Pathways STEM Outreach Program

This is a unique STEM outreach program for LGBTQ+ high schoolers. Please share with students who may be interested! Sam Long will lead a workshop about diversity in biology in the July session.

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Calling all LGBTQ+ high schoolers! Wanna learn about LGBTQ+ scientists, build STEM skills, and meet other students this summer? Check out the new Pathways in STEM summer outreach program at CU Boulder! All events are online over summer 2020.

Info and registration at http://bit.ly/pathwaysstem

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Disrupt Education #118: Gender-Inclusive Biology

Peter Hostrawser hosts a podcast called Disrupt Education, and recently spoke with us about growing a gender-inclusive biology curriculum. Thanks Peter, for hosting us and for helping spread the word about our developing work. ● Visit Peter’s website at https://www.disrupteducation.co to see more of his work in education.

Sam Long (he/him) and River Suh (they/them or he/him) are science teachers in Colorado and San Francisco respectively.  They have a unique focus on gender-inclusive biology content. This means teaching topics like genetics, reproduction, and evolution in ways that affirm rather than omit or marginalize LGBTQ+ identities. The are a part of a group with one other trans science teacher who have been doing this work in their classrooms for many years. Recently they began training other teachers and publishing essays, and compiling web resources (in progress) on this topic. They are experts in this emerging area of education. River and Sam  talk about the need for diverse and accurate biology curriculum, how it benefits all students, and how it looks in practice.

Gender-inclusive Biology curriculum, research, advocacy resources, and newsletter https://www.genderinclusivebiology.com/

Check out Sam and Lewis' workshops at HRC Time To Thrive (February 14-16, 2020) http://timetothrive.org/agenda/schedule and the NSTA National Conference (April 2-5, 2020) https://s6.goeshow.com/nsta/national/2020/overview.cfm