource and a service, designed to link "all things STEM." STEMconnector� differentiates itself by focusing on the entire education and workforce ecosystem and how STEM Education translates into jobs and careers with a particular emphasis on diversity. Sign up for STEMdaily at www.STEMconnector.org

  

 

 

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