Talking Business: A superhero in his own right, Calvin Mackie on quest to expose kids to STEM
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Calvin Mackie; STEM, STEM NOLA
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Calvin Mackie is an entrepreneur, engineer, professional mentor and founder of STEM NOLA, a nonprofit with a mission of exposing, inspiring and engaging kids in science, technology, engineering and math-related fields.
Though his brother, Anthony Mackie, is perhaps the better known Mackie for his role as Falcon in The Avengers movies, Calvin Mackie is something of a superhero in his own right. In the nearly decade since it was founded, STEM NOLA has touched the lives of some 100,000 young people. Now, Mackie is taking the organization’s model to other states — and countries.https://2bcb46b80f12ab69396f16af67a9845a.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html?n=0
He sat down with us recently to talk about what STEM NOLA is doing and what New Orleans needs to help its young people succeed.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
What exactly does STEM NOLA do? How does it expose kids to STEM?
We founded STEM NOLA in 2013 to expose, inspire and engage communities in hands-on STEM through experiments and demonstrations. With that in mind, we partnered with NORD, and on the second Saturday of every month for the last nine years, we have had events for 100 to 200 kids at NORD facilities around the city to increase exposure and access, to make sure every community and every kid has at least two opportunities in their community to have a STEM engagement.
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By STEPHANIE RIEGEL | Staff writer
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nola.com
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