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November 2023

Hello Kathy,

Join in the VIRTUAL Texas Women & Girls in STEM Summit on December 1st to celebrate the 2023 Texas Stand Up for STEM awardees and to hear from organizations, educators, and advocates from across Texas about effective practices, latest research, strategies, curriculum and tools to advance gender equity in STEM. See below and the summit website for details and registration links.

Friday, December 1, 2023

8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. CT Summit Sessions (Virtual in Zoom)

Join the Texas Girls Collaborative Project (TxGCP) for our 7th Annual Texas Women and Girls in STEM Summit designed to share effective practices, connect organizations and individuals, and showcase outstanding efforts to increase the number of girls in STEM and support the retention of women in STEM careers. STEM professionals and all who are engaged in education, outreach, recruitment, and/or retention of women and girls in STEM are invited to join in. The Summit is presented virtually so that anyone anywhere in Texas or beyond can easily join in, connect, explore, and learn.

Back by popular demand from the 2022 Summit, don’t miss this inspiring and important featured opening session for the 2023 Summit!

We are STILL our Ancestors' Wildest Dream: Learning from Black Women Leading STEM Nonprofits!

Click the video link to access last year's incredible session.

Public school data reveals that Black girls, especially those from underserved communities, experience the brunt of the unequal distribution of and access to quality STEM learning experiences over their schooling. Given our current politicized educational landscape, this session will resume last year's conversation with panelists sharing what they've learned in their leadership experiences since last year's Summit. The goal of this session is to share updates on or reinforce solutions to engage more Black and Brown girls in STEM outside the school day to advance gender and racial equity in STEM in ways meaningful and sustainable. In this panel discussion, the audience is encouraged to pose questions from Black women STEM leaders as they share insights and strategies for humanizing Black and Brown girls in STEM education. Panelists include:

• Shane Woods, Executive Director, Girlstart
• Saki Milton, Executive Director & Founder, The GEMS Camp
• Dr. Toni Harrison-Kelly, Executive Director, Southern Methodist University, The Budd Center
• Dr. Jennifer C. Stimpson, Founder, National Association of Black STEM Educators
• Dr. Shakiyya Bland, Ed.D., Mathematics Educator in Residence, Just Equations 

Join our K-12 STEM Outreach Google Groups!

These email groups (open and moderated listservs) are all about sharing resources, information, events, volunteers, needs, and more with others reaching out to K-12 students aiming to excite them about science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Contact TxGCP for any specific regional requests or questions.

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Find STEM Volunteers for Your Program in Givepulse

TxGCP is using the Givepulse platform to foster meaningful STEM volunteer connections. We are making it easy for STEM professionals to connect with K-20 educators, classrooms, out-of-school time programs, and other volunteer opportunities. Professionals can share their skills and expertise to bring real-world, authentic learning opportunities to all our students helping to create the next generation of innovators. Learn how to find STEM volunteers in your region and across the country on the TxGCP website.

Science Near Me

Science Near Me is a free resource to help you quickly find opportunities to engage in all types of science, technology, engineering, math, (STEM) events, projects, and programs near you, in person and online.

Connected Girls is a free, curated directory of STEAM opportunities designed for girls or other groups that have been historically excluded that is managed in partnership with Science Near Me. On either platform, search by location, topic, audience, and more to find STEAM opportunities and events for students, educators, families, and more.

STEM Starts

The University of Texas at Austin has launched a new website to support educators, students and families in accessing pre-K–12 STEM programs from all across the university. Search for programs and events by grade, subject, and more.

Interested in supporting TxGCP, collaborating on programs or disseminations, or advertising in the TxGCP newsletter or other programming? Contact stem@txgcp.org.

The Texas Girls Collaborative Project (TxGCP) is a statewide network of advocates and educators from non-profits, K-12 schools, universities and colleges, and companies across Texas and beyond who are committed to motivating and supporting women and girls to pursue and thrive in careers in STEM. TxGCP leads the annual Texas Women & Girls in STEM Summit, disseminates curriculum and effective practices, and supports a network of collaborators, resource sharing and STEM communications throughout the state. TxGCP is a state collaborative of the National Girls Collaborative Project.

The vision of the National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) is to bring together organizations throughout the US and Puerto Rico that are committed to informing and encouraging girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).