Empowering Women of Color in STEM through Leadership and Advancement

20世纪70年代中期，在美国科学促进会的报告《双重束缚：成为科学中的少数族裔女性的代价》(马尔科姆等人，1976)中详细描述了成为有色人种女性科学家的“成本”。报告还概述了明确的建议和计划，以解决在很大程度上与种族和性别交叉有关的独特问题。然而，自本报告以来，少数族裔妇女在科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)学科中的任职人数仍然偏低。为引起全国对STEM领域少数民族妇女问题的关注，将举行STEM少数民族妇女成立大会。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。会议还将作为宣传妇女和少数族裔STEM专业人员、学者和教育工作者的榜样的一种工具。GPRA战略管理公司的S(GPRASMi)将组织这次会议，旨在将少数民族妇女关注的话题提高到国家层面，并在本科生、研究生和教职员工层面促进少数民族妇女在学术STEM学科的专业发展。为实现这一目标，提出了三个目标：在全国范围内促进对STEM学科中与少数群体妇女有关的问题的关注；传播有关少数群体妇女的相关信息；开发一种促进STEM领域中少数群体妇女的专业发展和建立网络的工具。自上述美国科学促进会的报告以来，几乎没有采取什么行动来将全国的注意力集中在这一“双重束缚”上。该项目的活动不仅旨在引起人们对与有色人种妇女有关的问题的关注和认识，而且还旨在传播相关信息，并为职业发展提供场所。

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.