by stemglobadmin | Oct 7, 2022 | Home, Newsroom
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Dr. Calvin Mackie is the founder of STEM Global Action (SGA), a campaign and network of affiliates that bring science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education to children and teenagers in New Orleans, and other parts of the country. As a veteran STEM professional, he sees a strong bond between Marvel’s fictional cinematic universe and the vital role that STEM education plays in propelling children from under-resourced and underrepresented communities into high-paying and sustainable careers.
His brother, New Orleans native Anthony Mackie, portrays Sam Wilson on the Disney+ miniseries The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and recently became the first Black Captain America in the Marvel Universe. “As a superhero, Wilson overcomes ferocious enemies and his own doubts about bearing the legacy of Capitan America,” says Calvin Mackie. “He also confronts the concerns of others that no self-respecting Black man should even want to protect America considering its historic mistreatment of Blacks. In real life, my brother has also prevailed against the odds. When we lost our mother growing up, our family banded together and made his dreams come true: Anthony went to acting school.”
by stemglobadmin | Aug 30, 2022 | Data Center, Data Center Latest News
The recently passed CHIPS and Science Act promises billions of dollars in funding to support science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) research and production at government agencies, private companies, and colleges and universities across the U.S. While the...
by stemglobadmin | Aug 16, 2022 | Data Center, Data Center Latest News
Women in the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workforce face major obstacles — not only are they underrepresented and underpaid, but they also sometimes lack the confidence to assert their knowledge. The numbers are even more staggering for women of...
by stemglobadmin | Aug 16, 2022 | Data Center, Data Center Latest News
Given the scarcity of Black female engineering faculty, Carlotta Berry, Ph.D., is a bit of a unicorn. The April 2021 Pew Research Center article “STEM Jobs See Uneven Progress in Increasing Gender, Racial and Ethnic Diversity” explains that the share of Black workers...
by stemglobadmin | Aug 16, 2022 | Data Center, Data Center Latest News
Among efforts to increase diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in the federal workforce, women still fall significantly behind in representation for agencies’ science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) roles. Women comprised just 29.3% of federal STEM...
