Black and STEM – SISTER

An illustration of a Black woman with an afro wearing orange-framed glasses with media icons (play buttons, Twitter and Tik Tok logos, word bubbles, quotation marks, triangles) dancing around her face with a hazy orange and pink background.

We need more STEM Black Girl Magic on our screens, and we won’t wait around for it

As a young Black girl growing up, I remember not seeing many scientists who looked like me.

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Climate Justice is Social Justice

You cannot have climate justice without social justice or Black liberation or Indigenous sovereignty.

Danielle is looking at the camera, smiling wide in front of a chalkboard featuring a drawing of a brain. Text reads: Black In Neuro

Lessons Learned From Black In Neuro Week

The response from the Black in Neuro community was incredible, and beyond anything we could’ve imagined.

Man writes on interactive art installation dedicated to Mali Watkins and Black Lives Matter. Photo courtesy of Walter Wallace.

Channeling Rage When I Don’t Have a Ride to the Protest

I realized that there was one space I could still access from my apartment: the academy.

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Whose nation is it anyway? Decolonizing global health narratives

It is critical for organizations to decide whether they will be part of the problem or the solution in decolonization.

Showing off my 3D Printed Crown inspired by Queen Ramona from Black Panther on the set of our educational show, MLAB. 2018

Black women in STEM are doing the work. Why do we refuse to support them?

It matters if the STEM organizations you’re supporting are Black-led or not. Here’s why.