Black Lives Pioneering

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Congratulations Stephanie Travers!

As you will find on the link below;
History was made on July 12 when Stephanie Travers, a Petronas trackside fluid engineer, became the first Black woman to stand on a Formula 1 podium. Driver Lewis Hamilton brought her up to the podium following his win at the Styrian Grand Prix in Austria and later highlighted her achievement in a powerful Instagram post that makes plain what the moment really means.

"I wanted to post this because it's such an important moment," wrote Hamilton, a six-time Formula 1 champion who's been an advocate for Black Lives Matter. "On Sunday, [Stephanie] became the first black woman to stand on the podium in Formula 1 history. This is an amazing achievement and I just wanted to acknowledge her for her hard work, positivity, and passion for her job."

https://www.popsugar.com/fitness/who-is-stephanie-travers-47625634

I love it that is highlights Diversity Inclusion STEM and Living the Life you want to live. It highlights the friends, mentors, and supporters along the way that help us get further than we would on our own. It shows that when we dream it, we can do it.

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join the conversation

Hello World,
Today I listening in to a most amazing conversation between women, and men from every corner of the globe on co-creating the future. I encourage you to listen in too, if you can. From the technical and STEM to the social and political to the personal and profound- this is an impactful dialogue to experience!

https://www.womenh2h.com/24h-live

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Pride

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As June is Pride month, I wanted to share Lesbian Who Tech's not in real life Pride summit. You will see an amazing line up of speakers on a wide range of topics.

https://lesbianswhotech.org/virtualpridesummit/

The world may be socially distant physically, but I believe we may view these new parameters as opportunity to connect in new ways, our future may be virtual, but it has the potential to be bright!

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Happy Juneteenth

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Happy Juneteenth! While there is still so much work to be done, it is important to celebrate each other and the freedoms we do have. I encourage you to check out https://nmaahc.si.edu/events/juneteenth
in this spirit.

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Unity

Hello World,
We are in crazy times with pandemics, awareness of ongoing racial inequity, and the realization of a new normal. (Me personally, I've started a new job and stepped away to dedicate my time to that). It is easy to be hopeless. It is easy to feel like nothing we do matters. It is not easy to keep trying for unity, for collaboration, for connection. But we must. We must do whatever we can, however small it seems. We must reach out to each other. It is in our humanity, in collaboration with other humans, we will find peace, prosperity, and the future we desire.

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the ultimate guide

Hello World,
I hope this finds you well. I stumbled across this website the other day and had to share with you. It showcases STEM in 239 different forms, how fun is that?!

https://www.mastersindatascience.org/blog/the-ultimate-stem-guide-for-kids-239-cool-sites-about-science-technology-engineering-and-math/

Curriculum for an assortment of ages and disciplines, competitions, career advice, I encourage you to check it out!

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