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Re: FIRST LGBT+ (A blog by and about LGBT+ people in FIRST)
What a great idea! I've been hoping for something like this for a while!
Like mentioned earlier, I hope you include resources for mentors who want to make sure that their teams are as inclusive as possible! I can think of a number of ways that teams might be accidentally excluding students just because they don't know they are (it may be as little as using gender/sex interchangeably on team forms or as big as a mentor accidentally 'outing' a student to their family). As mentors, we spend a lot of time with these kids and I think it is important for us to understand their situations and hardships and to accomadate them accordingly.
I also think that if we want kids to dream of becoming "science and technology heroes" we have to make sure that they feel represented and welcome in science and technology. Well done!
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Mentor - CRUSH, FRC Team 1011 - 2015 to Present
Student - CocoNuts, FRC Team 2486 - 2010 to 2014
2014 Dean's List Winner
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"Every child deserves a champion, an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection, and insists that they become the best they can possibly be. We can do this. We're educators. We're born to make a difference." -Rita Pierson
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