Sense of Belonging and STEM After-School Programs

Sense of Belonging and STEM After-School Programs

By Program Evaluations Manager Miguel Angel Vazquez III Illustration by Benjamin Cummings for Project Exploration. As human beings, we naturally seek a sense of belonging within the social systems we are a part of. This need is particularly salient within educational...
Week One! A Photo Essay

Week One! A Photo Essay

We’re two weeks into Fall Program at the West Side STEM Learning Center at Bethel New Life (SLC) and It Takes a Village Leadership Academy in Bronzeville, and we’re already having moments of excitement, curiosity and connection! At 3:00, when students first arrive at...
Chicago Learning Days 2022

Chicago Learning Days 2022

Chicago Learning Days was a blast! Huge thanks to our community and STEM partners who helped make it a success! Project Exploration believes that it’s important to engage with students of all ages to provide holistic learning opportunities and resources that...
The WOW Moments Made Me Stay

The WOW Moments Made Me Stay

Seeing young women enthusiastically create, inquire, struggle, and persevere alongside strong female mentors is inspiring. Such was the backdrop when Natasha Smith Walker joined PE’s team as Executive Director in 2013. She met one of PE’s STEM Facilitators, Nedume, a...
Spring Programs Spotlight

Spring Programs Spotlight

Project Exploration (PE) has created transformative learning opportunities for youth underrepresented in the sciences–particularly students of color and girls – for more than 23 years.  While Fall program sessions are intended to expose students to and get them...

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