Breaking Down Barriers: Tapping Into Black Girls

The racial achievement gaps remain large nationwide, but are slowly declining. Lack of access is still the driving force. 

The purpose of the Immersion Lab is to focus on achievement, closing opportunity gaps, provide teacher diversity gaps, and workforce readiness.

This a girl led event space and workforce development program is designed to set girls of color up with the skills, experience, and professional networks needed to REALLY succeed.

There’s a digital divide that exists in our community and black girls are not graduating with the skills needed for work in the 21st Century. 

The problem is deeper than digital skills though. The problem is systemic. Breaking the cycle of poverty takes more than teaching a girl to code. Even if she teaches herself digital skills to get the job she wants, she will have a hard time breaking through without a network and certifications to prove her talent - no matter how talented she is. With no network, no skills, no mentors to show her the way, she will have no opportunities on the horizon. She will face barrier after barrier to get ahead and will get nowhere. Her only option in order to survive and get by will be to get a job with no real trajectory. This vicious cycle is what many girls in our community face.  

Our Immersion Lab is designed to disrupt that cycle by being proactive and equipping young women with the tools and resources they need to thrive instead of merely survive.