Black Girls Becoming Summer Research Institute

Hello community! It is with great sadness that we will not be hosting BGB this summer 2024 due to lack of funding. We hope to be back next summer for 2025.

Thank you for your interest.

I caught the chaperones off guard! Lol

The girls are doing chemical investigations.

Science labs! We hope inspires some of our girls to pursue becoming a scientist. All of their instructors are in incredible Black women so the girls can see the possibilities. This is in alignment with research.

Lunch was fun! They did exactly what they needed to do to get through the cafeteria which is serving almost 400 summer campers! Yay BGB!! Proud of you!

A successful MOVE-IN day!!!!! The girls are dancing with Dr. Roby!

Got the shirts yesterday for the girls!

Nauff and I are about to do inventory! It’s so exciting! Y’all peep the purple yoga mats? Our girls will be doing morning centering. We promote strong academics and mental health! The fabulous Dr. Letecimia Fears and Chesley Ecklem will lead!

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We are excited to host 19 7th and 8th grade Black girls from the Nashville area to the institute. This program is sponsored by our TIPs grant from Vanderbilt University. The girls will live in the dorms, engage in social science research, take courses, have a movie night, Black girl magic activities, and learn that being a Black girl is amazing!

We have dope chaperones, instructors, and volunteers all whom identify as Black women. What a feeling for our girls to be surrounded by people who look like them.

More photos and posts coming when the institute starts!