The Biden-Harris Administration's
nationwide YOU Belong in STEM initiative aims to implement and scale equitable, high-quality STEM education for all students, regardless of background.
UC San Diego's Center for Empathy and Social Justice in Human Health and
San Diego Squared are joining forces, with the guidance and support of Deputy Secretary Cindy Marten and her team, to galvanize the San Diego STEM community with a unifying vision to create a better sense of belonging and increased access to rigorous, joyful STEM learning for marginalized students in STEM.
Commitments to the local and national initiative should be aligned with at least one of the following three goals:
- Ensure all students from PreK to higher education excel in rigorous, relevant, and joyful STEM learning.
- Develop and support our STEM educators to join, grow, and stay in the STEM field.
- Invest in STEM education strategically and sufficiently using ARP and other federal, state, and local funds.
We encourage you to consider the following parameters in developing your commitment:
- Equity & Belonging: How does our work support ecosystems to cultivate rigorous, culturally relevant, and joyful STEM classrooms with a focus on belonging that meets the needs of underrepresented students and educators?
- Measurable Impact: How will we know and track the number of stakeholders who will be impacted by this commitment, including states, districts, schools, educators and students?
- Outcome-Oriented: How are we changing and improving the experiences of students and educators because of our work?
- Force Multiplier: How will our commitment advance impact across the STEM ecosystem?
- Transparent: How do we plan to achieve the outcomes and why do we think our approach will work?
Examples of commitments submitted to the Department of Education can be found here. Please fill out your commitment below, and thank you for all you do to advance equity and justice within the STEM and healthcare education pipeline in San Diego!