Salon 8

SHIFTING TIDES

In a changing DEI landscape, where does “X in STEM” fit in? How are the tides shifting in representation?

March 8, 2024

MAIN QUESTIONS

• How have the shifts in support for DEI and social media affected organizations?

• With changing impacts and alignments in social media, how are organizations communicating and widening their audience?

• What resources are necessary for sustained progress?

SPEAKERS

Stephanie Page, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Women in Engineering ProActive Network

Erikka Moore, Executive Director, STEM FUNDERS NETWORK

Kilan Bishop, CoFounder & Executive Director, STEM NOIRE

Meghan Muniz, Global DE&I Director, Partnerships Lead, Pfizer

Giovanna Guerrero-Medina, Executive Director, Ciencia PR 

Debora Kamin-Mukaz, President, Black in Cardio

RESOURCES 

• Connecting Students with Superstar Latina Scientists fundraiser

• Pfizer

• 2024 ADVANCE Equity in STEM Community Convening

• EducationCounsel

  • Arthur L. Coleman - EducationCounsel

• STEM Funders Network

• STEMM Opportunity Alliance

  • STEMM Opportunity Partner Application Form

• Vanguard STEM

• Yale Ciencia Initiative

• Black In Cardio

• WEPAN (Women in Engineering ProActive Network

• Metcalf Institute

• #Change: How Social Media is Accelerating STEM Inclusion

• Accelerating and scaling mentoring strategies to build infrastructure that supports underrepresented groups in STEM

• Culture & Identity in Science as a Matter of Social Justice - presentation by Giovanna Guerrero-Medina

• Shifting Tides in STEM Inclusion - presentation by Ashley Huderson

• #BLACKandSTEM: A Community of Being - presentation by Stephanie Page

• Persistence Amid Resistance - presentation by Errika Moore

• Sustaining Progress - presentation by Meghan Muniz