Nominations are open for the 2020 Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) STEM Conference. The deadline is August 31st.

Kendall Norris is CEO for the Global Leadership Forum. The GLF’s mission is to inspire young people in science, technology, engineering, the arts and math (STEAM), as well as help older individuals get the experience in these fields to advance.

Mentoring is widely recognized as critically important for success. However, for those in underserved communities, it is a much direr need.

The power that an informed, engaged and connected coalition of nonprofit organizations wields can be a mighty force for good.