Black Girls Do Tech: Full STEM Ahead

Black girls are being suspended from K-12 schools at alarming rates and are not pursuing STEM majors in college and STEM jobs. There are over 250,00 unfilled STEM jobs in the United States alone. In order for the United States to retain its leadership role in the competitive global economy, all hands need to be on deck. Everyone including black females need to be prepared to     obtain these open jobs.

I am proposing that black female technologists will mentor and train young black females in some of the popular emerging technologies such as AI, robotics, drones, AR/VR, 3D printing, and programming languages in a free after school program so that they can obtain some of the unfilled STEM jobs that will allow the US to retain its position as the technology world leader in the competitive global economy.

The problem within the challenge that I am working to solve is that there are so many STEM-related jobs that are unfilled in the US that the US could lose its place as the technology leader in the competitive global economy. Black girls in middle and high school are being suspended and expelled at record numbers. As a result, they are not being considered for STEM educational opportunities. In order for the US to remain competitive globally in technology, black girls must be mentored and trained so that they can pursue STEM opportunities.

My solution is to bring in black female leaders in technology to mentor, motivate, and train black girls on emerging technologies so that the black girls will major in STEM in universities and ultimately pursue financially lucrative STEM jobs. These black girls will learn block programming, Python and other computer languages. They will be introduced to technologies so that they will be able to build and program robots and drones.

Black girls will be mentored, trained, and taught by black female technologists so that they will be able to pursue STEM majors in universities and ultimately financially lucrative STEM jobs that will serve their families and communities. They will be able to help others and it is a win/win for both their families and our global society.

My problem, solution, and solution's target population relate to the "Learning for Girls & Women" challenge because there are so many STEM-related jobs that are unfilled in the US that the US could lose its place as the technology leader in the competitive global economy. In order for the US to remain competitive globally in technology, black girls must be mentored and trained so that they can pursue STEM opportunities and ultimately many of these unfilled STEM jobs.

This is a unique opportunity. Black girls are usually not considered for technology opportunities especially as they relate to the US retaining its competitive edge as the global technology leader in the world economy.

Black girls will be mentored and trained on the latest, greatest, and most popular emerging technologies that will motivate them the pursue STEM majors in college and ultimate fill some of the 250,000+ unfilled STEM jobs. These technologies include AI, robotics, drones, 3 D printing, VR/AR, big data, wearable technologies,5G, and others. The programming languages include block programming, Python, Java, and others.

All of these popular emerging technologies have been implemented throughout the world.