Expanding Your Horizons – Why Donate?
Why support the EYH Network?
- Help give today’s young women the encouragement in STEM that you wish you had gotten as a young girl. And, if you did get good support, pass that support on to other young women.
- If you have a daughter or care about another middle- or high-school girl, help give her the encouragement and support she needs and deserves.
- Support our efforts to reduce the looming shortages of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) professionals in the U.S. and in the broader global labor market.
How EYH motivates young women in STEM
- Girls attend EYH conferences — (usually) one-day events jam-packed with engaging activities and useful career information.
- At the conferences, they take part in hands-on STEM activities, participating in several different interactive STEM workshops during the day. They also interact with professional women scientists, engineers and mathematicians.
EYH conferences have lasting impacts
On girls who do ultimately pursue STEM careers – and on other girls, too. They:
- Encourage some young women who go on to become full-fledged STEM professionals.
- Inform girls that there are many varied possible STEM careers (that are enjoyable, pay well and contribute to society).
- Overcome prejudices that some girls may have about women who work in STEM. Conferences demonstrate by example that these women are interesting, admirable, creative people who are active and fulfilled at work and in their personal lives.
- Educate girls that STEM courses are increasingly important in preparing them for many careers, including many that they and others don’t think of as based on math and science.
- Expand the horizons of some girls, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds, encouraging them to raise their sights and expectations and to consider STEM or STEM-related careers.
- Increase girls’ comfort levels with and interest in STEM, so that they are more likely to be confident users of STEM products and services in their everyday lives.
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