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Black Girls Create Seeks to Transform How Black Girls Think About STEM

Wed, 10 Nov 2021 15:14:09 -0500

The culturally responsive maker program will reach more girls with a new grant from the National Science Foundation.

Black Girls Create: Developing a Culturally Responsive Maker Program for Black Girls

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 19:33:23 -0400

Afterschool programs are a significant vehicle for increasing STEM interest, confidence, and capacity in underrepresented students. According to the Coalition for Science After School, effective afterschool programs provide relevant, hands-on opportunities for underrepresented youth to interact with relatable scientific role models, content knowledge, and resources.

This article describes the development and pilot implementation of a culturally responsive maker afterschool program for Black girls. The pilot of Black Girls Create used social history, culturally responsive pedagogy, and mentoring to engage Black girls in maker-based activities as they learned about Black women who made significant impacts in STEM. By the end of the program, girls had used their new maker skills to design and create cultural artifacts and to conduct digital fabrication demonstrations. This article highlights the program design, pilot program outcomes, and successes and challenges associated with the pilot implementation.

Black History Month: LaShawnda Lindsay, Ph.D.

Wed, 26 Feb 2020 13:25:17 -0500

February 26, 2020

During Black History Month, LaShawnda Lindsay, Ph.D., reflects on the Black women who have influenced her research and her life.

Editing the Code of Violence in Northern Nigeria through STEAM Education

Wed, 11 Dec 2019 10:52:26 -0500

Hauwa Ibrahim, J.D., S.J.D., M.L., and LaShawnda Lindsay, Ph.D., explain how they worked to steer youth away from extremism through science, technology, engineering, arts, and math education.

Science+Art: Designing Accessible Education for Students in Nigeria

Thu, 19 Sep 2019 09:56:22 -0400

September 19, 2019

Scholars discuss their journey in designing and implementing a science and art education program for students in Nigeria.

Does #MeToo Represent Black Girls’ Experiences with Sexual Violence?

Wed, 19 Jun 2019 12:07:52 -0400

Scholars from WCW investigate how Black women and girls cope with sexual violence and whether #MeToo reflects their experiences.

Presentations & Convenings: Inaugural Women of Color Conference

Wed, 19 Dec 2018 11:44:05 -0500

The �� (WCW) partnered with The Home for Little Wanderers for the inaugural Women of Color Conference held at �� College in June 2018. This program—geared toward providers who work with at-risk youth and families across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts— highlighted the importance of self-care; offered opportunities for relaxation, renewal, and inspiration; and provided a context in which to view the critical work done on behalf of young women and girls of color. The conference was spearheaded by Joan Wallace- Benjamin, Ph.D., the recently retired president and CEO of The Home, one of the largest service providers in New England dedicated to ensuring the healthy behavioral, emotional, social, and educational development, and physical wellbeing of children and families living in at-risk circumstances.

Short Takes, Black Girls Create Pilot Study Launched

Wed, 05 Dec 2018 15:25:34 -0500

This fall, LaShawnda Lindsay, Ph.D., research scientist at the ��, began piloting The Black Girls Create (BGC) Project, a culturally responsive STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) program that seeks to increase underserved girls’ interest and confidence in science and math. This project builds on the notion that informal learning spaces can provide underserved students with access to quality and culturally relevant STEM activities that are often unavailable in their schools.

The Politics of Respectability

Thu, 15 Nov 2018 14:43:49 -0500

November 15, 2018

In this November 2018 lunchtime seminar led by LaShawnda Lindsay, Ph.D., and �� College student Vei Vei Thomas '21, participants examined how respectability politics influence the lived experiences of girls from diverse cultural backgrounds.

#MeToo: Sexual Violence, Race, and Black Girls Matter

Wed, 06 Nov 2019 16:12:04 -0500

When activist and sexual assault survivor Tarana Burke coined the phrase “Me Too” in 2006, she aimed to raise awareness of the pervasive sexual violence that women and girls, particularly women and girls of color, face in U.S. society. More than a decade after “Me Too” was first used, the #MeToo Movement took the world by storm.

In a special “Me Too” issue of the journal Rejoinder from the Institute for Research on Women at Rutgers University, WCW researchers LaShawnda Lindsay, Ph.D., research scientist, Linda M. Williams, Ph.D., senior research scientist and director of the Justice and Gender-Based Violence Research Initiative, and Judith Jackson-Pomeroy, Ph.D., research associate, explore how Black women and girls are coping with sexual violence and whether social media movements like #MeToo show the nuances of the lives of Black women and girls who survive sexual violence.

Citation: Lindsay-Dennis, L., Williams, L.M., Pomeroy, J.J. (2019) #metoo: Sexual Violence, Race, and Black Girls Matter. Rejoinder (a publication of the Institute for Research on Women at Rutgers University.)

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