startorialist: I’ve been dying to post Pauline Acalin’s new Hidden Figures Lego t-shirt for a while
startorialist: I’ve been dying to post Pauline Acalin’s new Hidden Figures Lego t-shirt for a while now, but we were waiting till we had something extra special to go with it… The design celebrates the previously hidden (or ignored) contributions of Dorothy Vaughn, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson and many more women like them to the early days of our space program. And now each tee sold will help support today’s women of color in STEM! If you don’t already know about VanguardSTEM, you need to check them out. Founded by Jedidah Isler, astrophysicist and trailblazer extraordinaire, Vanguard STEM is a monthly live chat web-series with a rotating panel of women of color in STEM discussing everything from research to advice to current events. The goal of the community is: “to create conversations between emerging and established women of color in STEM, where we can celebrate and affirm our identities and STEM interests in a safe space.” VanguardSTEM recently formed the SeRCH Foundation (STEM en Route to CHange) non-profit: We are dedicated to using science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) as a tool for social justice. We focus on the representation, cultivation and amplification of the voices and experiences of persons of color and other marginalized bodies as they navigate and make impacts on the STEM environment and culture. We use an intersectional framework to engage the overlapping identities and discrimination that marginalized communities face without minimizing any aspect of their humanity. Half the proceeds for all Hidden Figures t-shirts sold will be donated the SeRCH Foundation. BUT THAT’S NOT ALL… Make a donation directly to SeRCH between now and next Wednesday (September 6th) and you could win one of these shirts! Just tweet, FB message, or email us a copy/screenshot of your receipt and we’ll enter you in the drawing. We will announce TWO winners on the blog at the end of next week. Sorry, not sorry for the epic post, but here’s to Pauline and Jedidah for “Women Crushing-it Wednesday.” Go help both of them continue to crush it and continue to celebrate and support women in STEM! - Summer -- source link