Clear Direction Mentoring’s Post

This #GivingTuesday, please consider a tax-deductible donation to Clear Direction Mentoring to help support our goal of diversifying STEMM through providing long-term mentorship, first-ever paid internships, and immersive STEMM experiences to students from underrepresented and historically marginalized backgrounds. (https://lnkd.in/gH4KGJbA) There is SO MUCH MORE TALENT in the world than there are opportunities. We pair high school students interested in STEMM with PhD and Postdoc mentors who help support them, build community, gain access to STEMM networks, and expose them to ideas, opportunities, and paid internships to help launch their careers. We've been doing this for 10 years now and it's time to hire our first Executive Director! For 9 years we did this work on strictly volunteer support and now, our mission has grown; OUR DREAMS HAVE GROWN. We hired our first contracted part-time worker to help with the administrative overhead, we've filed our first taxes, we've gone through a whole year as a compliant non-profit, and let me tell you - this was a serious feat for an organization run by scientists with no business training whatsoever. We need your help to make a more sustainable future for CDM. The reality is that to continue to survive, thrive, and change lives, we need an Executive Director. This would be our FIRST-EVER full-time, fully benefited employee and a huge leap for us. As CDM has grown, we have too. We have three board members planning to start their families, we have alumni fellows who have joined the workforce or gone off to grad school. We need support to start new chapters in our lives and for CDM! Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to Clear Direction Mentoring to help us hire our first Executive Director. This isn't just a strategic hire; this is a matter of principle. The only thing holding us back from changing more lives of students from diverse backgrounds is bandwidth. Help us help more students gain mentorship, support, access, and paid internships to start their careers! Artificial Intelligence is changing the world, we have more clinical trials than ever before in human history, and the world needs more talented, ethical, kind, and community-oriented STEMM professionals. Please help us raise these kids into incredible doctors, scientists, and world leaders! We can't do it without you. Thank you for your constant support and care. We send our gratitude to you and your family from the top and bottom of our hearts. https://lnkd.in/gH4KGJbA #GivingTuesday #Mentorship #STEMM #ColoradoGivesDay #DiversifySTEMM #InvestInCommunities #PaidInternships #Opportunity #Equity #Inclusion