>> I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT MICRON HAS BEEN VERY MUCH A SUPPORTER OF STEM EDUCATION.

AND "ON THE MONEY" SENT A TEAM DOWN TO THE MOST, THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, TO TAKE A LOOK AT ONE OF THESE PARTNERSHIPS AND HOW IT COULD BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY.

>> FOR US, WE BELIEVE THAT IN ORDER TO CREATE THE NEXT GENERATION OF INNOVATORS IN STEM, THAT HAVE YOU TO WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE IN INFORMAL STEM EDUCATION SPACES SO WE NEED TO DO OUR PART SO THE PRESSURE TO CREATED THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS IN STEM IS NOT SOLELY ON TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS AND LEADERS AND SUPERINTENDENTS.

EEM A HIP-HOP HEAD, RIGHT, SO FOR ME I DID A KEYNOTE FOR NSF.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I TALKED ABOUT IS HOW HIP-HOP AND STEM CHANGED MY LIFE AND HOW HIP-HOP AND STEM SAVED MY LIFE.

GROWING UP IN DETROIT, ONE OF THE THINGS I REALIZED EARLY ON, I WAS LIVING IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS VIOLENT.

I WAS LIVING IN A NEIGHBORHOOD AT THE HEIGHTEST CRACK COCAINE EPIDEMIC BUT I ALSO LIVED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD BUILT ON LOVE BUILT ON COMMUNITY, BUILT ON SAFETY, AMIDST ALL SORTS OF CHALLENGING THINGS.

>> I FELL IN LOVE WITH STEM BECAUSE MY MOTHER AND GRAND MOTHER WHO RAISED ME ALLOWED ME TO BE INTELLECTUALLY CURIOUS.

THEY ALLOWED ME TO TAKE MY RECORD PLAYER APART.

THEY ALLOWED ME TO TAKE MY ATARI APART AND I SAW WHAT WAS INSIDE AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH STEM.

AND I ALWAYS SAY TO PEOPLE, YOU CANNOT DO HIP-HOP WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING STEM.

BECAUSE HAVE YOU TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE SOUND BOARD WORKS.

YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO REDUCE ECHOS.

IT'S NOT POSSIBLE.

>> 80% OF THE TIME THE KIDS ENGAGE IN EDUCATION EXPERIENCES, IS ACTUALLY OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM.

MICRON HAS ALWAYS BEEN COMMITTED TO CONNECTING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THE MICRON FOUNDATION IN OUR STEM PROGRAMS.

THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, IT HAS EVOLVED INTO DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT WE DO BUT ALWAYS CENTERS AROUND YOUNG PEOPLE.

THE MOST HAS BEEN REALLY FORTUNATE TO BE THE CULMINATING CELEBRATORY EXPERIENCE FOR CHIP CAMP.

AND ACTUALLY SEVERAL OTHER MICRON STEM EDUCATION PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

>> THE MISSION OF CHIP CAMP IS TO GIVE YOUNG PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW, TO BUILD AND TO CHASE THERE I DREAMS IN STEM EDUCATION BUT ALSO LESCHING ABOUT SEMICONDUCTORS AND MEMORY.

THAT'S IT.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE SHOW UP, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE CARED FOR AND DO IT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MAZE WITH AMAZING TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS IN CENTRAL NOSH.

ALL OF THE FOLKS WHO LEAD AND FACILITATE LESSONS AND WORKSHOPS AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN DURING CHIP CAMP ARE EDUCATORS FROM THIS COMMUNITY.

WE BELIEVE THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW KIDS THE BEST ARE FAMILIES, CAREGIVERS AND EDUCATORS.

FOR US TO REACH THEM, WE NEED TO WORK WITH FAMILIES AND EDUCATORS.

WE INVITE FAMILIES TO CHIP CAMP.

WE INVITE EDUCATORS TO CHIP CAMP AND SO FOR US, OUR GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY, HAVE ACCESS TO THINGS THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO GROW AND EVOLVE AS LEARNERS IN STEM EDUCATION.

>> WE HAVE BEEN SO FORTUNATE TO BE A GRANT, MAJOR GRANT RECIPIENT FROM MICRON FOUNDATION AND THIS GRANT HAS REALLY BEEN A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MOST, NOT JUST FINANCIALLY TO BE ABLE TO GROW OUR PROGRAMS, TO CREATE THE FIRST SEMICONDUCTOR EXHIBIT OF ITS KIND IN THE ENTIRE WORLD, BUT TO REALLY HAVE AN IMPACT ON STUDENTS.

THE FUNDING HAS ALLOWED ALL OF OUR EXISTING PROGRAMS TO GROW.

WITH GRANTS LIKE MICRON, BARRIERS LIKE TRANSPORTATION ARE NOW REMOVED.

WE CAN GET KIDS HERE.

WE CAN GET THEM INTO THESE PROGRAMS.

THERE IS NO COST TO THESE STUDENTS.

SO HAVING AN ORGANIZATION LIKE MICRON WITH THIS SIMILAR COMMITMENT TO STEM EDUCATION HAS REALLY ALLOWED US TO SERVE MORE STUDENTS IN CENTRAL NEW YORK.

>> IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN JOBS AT MICRON, BUT IT'S ALSO EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT TO ME, THAT WE HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE INSPIRED THROUGH STEM WITH STEM, WITH STEAM TO PURSUE AND CHASE ANY DREAM THEY WANT.

THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS THAT ALL YOUNG PEOPLE ARE BRILLIANT, ALL YOUNG PEOPLE ARE BOLD AND ALL YOUNG PEOPLE PURSUE STEM IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.