On November 13th 2018...
We were thrilled to be back for a second g4g Day in New Jersey, with our global partner Nokia, a leading global technology company!
This year, we invited 100 girls in grades 6 through 8 for a day of innovative tech, hands-on science, interactive workshops, creativity, meeting role-models… and so much more at the groundbreaking headquarter of Nokia Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey!
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When. Where. What?
Where? Nokia Bell Labs, 600 Mountain Avenue
Murray Hill, NJ 07974-0636, US
When? Tuesday, 13 November 2018 from 9:00 to 1:30 p.m.
What? We welcome 100 girls aged 11-15 to a g4g@work day event of interactive, hands-on, unbelievable fun in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics!
How? We invite role model professionals to lead 45 minute workshops that show the link to STEM, with 10 - 12 girls in one workshop. Girls will have a chance to experience 3 workshops throughout the day.
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Meet the team!
Melissa Rancourt,Chairman and Founder. Melissa is an engineer herself and loves the Big Bang TV show, so much so that she does a workshop based on it which has proved to be one of the favourites of the girls. Melissa is a true science geek and doesn't mind who knows this! Her story is our story so check it out here!
Founder and Chairman, greenlight for girls
Having grown up wanting to be Indiana Jones, Alexaundra loves to find new ways to combine her passions for science, history, languages and world travel. She has a Master's degree in European Studies, co-taught an after school science program at ISB, and currently loves being a member of the g4g headquarter team!
Project Manager greenlight for girls
When she is not posting/youtubing/instagraming or hashtaging, Marie is usually in front of her sewing machine. Or learning how to do aerial hoop. Or taking a webinar on cyber security! She visited 20 countries in the world so far and doesn't plan to stop before she saw them all. An ecofriendly advocate she firmly believes that the children will be the ones to save our planet and she can't wait to see them succeed.
Com. & Events coordinator, greenlight for girls
Our 2017 event
On Oct. 24, 2017, we had the huge pleasure to host 100 girls to the wonderful and exciting Nokia HQ in New Jersey. From Workshop 1 to Workshop 2, the girls had a whole morning of science fun and hands-on experiment, accompanied by inspiring role models from Nokia.
