Happy National STEM Day! 🔬👩🏾💻🥼➕👩🏽🔬🧪🧬
Today we celebrate the day that inspires students all over the world to explore and pursue their interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math! At TBG, we work to close the gender gap that exist in STEM related careers, build STEM interest and persistence in girls and equip our amazing educators with the tools necessary to ensure our girls go boldly into their bright FUTURES in STEM! And, most importantly know STEM is where they BELONG!
Thanks to each of YOU, our educators, & our partners for tangibly helping to empower the next generation of STEM innovators and leaders through social change and access to quality STEM education. 🌟🌟
To receive access to our IGNITE, INSPIRE, & ChangeMakers sample lesson plans head over to: https://www.techbridgegirls.org/what-we-do/#programs
#GirlsLeadSTEM month is here! Join #TechbridgeGirls as a proud Founding Coalition Member for the entire month of October as we celebrate, elevate, and rally support for a future where #GirlsLeadSTEM!
We are so excited to be a part of a national awareness campaign to leverage the voices of young women and girls in STEM. 👩🏾⚕️🧪🧬🔭
A huge hello from our CEO, NIkole Collins-Puri as she joins in the conversation to help foster a community of STEM champions who are inspiring girls everywhere in #STEM!
#kickoff #launch #GLS
Join me at #CASTEAM22, where I will be presenting! Experience amazing keynotes, hands-on professional learning workshops, and wellness activities. Register now at http://ow.ly/TH9550KQL4n using the JOINME22 discount code for $50 off.
I’m presenting at the #CASTEAM22 Symposium! Experience amazing keynotes, hands-on professional learning activities in the Makerspace, and wellness activities. Register now at http://ow.ly/l2PB50KQKLY using the JOINME22 discount code for $50 off.
DEEP DIVE INTO STEM! 🌊🦈 What a fun time we are having as TBG and Sharks Community @sjscommunity participate in our #Social #Emotional # Learning Kitting Event at the @SAP Center! So many smiling faces, amazing #team members and #volunteers on site to construct such awesome kits for our TBG girls! Hear from our CEO, Nikole Collins-Puri as she describes the “secret sauce” behind our kits that make each of the brilliant girls connected to Techbridge Girls feel apart of their community and ultimately #equipped to take their Deep Dive into STEM!! #kitwithTBG #kitwithSharks
Join us today for The CAFE Group's #The1954Project #LuminaryAwards, which will highlight the innovative work of outstanding Black leaders & their positive impact on the education landscape.
The 1954 Project is a philanthropic initiative of The Cleveland Avenue Foundation for Education Group (The CAFE Group) that champions Black leadership to fulfill the promise of quality education for ALL. The 1954 Project exists at the intersection of education, leadership, and giving.
Register at http://ow.ly/K0uY50IUqvN and join us today at 12pmCDT to help us celebrate Black leadership & philanthropy
Tomorrow is the day! Register now for The CAFE Group's #The1954Project #LuminaryAwards, highlighting Luminaries' innovative work and positive impact on the education landscape. Register at the link: http://ow.ly/rV7r50IToeH
#The1954Project #TheCAFEGroup #Luminaries #BlackLeaders #Leadership #Philanthropy #Community #LeadByExample #BeTheChange #Education
Have you registered for the 1954 Project Luminary Awards yet? Don't miss the recognition of these incredible Luminaries, including our CEO Nikole Collins-Puri!
The 1954 Project is a philanthropic initiative of The Cleveland Avenue Foundation for Education Group (The CAFE Group) that champions Black leadership to fulfill the promise of quality education for ALL. The 1954 Project exists at the intersection of education, leadership, and giving.
Spread the news by sharing this announcement with your network! Go to http://ow.ly/xkk550IMAuM to register today. #The1954Project #TheCAFEGroup #Luminaries #BlackLeaders #Leadership #Philanthropy #Community #LeadByExample #BeTheChange #Education
What does summer and TBG programming have in common? Fun, Fun, Fun! 🌞
This summer TBG is excited to announce our newest and most flexible program, Ignite!
Ignite’s turnkey style program consist of:
● 8 Broad STEM lessons aligned with National Generation Science Standards (NGSS) that’s fun, equitable, open-ended and inquiry based!
● Sparks girls’ interests in grade levels: 3rd to 8th grades
● Sites receive:
🔑Kitted materials for 15 girls
🔑Educator lesson plans
🔑Role model demonstration videos
🔑Easy-to- use one pagers
● Sites provide:
🔑 On demand, two-hour training educator training (STEM equity, Social-emotional learning practices)
🔑Ongoing technical support
We’re so excited to hear from you! To bring this programming to the students you serve this summer, send a message to us at [email protected] by Friday, April 29, 2022.
