STEM Global Action & STEM NOLA Founder Dr. Calvin Mackie Calls for 1 Million Children Across the U.S. to be Engaged with STEM Learning on Saturday Mornings
STEM education is the foundation for pulling families and communities out of poverty and creating pathways to jobs and careers that can help close the racial wealth gap.”
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA , UNITED STATES, April 18, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ — In a video tribute by the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA), STEM NOLA Founder and President Dr. Calvin Mackie says his goal is to help facilitate one million children across the United States in engaging in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) hands-on activities on Saturday mornings, rather than sports.
Airing during the NSTA national convention in March, the video touts the outstanding STEM learning programs that Dr. Mackie has created over the last 10 years. STEM NOLA, the flagship affiliate of STEM Global Action (SGA), has developed a community engagement model that helps all children, especially those from low resourced communities, overcome challenges and barriers that prevented them from attending STEM learning programs.
“When we started STEM NOLA, I used to say that every Saturday in America one million kids play football and basketball, and one day I like to see a million kids doing STEM.” Dr. Mackie says on the video. “I used to say that jokingly, but now (our goal) is to take our model and replicate it in urban and rural areas across this country, to the point where we have a million kids doing STEM on Saturday, doing hands-on STEM, getting the skills that they need in the 21st century.”