2019 Annual Report

Black Girls Dive ChiTownBio Collaborative Youth Education Alliance Congressional App Challenge Electric Girls HYPOTHEkids Latinas in STEM Learn Fresh Education Company Lower Brule Research Marie’s Kids Mobile STEM Programming at Memphis Public Libraries ProjectCSGIRLS SAFE Alternative Foundation for Education Science from Scientists Science from Scientists Science Policy Outreach Taskforce (SPOT) Sci-Inspire STEM Saturdays/Dibia DREAM Together Educating All Children in Hospitals (TEACH) Virtual Field Trips/Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Youth Code Jam 2019 STEM ACTION GRANTEES

EARLY ENGAGEMENT Marie’s Kids, based in North Charleston, S.C., integrates art into its STEM events for elementary school students.

SUPPORTING GIRLS IN STEM Electric Girls’ Saturday Workshop program is a STEM enrichment op- portunity for low-income girls ages 5 to 14 in New Orleans, La.

GREATER ACCESS STEM Action Grants

Debi Pfitzenmaier founded Youth Code Jam in 2012 to meet a need. She had a son who wanted to learn to code, but all she could find was an $800-per-week summer camp. So she decided to create something that would be affordable, fun and accessible to all. In June 2019, Youth Code Jam received a $5,000 STEM Action Grant from the Society to support its program, Community Code Jams, for K–12 students throughout Texas. The program’s goal is to reduce the digital divide for families whose first language is not English. Funds were used to translate, format and distribute materials in Spanish, serving more than 1,000 bilingual families.

This year, the Society gave $65,000 in grants to 20 community-driven nonprofit organizations working to enhance the public’s understanding of science and to increase participation of un- derrepresented populations in STEM fields. Community Innovation Awards were also given to 28 young scientists looking to make a differ- ence in their hometowns with their research. They were recognized by Society-affiliated fairs with $500 prizes.

CYBER IS THEIR JAM During Community Code Jams, both students and their parents participate in different coding activities.

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