WHY TBG?
Techbridge Girls re-engineers the way BIPOC girls from marginalized communities experience STEM by catalyzing out-of-school time (OST) STEM educators and STEM professionals into equity educators and advocates through training and curricula that promote access, belonging, and persistence.
On April 28th, from 12-1pmCDT, Nikole Collins-Puri, of Techbridge Girls, will be featured during the 2nd Annual 1954 Project Luminary Awards celebration! Register now and share with your network! Let’s support Black leaders in education receiving $1 million each!
The 1954 Project is a philanthropic initiative of The Cleveland Avenue Foundation for Education Group (The CAFE Group) that champions Black leadership to fulfill the promise of quality education for ALL. The 1954 Project exists at the intersection of education, leadership, and giving. Learn more and register at http://ow.ly/fnIS50IGXrM
#The1954Project #TheCAFEGroup #Luminaries #BlackLeaders #Leadership#Philanthropy #Community #LeadByExample #BeTheChange #Education
Happy #NationalVolunteerMonth! Today we celebrate the selfless work of Techbridge Girls' #volunteers. On each Friday in April, we are sharing our appreciation and gratitude for each of those who dedicate themselves to the mission of revolutionizing #STEMeducation for BIPOC girls and gender-expansive youth! Here is a personal message from our Communications Team and their appreciation for the impact of our volunteers’ stories.
Did you know this year’s Winter Olympics athlete, US speedskater, Erin Jackson graduated in 2015 with a degree in materials #science and #engineering? She then completed her associate’s degree in #computer science and is currently earning another associate’s in #kinesiology!! Let’s hear it for accomplishing your #goals!!
At Techbridge Girls, we are #fast at work as we prepare for our March 17th STEMConnect Panel 3: Bringing all of Yourself to STEM where we connect girls* from across the country to STEM Professionals as Role Models’.
Interested in registering as a student or educator for our STEM Career Panel? Click the link below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScG_nl-ZTDlAl0T4aunvBbvN6moSundCr582Nj2ZEPOUd3XAQ/viewform
It’s #AmericanEducationWeek, and Techbridge Girls is celebrating by answering a #FAQ: Who are #EquityEducators?
Equity Educators are Out-of-School Time (#OST) educators and #STEM professionals who, through our curricula and rigorous training, are empowered to reflect on their own #biases and power imbalance related to their identities and position. They have confidence in implementing #culturallyrelevant and #genderresponsive practices to their environments and learn strategies for centering #marginalizedidentities in STEM.
Equity Educators have sustained awareness of the ways multiple identities are often marginalized within STEM education and advocate for diverse STEM lineages that center the contributions of #BIPOC peoples outside of TBG. And they have sustained confidence creating an inclusive and safe space for students to bring their whole selves.
Equity Educators serve as STEM gatekeepers, with the power to disrupt #inequitable systems and pave the way for the next generation of #STEMleaders. Join us this week and every week as we celebrate TBG’s Equity Educators. Follow the link to hear from one of our amazing Equity Educators: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8LMSxfv8KU
If you are interested in learning how to be a TBG Equity Educator or volunteer, click the link: https://www.techbridgegirls.org/get-involved/volunteer/
We are so excited to be presenters at this year’s #CASTEAM2021! Join our break session today as we lead the conversation around #Equitable Learning in #STEM: Ensuring #Gender and #Cultural Responsiveness. To register: steamcalifornia.org
#CASTEAM2021 #Chevron
From the ideation and design processes, to successful take offs and safe landings, we are so proud of our amazing #engineers for completing their final mission! The first annual @NSBESEEK powered by @techbridgegirls #summercamp for #middleschool #BIPOC #girls launched with flying drones. #Thank you to our partner @Chevron!
Thank you to all the amazing #engineers, #parents, and #mentors for being part of our inaugural program. Check out some of our future #ChangeMakers in action! Meet Daneli Rios (7th grade), Sophie Catano (6th grade), Jasmine Njoku (7th grade), Sh*tsuko Pangelinan (6th grade), Kalia Stevenson (7th grade) and Victoria Walker (6th grade). #virtualseek2021 #girlsDoSTEM #representationmatters #STEMequity
Congratulations to our amazing #engineers for completing another #successfulmission with @AprilleEricsson and @SEEKNSBE !
