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Live the Dream: STEM for Latina Girls Program. Our program is aimed at equalizing opportunities through education, technology and gender-specific policies in order to keep building a strong and successful community that will have positive spillovers in the rest of the society in the Bay Area and beyond.TRANSCRIPT
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According to the report: America’sHispanic, one in every four children in theUnited States is Hispanic. They are thelargest ethnic minority group. By 2050they will be one in three and they willrepresent a significant portion oftomorrow’s work force and tax payers.
For these reasons, the Consulate General of Mexico in San Jose, TelevisaFoundation and the Third Street Community Center are partnering to promotea new program that will introduce Latina girls to STEM related activities. It isour goal to inspire these girls to explore and discover the amazing world ofScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics so they can envision afuture in these areas.
In our globalized world it has become more important than ever to teach ourchildren Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. There is, however, atotal lack of representation of Latinas in STEM related fields and a lack ofprograms introducing girls and young women into these fields
THE NEED
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Live the Dream, STEM for Latina Girls is a new program that will introduce25 Latina girls between the ages of 9 to 13 years old, from low income families,to the professional world of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Thiswill be achieved through activities such as workshops, University tours andvisits to Technology Companies located in Silicon Valley so they canexperience the STEM world in real life.
OUR PROPOSAL
The program will take place inthe afternoons from November3rd through November 8th,2014.
We are inviting universities andtech companies from SiliconValley to join us on thisoutstanding program andimpact the lives of these girlsand their families.
YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO HELP
We would like to extend to you a cordial invitation to be our partner andcontribute to improve the quality of life of these girls by providing them withan opportunity to choose a better future.
In the attached letter you will find our special request for your company, but itis very important to mention that we are open to the recommendations oradjustments to the activities we propose.
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THE FUTURE
We strongly believe Latina girls should have more possibilities to dream about whatthey can become, in areas of study that can revert situations of poverty, and be grantedskills and knowledge that enables them to contribute to a better country
Martha GutierrezConsul for Community Affairs(408) 294-3414 ext. [email protected]
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For more information, please contact:
Edith Devora Community Affairs Coordinator(408) 294-3414 ext. [email protected]
Together, we can build a better future!
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If your image of a computer programmer is a youngman, there's a good reason: It's true. Recently, manybig tech companies revealed how few of their femaleemployees worked in programming and technical jobs.Google had some of the highest rates: 17 percent of itstechnical staff is female.
It wasn't always this way. Decades ago, it was womenwho pioneered computer programming — but toooften, that's a part of history that even the smartestpeople don't know.
Listen to the story at www.npr.org
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