Dream Big and Reimagine the Possible with the Million Girls Moonshot Coauthored by Linda Kekelis and Teresa Drew Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day 2022 is one of our favorite days of the year. Girl Day is part of Engineers Week that celebrates how engineers make a difference in our…

coauthored by Linda Kekelis and Teresa Drew Before you start your holiday shopping we hope you take a moment to reflect on the power of your choices. As part of the Ready for Girls campaign, Lego partnered with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in the Media and surveyed parents…

Finding Our STEM Superpower with Family Engagement Coauthored by Linda Kekelis and Ron Ottinger The afterschool community has stepped up with its superpower in responding to the education, social, economic, and health challenges of the past year and half for different communities. …

Six Ideas for a Summer of STEM Coauthored by Linda Kekelis and Teresa Drew Summer is coming. So is the search for ideas to support summer learning. Let’s not let stereotypes hold us back from providing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) opportunities for girls. A new research brief by…

Introduce a Girl to Engineering 2021: Imagining Tomorrow, Reimagining Possibilities Coauthored by Linda Kekelis and Teresa Drew Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day 2021 is like no other. Girl Day may be different this year, but it does not have to limit your options. Engineers are always dealing with constraints…

What’s One Thing You Can Do to Make Lasting Impact? Starting the new year with a spotlight on mentoring is a good thing. For this year’s National Mentoring campaign we need to do more. More than ever before, our children need the support and guidance of mentors. What good is…

11 Affordable Holiday Gift Ideas for Girls Building sets, science kits, computer games, robots. Who receives these gifts for the holidays and birthdays? Boys, mostly. It’s not that we are trying to limit girls’ options, but we are less likely to consider these for girls. …

Seven Practices to Guide Funding and Programming Family engagement is crucial now more than ever. As we respond to the disruptions created by COVID-19, we must plan for the future — a future that does a far better job of distributing opportunities. As youth return to schools and afterschool programs…

By Linda Kekelis and Ron Ottinger These are challenging times as we deal with the COVID-19 health crisis and disruptions in work, schools, and community affairs. Social relationships are more important than ever while we maintain safe distance. We thank you for your efforts to adjust and find new ways…