Week 2 was all about #imagining and using the #STEM skills we have to creatively #solveproblems! We are #excited to launch into Week 3, where we begin to #create and #test! The SEEK program is powered by @NSBE @Chevron and @techbridgegirls
Mission one COMPLETE @SEEKNSBE powered by Techbridge Girls was a success! Our #engineers completed their mission with flying colors! @techbridgegirls and @NSBE, are excited about the next mission! Thanks to @AprilleEricsson for guiding for mission #one and to @chevron for fueling the SEEK program powered by Techbridge Girls, as we ignite #BlackBrown #middleschoolgirls interest in #STEM!
Much like the film #WishDragon, @TechbridgeGirls understands the importance of friendship, which is why we are thrilled to partner with @NetflixFamily as they grant wishes and #payitforward by celebrating our brilliant #BIPOC #GirlsinSTEM!
In a recent @insider article, @netflix was highlighted for offering annual base salaries starting at $70,000. They are a great example of how today’s companies can create #STEM jobs that offer fair living wages jobs and create economic mobility for their employees. We are honored to stand with organizations like @NetflixFamily who prioritize their employee’s well being and are working to create an #inclusive and fair workplace for all.
As we close out #VolunteerMonth, we are thrilled to share our #LeadFearlessly interview with long-time Techbridge Girls volunteer Denise Cooke. Denise has been sharing her time, brilliance, and mentorship with Techbridge Girls for more than a decade!
In our interview, she explores how she leads fearlessly, reflects on her #STEM journey as an engineer, and explains the importance of volunteering with Techbridge Girls: https://techbridgegirls.org/index.php?id=555
Thank you, Denise, for your dedication and commitment to ensuring that our girls and gender-expansive youth see themselves represented in STEM role models.
Today's #VolunteerMonth spotlight is Carolyn Joseph, a materials engineer at Chevron! Carolyn is one of several Chevron volunteers who participated as a Role Model in our virtual Techbridge [email protected] series to spark girls' and gender-expansive youth's interest in their #STEM journeys. Carolyn demonstrated our Slowest Lander engineering lesson, in which our girls design and build a device that will hold supplies and let them fall as slowly as possible so they land safely on the ground. For Carolyn, "studying engineering was the perfect way for me to combine my favorite subjects with being creative." She shared that her role at Chevron is "important for the future, and we believe our greatest resource is our people. Our ingenuity, creativity, and collaboration have met the complex challenges of energy’s past. Together, we’ll take on the future to provide reliable, affordable, and ever-cleaner energy for the millions around the world that rely on us.” Thank you, Carolyn, for sharing your time with us to create a fun and engaging STEM experience that build connection and community!
#EngineeringOurFuture with Bunmi Esho
From attending boarding school to improving schools, Bunmi Esho is a chemical engineer who chose a path that spoke to her! Formerly our Director of Strategic Partnerships, Bunmi is deeply committed to ensuring that BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) girls and gender-expansive youth are represented in STEM. Our CEO @Nikole Collins-Purii just caught up with Bunmi for #EWeek2021! Watch the video below to hear about Bunmi’s STEM journey, her role models, and her perspective on how our youth are #EngineeringOurFuture.
Inauguration Day 2021
On this momentous Inauguration Day, Techbridge Girls CEO Nikole Collins-Puri reflects: “Today I get to see the first Black woman that looks like me, that has a story like me, sit in one of the highest positions of our country. I’m so hopeful for what this brings... I’m excited about the future. I’m excited about her leadership, and I’m excited about what our girls will believe is normal for them going forward.”
We cannot wait to enter this new chapter as our girls see themselves represented in Kamala Harris, a #rolemodel who exemplifies what it means to #leadfearlessly. Congratulations to her and Joe Biden for being sworn in today.
As we reflect on 2020, and the last 20 years of impact that we’ve achieved with all of you, we’re reminded of the powerful words shared by our CEO Nikole Collins-Puri at our virtual 20th Anniversary Gala this fall: “When I think about 20 years ago, the phrase ‘trailblazers that have led fearlessly’ comes to mind… and when I think about being able to see our girls thrive and grow and prosper in the STEM revolution, 20 years ago I think we had the vision for it, but now we can actually see it.” #LeadFearlessly
Fall 2020 TBG Update & Virtual Gala
The explosion of racial injustice that continues to be at the beat of our everyday experience that our country can no longer ignore… We have to transform our systems, our practices, our policies in order for our girls to thrive.” In this video, Techbridge Girls CEO Nikole Collins-Puri shares updates on how we're advocating for our girls, and invites you to attend our virtual 20th Anniversary Gala on October 7, 2020 as we uplift our girls' stories and accomplishments. Watch this video to learn more!
Techbridge Girls Bay Area Maker Faire 2017
