Understanding the Identity of the Latino: Fighting Conscious and Unconscious Biases Latin People Encounter at Work Fighting stereotypes that plague minority groups is a key aspect to improving diversity at any workplace. The threat of being stereotyped has been shown to not only have an effect on minorities by the way they engage at work, […]
Last night, November 12, the Board of Directors of the Saint Louis Section approved a statement on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, expanding on the statements issued by national ACS and affirming our values and support. Chemistry as a discipline is not pursued in isolation. Our coworkers, classmates and colleagues are human beings first, and chemists second.
In response to the killing of George Floyd, ACS President Luis Echegoyen has issued a statement reaffirming ACS’ core value of diversity, inclusion, and respect, and has announced specific actions taken by national ACS in furtherance of those goals. The Saint Louis Local Section endorses and embraces those goals. Our own commitment to action begins
While we’re keeping you in the know about local section members making noises on larger stages… Cynthia Chapple, our Minority Affairs coordinator, was featured in a St. Louis Business Journal virtual symposium on “how racism has impacted their lives, impeded their careers and shaped the path they tread today.” The journal invited “a group of
submitted by Dr. Michael Hankins The St. Louis ACS Committee for Minority Affairs (CMA) were invited to participate in the Welcome Ceremony for the 2019 National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) Conference held at Washington University’s Danforth Campus. Students were invited to come as a “prequel” to the
The STEMSTL Ecosystem, in observance of National Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Day is planning a STEM Day event on Saturday, November 2nd, 2019 at The O’Fallon Park Recreational Center. This event will kick off events leading up to STEM day on November 8th. The Ecosystem invites you to participate in this event by
Submitted by the CMA Co-chairs Chanté Summers and Cynthia Chapple On October 3rd at 6:00 p.m., The Committee for Minority Affairs (CMA) of the St. Louis ACS will be hosting our annual professional event – Inclusion and Culture in the Workplace. We are proud to have Dominic Dorsey from SIUe as the facilitator for this
Submitted by Cynthia Chapple The Committee on Minority Affairs is proud to announce our Undergraduate Minority Student Travel Fund recipients for spring 2019. Matilda is a junior at Maryville University majoring in Biochemistry with a Psychology minor. Joshua Jones is senior at Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville majoring in Chemistry with plans to begin a
Mentor-A-Chemistry-Class jumps into gear this spring at University City High School, our very first school partner. The Committee on Minority Affairs would like to invite all minority chemists, chemical professionals, and chemical business professionals to come with us as we introduce high school chemistry students to our careers in chemistry. The goal of this outreach
The STL-ACS Minority Affairs Committee hosted its first panel discussion in an ongoing series. Serving on the panel were Tony Thompson, an award-winning author and entrepreneur, Christina Thompson, a Privacy Manager at Mercy, Eden Tesfu, Analytics Lead at Bayer Crop Sciences, and Chris Anderson, Owner and Executive Director of Maximized Career Services. The topics of
