Make the Future™, Connecting Girls to Manufacturing
Make the Future™, Connecting Girls to Manufacturing aims to encourage women and girls, especially those of color, to take part in STEM education and pursue advanced manufacturing careers.
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Hear what advanced manufacturing educators and employers have to say about the benefits of a diverse workforce.
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Explore all the great resources available on this site to help you recruit and retain women and students of color in advanced manufacturing programs and employment.
Make the Future, funded by Toyota USA Foundation, provides free methods and tools to help educators, counselors, administrators, and recruiters break down barriers. These barriers limit women and other underrepresented students from taking education paths that lead to high-demand advanced manufacturing careers.
Free tools to download
Connect with Your Audience
Connect with your audience using effective videos and messages on social media.
Use Effective Strategies
Recruiting more females and underrepresented populations requires a comprehensive recruitment strategy. These tools can help you develop one for your organization.
Introduction to the Nine Best Practices
Inspire Girls to Consider STEM Careers
Support Girls to Explore Advanced Manufacturing
Expand Girl’s Career Options
Have questions or want to participate? Contact Brittany Brady.
Overview: Culture shapes our biases and beliefs about people based on their age, gender, race, language, (dis)ability, or income level, often without our realization. We communicate our biases in our world, often unknowingly, through micromessages. The accumulation of micromessages over time impacts a person’s belief in his or her own ability to be successful in a course, class, college, and career. Through interactive and reflective activities on the power of culture on our interactions with students, this online module will equip educators with specific strategies to support student participation, persistence, engagement and success.