See http://ngcproject.org/resources/newsletter.html for the October and November newsletters.

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A recent National Academies report, Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering, found that women repeatedly face biases in academia in the science fields, and that these barriers to success discourage them from careers in these areas. In response to this report, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) recently introduced the Gender Bias Elimination Act (H.R. 3514).
Learn more and contact your representative

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Dr. Sharon Schulze of the Science House, the state’s lead organization for the National Girls Collaborative Project, spoke to AAUW Raleigh/Wake County on Tuesday. You can find her slides and additional resources at
http://rwc.aauwnc.org/2007/11/125/

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Check out http://www.ngcproject.org/resources/video.html
for links to a video describing the start of the project.
If you have a Facebook account, you can also find the video at the NGCP group. Consider joining that if you want to stay up to date on the project.

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You may find this in the NGCP directory, but since the registration deadline is near, I thought I’d post this here, too:
The Infinite Possibilities Conference (IPC) is a national conference that is designed to promote, educate, encourage and support minority women interested in mathematics and statistics. This unique and special event will assemble women mathematicians from underrepresented minority groups from all over the country for a 2-day mathematics conference

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Tara Hunt on the O’Reilly Network writes “Women Who Risk: Making Women in Technology Visible” — she’s got many examples of women’s entrepreneurial success stories (looking for a keynote speaker?), particularly in the Web 2.0 culture.

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Events and resources for those working to increase the number of girls interested in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.
Please do subscribe, but if you missed the issue in your inbox, here’s a reminder:
ngcproject.org/enewsletters/

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Check out the website of the PBS show, Design Squad — pbskids.org/designsquad/
for episodes covering the use of remote-controlled cameras to cover a basketball game, building bridges without power tools, and more.

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The September 18 kickoff meeting for the Girls Collaborative in North Carloina was a great networking event. Nearly 50 people attended in Raleigh, and a few joined us from remote sites in Rosman and Elizabeth City. For more information, see the http://www.science-house.org/ngcp/kickoff.html but here are a few pictures giving the flavor of the day.

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There’s a group in the UK that’s working on a certification program for those who recommend or choose Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) tools/applications/environments for nonprofit organizations.

What was interesting to me about the announcement was that on the team of subject matter experts that are developing the certification, a majority are women. Shades of Tech-Savvy! When there’s a *point* to the work, we get on board as quickly as the guys!

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