Helping the marginalized to Rise in STEM

Gabrielle Birchak/ November 30, 2021/ Uncategorized

IT’S GIVING TUESDAY!!

Sev­er­al years ago, I want­ed to start a char­i­ty and call it Rise in STEM. And so, I pur­chased the URL, and kind of start­ed it. Then, life got in the way. And so, I put the char­i­ty on the back­burn­er. The URL www.RiseInSTEM.com sat in my queue for a year, and I did­n’t want to sell it because I want­ed the name to rep­re­sent my vision for help­ing Black and mar­gin­al­ized youth. Then, I came across Rise in STEM, the Toron­to-based orga­ni­za­tion that per­fect­ly matched my vision for the char­i­ty. And so, I reached out and intro­duced myself to Irene Duah-Kessie, the Founder and Exec­u­tive Direc­tor, and donat­ed my URL to the orga­ni­za­tion. I was sooooo excit­ed to see some­one else, some­one I nev­er knew or met, pick up the baton and run with it! Irene is a hero not just to Toron­to’s youth, but to me as well!

This orga­ni­za­tion is won­der­ful! It sets the under­served youth up for suc­cess in sci­ence, tech­nol­o­gy, engi­neer­ing, and math! All too often, bril­liant indi­vid­u­als nev­er find the path that they can eas­i­ly walk because their lives are filled with chal­lenges. This pro­gram serves as a bea­con for Toron­to’s youth who deserve the oppor­tu­ni­ty to explore STEM pro­grams. This orga­ni­za­tion is tru­ly dear to my heart. So, this Giv­ing Tues­day, if you can spare a few dol­lars, please con­sid­er Rise in STEM! Your gen­er­ous dona­tion will set Toron­to’s youth up for suc­cess! Thank you!

You can donate at www.RiseInSTEM.com or at www.RiseinSTEM.ca — the link goes to the same place. 

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