SWE Boston's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Dear SWE Boston Members
In this coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, we need science more than ever. Our response as the Boston section of the Society of Women Engineers is to take action:
In this coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, we need science more than ever. Our response as the Boston section of the Society of Women Engineers is to take action:
K-12 Outreach
COVID-19 has shut down schools and taken K-12 students’ education online. But guardians may need help tutoring children at home. Arizona State University’s SWE section has started a national online tutoring initiative to help continue to educate K-12 students at home. Instead of reinventing the wheel, SWE Boston will join them. Please fill out the forms below:
Form for guardians and people interested in receiving the videos:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd704moM7Mmbo87NGX-yb_X7WGyDyA6ezesJr6mgzxoJzLVrg/viewform?usp=sf_link
Form for Volunteers (educators wanting to help):
https://forms.gle/LpBRD6KZVm91ZLaF6
COVID-19 has shut down schools and taken K-12 students’ education online. But guardians may need help tutoring children at home. Arizona State University’s SWE section has started a national online tutoring initiative to help continue to educate K-12 students at home. Instead of reinventing the wheel, SWE Boston will join them. Please fill out the forms below:
Form for guardians and people interested in receiving the videos:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd704moM7Mmbo87NGX-yb_X7WGyDyA6ezesJr6mgzxoJzLVrg/viewform?usp=sf_link
Form for Volunteers (educators wanting to help):
https://forms.gle/LpBRD6KZVm91ZLaF6
Another problem is that struggling families, who may have also lost their income during this pandemic, can have trouble keeping their children connected because they can’t afford the necessary technology. This is known as the “digital divide”. SWE Boston is reaching out to low-income school districts to determine the needs of the community and how we can help with the digital divide.
In the meantime, if your Boston public school student needs access to a Chromebook, please request one here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdouI-p3YNyu7B9VsQaB6f3YUuSBkTaENof-tMEJaiBEjZFDA/viewform
In the meantime, if your Boston public school student needs access to a Chromebook, please request one here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdouI-p3YNyu7B9VsQaB6f3YUuSBkTaENof-tMEJaiBEjZFDA/viewform
Professional Development
If you are a SWE Professional who was economically impacted by COVID-19 and you would like our help, please join our LinkedIn Group or use your phone to download our mentoring app on Honeycommb (invitation code 'sweboston'), to network with fellow professionals. You can fill out this form to let us know how else we can help: http://www.sweboston.org/covid-19-help.html.
If you work at a company that is currently hiring, SWE Boston is waiving the sponsorship requirement to post open job positions to our LinkedIn Group https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1885305 and Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/sweboston/
If you know a SWE Professional who is working to help us overcome COVID-19 (finding treatments, vaccines, a cure, PPE), please fill out the form to identify yourself and let us know how we as a society can help make your life easier: http://www.sweboston.org/covid-19-hero.html
To make a financial donations to local organizations that are engineering solutions to the coronavirus pandemic, please go here: http://www.sweboston.org/covid-19-donate.html
If you are a SWE Professional who was economically impacted by COVID-19 and you would like our help, please join our LinkedIn Group or use your phone to download our mentoring app on Honeycommb (invitation code 'sweboston'), to network with fellow professionals. You can fill out this form to let us know how else we can help: http://www.sweboston.org/covid-19-help.html.
If you work at a company that is currently hiring, SWE Boston is waiving the sponsorship requirement to post open job positions to our LinkedIn Group https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1885305 and Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/sweboston/
If you know a SWE Professional who is working to help us overcome COVID-19 (finding treatments, vaccines, a cure, PPE), please fill out the form to identify yourself and let us know how we as a society can help make your life easier: http://www.sweboston.org/covid-19-hero.html
To make a financial donations to local organizations that are engineering solutions to the coronavirus pandemic, please go here: http://www.sweboston.org/covid-19-donate.html
SWE Membership
Humans are naturally social so let’s stay connected on social media!
On our Facebook Group, we have already started a lively discussion about online resources to teach our kids science for free from home. Please join us.
Humans are naturally social so let’s stay connected on social media!
- Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sweboston/
- Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/SWEBostonSection/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/sweboston
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sweboston/
On our Facebook Group, we have already started a lively discussion about online resources to teach our kids science for free from home. Please join us.
Thank you, everyone, for practicing physical distancing to follow the guidance of the World Health Organization for everyone and the Centers for Disease Control within the United States. A pandemic is a time where science and full community cooperation is needed the most to positively impact our society. We are all in this together.
Stay tuned for online meetups!
Sincerely,
Chhavi Gupta
SWE Boston President
Stay tuned for online meetups!
Sincerely,
Chhavi Gupta
SWE Boston President
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