S.E.S.H.A.T steam CONFERENCE
The Seshat (Seeking Excellence in Science, Health, Arithmetic, and Technology) Program focuses on encouraging girls to pursue careers with a math and science focus. We. hold an Annual Sacred Sistahs, Inc. S.E.S.H.A.T. STEAM Conference for African American Girls coming up at Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA.
The purpose behind these conferences is to introduce African American female youth to careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math and as well as to expose them to professional women practicing in the aforementioned fields. Research has demonstrated that even though girls perform as well as boys in science and math, there is a marked loss in interest in STEM areas that occurs in middle school. Moreover, girls’ attitudes about careers in math and science affect their persistence and involvement in advanced coursework during their high school years. Our conferences aim to show young women their “possibilities” by introducing them to and giving them access to dialogue with brilliant and successful professional women eager to share their stories of triumph and persistence. It has been said that the strength of the STEM workforce is viewed as an indicator of a nation’s ability to sustain itself. As young women, you hold the future of our world in your heads and hands. It is our vision that one day you will cultivate the Seshat mathematical genius within you carrying forth a legacy of excellence and leadership in math, science, and related disciplines. It is our vision that one day you will cultivate the Seshat mathematical genius within you carrying forth a legacy of excellence and leadership in math, science, and related disciplines. We are proud to be supported by partner organizations such as Harvey Mudd College Mathematics Department, Western University of Health Sciences, the Mathematical Association of America, and Transcendence Children and Family Services.
2021 VIRTUAL STEM CONFERENCE
Featuring Physicist Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green, Founder of the Ora Lee Smith Cancer Research Foundation
2013 CONFERENCe:
NSPIRATION EQUATION: WHAT INSPIRES YOU?
Featuring NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory System Engineer Tracy Drain
2011 inaugural CONFERENCe:
ENVISIONING A WORLD OF NEW POSSIBILITIES
Featuring Talithia Williams, PhD, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Harvey Mudd Colleg
2012 conference:
planting seeds of innovation
Featuring Talithia Williams, PhD, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Harvey Mudd College
2013 CONFERENCE:
inspiration Equation: What Inspires You?"
Featuring Nicolene Ambre, Lisa Cagnolatti, Vice President of the Business Customer Division, SCE and Ingrid Johnson, President, Council of African American Parents (CAAP)
2014 CONFERENCE:
INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW: THE VALUE OF INQUIRY
Featuring Tara Gomez-Hampton, Ph.D., FDA Regulatory Affairs, The Clorox Company
2015 CONFERENCE:
net-work: building on the genius within
Featuring Dr. Claudia Alexander, US Rosetta Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
2016 CONFERENCE:
See It To Be It: Envisioning the Future
Western University of Health Sciences
2017 CONFERENCE:
exploring the steam of social justice: taking academic action
Featuring Mohamed Omar, PhD, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Harvey Mudd College
2018 CONFERENCE:
Global Solution Seekers: Challenging Limits Beyond Expectation
Featuring Talithia Williams, PhD, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Harvey Mudd College
2019 CONFERENCE: The Curiosity of tomorrow
Featuring NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory System Engineer Tracy Drain
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