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“Just Say YES! STEM FEST" is an annual event that launched on GA STEM DAY 2017 as part of Metamorphosis Powerhouse Company's Just Say YES! to Youth Initiative

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How the Internet Came Together to Help Google Doodle Contestant Morrah Win Scholarship Funds.

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Every year students have the opportunity to create their own Google Doodle for a chance to have it featured on the Google.com search landing page. They also are entering to receive scholarships for their respective schools. One contestant that seemed to be going viral everywhere after her mother had posted a Facebook message was youth activist, artist, and Lusher Charter School Senior: Morrah Burton-Edwards.

I Transitioned Into The IT Space With Little Experience And Prevailed

It was there, where leadership saw the potential I had to serve as a cyber professional. I was paired with a mentor who didn’t “have time” to mentor me. He actually expressed to me that the role I was being groomed for shouldn’t have been happening, and that I should have had at least 10 years of experience before being offered the role.

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The Subtle Truths of Diversity and Inclusion in Academia and How Mentorship Combats Its Negative Effects

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Then I began to take courses and I felt a sense of isolation. In most of my classes, I was the only black student and this was intimidating. Some days I felt uncomfortable to speak in class and sometimes felt that I would be criticized for my different, yet “simplistic” views.

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5 Black Women Engineers You Shouldn't Sleep On

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Women in STEM fields have seen plenty of wins in 2018. So in case you have missed these monumental “hidden figure” milestones allow us to catch you up…

#GRADSZN Slay Featuring 9 Women in STEM Fields

Check out these STEM Sisters slaying their graduation photos!

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Google Search On: Highlighting The Six Women of Water Who Are Speaking Up For The Voiceless

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Google’s empowering docuseries titled “Search On” was created to tell the stories of people on a quest for better answers while highlighting the intersection of technology and humanity. In wake of the Flint, Michigan water crisis these stouthearted six women of color decided to use their voices to speak up for the voiceless.

Here is to ME, Being Afraid and Doing it Anyway!

My career started the day I walked through the gates of that university in the name of “Let’s make Daddy happy!” I found myself in a man dominated work environment where I felt less, unwanted, unexperienced and worthless!

STEM Women Are An Untapped Resource, Mined By Education And Perseverance

Women need to be empowered with regard to society both ethnically and economically so that they become adequate co-worker in development processes by walking the path of inherent social justice.

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Here’s why Google+ is shutting down over the next 10 months

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As of October 8, 2018, Google Fellow and Vice President of Engineering Ben Smith announced that the company will be shutting down the consumer version of Google+ over the next 10 months.

Kids and Teens Tech and Science Day 2018

On Saturday, September 29, 2018 we hosted our very first event in collaboration with Kids Next Code: Kids and Teens Tech and Science Day! This day was designed to provide hands on activities to teach science and web design to students in the local Atlanta community.