Empowering Women of Color in STEM through Leadership and Advancement

在20世纪70年代中期，有色人种女性成为科学家的“成本”在美国科学促进会的报告《双重束缚：成为科学领域少数族裔女性的代价》（Malcolm, et al., 1976）中有详细描述。报告还提出了明确的建议和方案，以解决在很大程度上与种族和性别交叉相关的独特问题。然而，自该报告发布以来，少数族裔女性在科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）学科中的代表性仍然严重不足。为了引起全国对STEM领域少数族裔妇女相关问题的关注，将举行STEM少数族裔妇女成立大会。这个为期两天的会议将有几个主题演讲、小组讨论和各种研讨会。这次会议还将促进女性和少数族裔STEM专业人士、学者和教育工作者的榜样。GPRA战略管理公司（GPRASMi）将组织这次会议，旨在提高对少数民族妇女关注话题的认识，并促进少数民族妇女在本科、研究生和教师层面的学术STEM学科的专业发展。为了实现这一目标，提出了三个目标：促进全国对STEM学科中少数民族妇女相关问题的关注；散发关于少数民族妇女的有关资料；以及为STEM领域的少数族裔女性提供专业发展和网络的工具。这个项目的影响在于引起人们对有色人种女性在STEM领域面临的问题的关注。自上述美国科学促进会报告以来，几乎没有采取任何措施将全国的注意力集中在“双重困境”上。该项目的活动不仅旨在引起人们对有色人种妇女相关问题的关注和认识，而且还旨在传播相关信息，并为专业发展提供场所。

In the mid 1970s, the "cost" of becoming a scientist for women of color was detailed in the AAAS Report, The Double Bind: The Price of Being a Minority Woman in Science (Malcolm, et al., 1976). The Report also outlined definitive recommendations and programs for addressing the unique issues related, in large part, to the intersection of race and gender. Since this report, however, minority women remain disproportionately underrepresented in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. To bring national attention to the issues related to minority women in the STEM field, an inaugural meeting of STEM Minority Women will be held. This two-day meeting will feature several keynote presentations, panel discussions, and various workshops. The meeting will serve as a vehicle to also promote role models of women and minority STEM professionals, scholars, and educators. GPRA Strategic Management, Inc.'s (GPRASMi) will organize the conference, which is designed to heighten the awareness of topics of concern for minority women to a national level and promote the professional development of minority women in academic STEM disciplines at the undergraduate, graduate and faculty levels. Three objectives are proposed in order to meet this goal: Promotion of national attention to the issues related to minority women in STEM disciplines; Dissemination of relevant information for and about minority women; and Development of a vehicle for professional development and networking among minority women in STEM fields.The impacts of this project lie in bringing attention to the issues that women of color face in the STEM fields. Since the above mentioned AAAS report, little has been done to focus national attention on the "Double Bind". The activities of this project are designed to not only bring attention and awareness to the issues related to women of color, but to also disseminate relevant information, and provide venues for professional development.