WHAT IS STEMCAP?

The STEM Community Alliance Program (STEMCAP) forges novel connections through inquiry-based and interactive STEM programming to put scientists, artists, and community educators inside Youth-In-Custody (YIC) facilities. By creating opportunities for interactions between science-engaged community members and YIC students, we highlight common ground for learning by all participants. Our program offers topical science presentations, art-science workshops, and experiential conservation projects. We help empower Youth-In-Custody by demonstrating ways they can contribute to their community while in the custody of the state and into the future.

Our Mission

The mission of the STEM Community Alliance Program is to provide pathways that broaden understanding and exchange between Youth-In-Custody and STEM communities. In addition to broadening the studentsinterests in the STEM field, we aim to help students self-identify as science-capable learners and encourage them to contribute to science, nature protection, and the STEM workforce. By forging connections between Youth-In-Custody, scientists, educators, and artists, we hope to expand the scope of these contributions by highlighting the role that art and the humanities can play in protecting nature, providing science information to the public, and inspiring others to act.

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