Black joy, excellence, resistance & authenticity in STEM • Speaking | Videos | Workshops • 📽 Latest video: youtu.be/3KSTjX • hello@wokestem.com
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😆Our #TEDTalks is finally here!
Systemic problems require systemic solutions. To save the future of STEM, we need to build #intersectionality into the cultural DNA of who does science, how we fund science, how we communicate science & who it truly serves youtu.be/JOayfGNRw2o
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wokeSTEM retweeted
22 Nov 2019
Congrats to Dr Shawntel Okonkwo (@wokeSTEM) for a great thesis defense!
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28 Nov 2019
Feeling emotional over this hilariously blurry photo full of #SciComm friends 😍
@thelizwolfe @wokeSTEM @FreelanceAstro @Cgiesige39 and so many others! 💫
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Thanks for the shoutout @biologistimo !!!
10 Dec 2019
I just started following @wokeSTEM and you should, too. WokeSTEM is a creative response to the lack of diversity, social equity and inclusive cultures for minoritized people in STEM. Not just for women. Check them out and sign up for updates! wokestem.com/aboutus
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Thank you so much Sam! You the MVP!
1 Dec 2019
So proud! Very well deserved and can’t wait to see what this leads to🙌🏼
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wokeSTEM retweeted
2 Dec 2019
Get inspired for the upcoming week by watching @sokonkwo_'s powerful TED talk about intersectionality, representation, and discrimination in STEM! @sokonkwo_ is also the founder of @wokeSTEM, check out their website here: wokestem.com/
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2 Dec 2019
Yesterday I met Shawntel (I should say DOCTOR Shawntel as of recently!) who founded @wokeSTEM! If you don't already follow then you're missing out.
Shawntel is one of this year's emerging producers at World Congress of Science and Factual Producers. One to watch! 🙌
#WCSFP19
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Thank you for the shoutout Lee! 🙌🏿
2 Dec 2019
Konnichiwa! 🇯🇵
Pleased to announce that we were selected as Emerging Producers to attend the prestigious World Congress of Science & Factual Producers in #Tokyo!!!
Looking forward to creating community & sharing our vision w/the BIGGEST names in science media & entertainment!
THIS JUST IN: our brand new cohort of Emerging Producers! We received an unprecedented amount of submissions this year & are thrilled to welcome content creators from around the globe to Congress '19 in Tokyo, Japan.
Make sure to say hello👋at #WCSFP19: wcsfp.com/entries/emerging-p…
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wokeSTEM retweeted
29 Nov 2019
A Black Scholar Thread: ✊🏾🧠⚡️
Who are you?
What do you study or research?
What institution do you attend?
What program (MA,JD, PhD, Mdiv, M.Ed, etc) are you in?
🗣Flex ya brilliance!
Use all the syllables!! Don’t be humble!
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wokeSTEM retweeted
17 Nov 2019
This was an amazing program. I’ll try to pull together all the twitter handles/info of participants. Check out @_STEMedia and STEMSuccessSummit.com for more info, videos, resources! They‘ve collab’d with @wokeSTEM, too! #BLACKandSTEM #marginsci
17 Nov 2019
“Who is it in your life who your purpose is tied to?” - @NehemiahMabry
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wokeSTEM retweeted
16 Nov 2019
Got #STEM #STEAM #science-supporting friends/colleagues in Seattle? @500womensci @Sea500WomenSci @Reclaiming_STEM @wokeSTEM @BlackGirlNerds @NerdyPoC @500WIM @StemTrans @MarchForScience @tasteofsci
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wokeSTEM retweeted
22 Nov 2019
This awesome TED talk by Shawntel Okonkwo, founder of @wokeSTEM, explains how overlapping forms of discrimination leave some people & perspectives out of STEM. Like wokeSTEM, we're working to de-stigmatize STEM and make it accessible for all. #FollowFriday
youtube.com/watch?v=JOayfGNR…
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Thanks for watching our #TEDtalk!
22 Nov 2019
This awesome TED talk by Shawntel Okonkwo, founder of @wokeSTEM, explains how overlapping forms of discrimination leave some people & perspectives out of STEM. Like wokeSTEM, we're working to de-stigmatize STEM and make it accessible for all. #FollowFriday
youtube.com/watch?v=JOayfGNR…
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wokeSTEM retweeted
26 Nov 2019
Scholarships for Black men in social science PHD programs!
#Research2Share .@apadiv45 .@MsuPsychology .@wokeSTEM
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wokeSTEM retweeted
15 Nov 2019
So true. Ben Carson was all we had (or knew of) and he was a god-like figure for many of us young African-Americans interested in science and medicine. Here’s to hoping that the next generation has a wider pool of role models.
15 Nov 2019
scientists? As a kid, I always said Ben Carson was my role model, not because I wanted to be a surgeon, but because he was the only black male I knew within medical research. So how about we talk about an underrepresented (and under-promoted) population of scientists!
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Look out for Shawntel O., #Founder of @WokeSTEM who will be presenting during our upcoming #Summit!
It's going down Nov. 14-16, so make sure you register soon! 👇🏾
#STEMSuccessSummit.com
*link in bio*… instagram.com/p/B4d2boxgLT7/…
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wokeSTEM retweeted
6 Nov 2019
Yesterday I really took in that I am #FirstInTheFamily to do this. My family afforded me this opportunity. Whatever doubts I have had I can say - IT WAS WORTH IT...And now I am ready to use this to do more & make change
#uoftgrad19 #blackandSTEM #graduation
#WomenInSTEM
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