Empowering Women of Color in STEM through Leadership and Advancement

在20世纪70年代中期，美国科学促进会的报告《双重束缚：作为科学界少数民族女性的代价》（马尔科姆等人，1976年）。 报告还概述了解决在很大程度上与种族和性别交叉有关的独特问题的明确建议和方案。 然而，自本报告以来，少数群体妇女在科学、技术、工程和数学学科中的比例仍然过低。 为了引起全国对STEM领域少数群体妇女相关问题的关注，将举行STEM少数群体妇女的首次会议。 这次为期两天的会议将包括几个主题演讲，小组讨论和各种研讨会。 会议将作为一种工具，也促进妇女和少数STEM专业人员，学者和教育工作者的榜样。 GPRA战略管理公司该会议旨在提高对国家一级少数群体妇女关切问题的认识，并促进少数群体妇女在本科生、研究生和教师各级学术STEM学科的专业发展。 为实现这一目标，提出了三个目标：促进国家关注STEM学科中与少数群体妇女有关的问题;传播关于少数群体妇女的相关信息;开发STEM领域中少数群体妇女专业发展和联网的工具，该项目的影响在于引起人们对有色人种妇女在STEM领域面临的问题的关注。自上述美国科学促进会的报告以来，几乎没有采取任何行动来使全国注意力集中在“双重约束”上。该项目的活动不仅旨在引起对有色人种妇女问题的关注和认识，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.