Our Mission
​To provide a safe space for Black girls and women, to experience mathematics through problem posing and problem solving. We empower them to bring their full selves to a math space so they are able to utilize personal, local, national, or global community contexts for learning and leadership.
Our Vision
We will build a network of Black girls and women who empower one another to OWN their BRILLIANCE in all spaces. Relationships between girls and women across generations will be nurtured through mathematics. They will know the power of their perspectives and expertises in healing their communities and world.
Our Tenents
We are in tune with how we view ourselves in the world.
We author our own narratives.
We do math in informal and formal spaces.
We are a sister circle, a community of support.
We value human connection.
What We Do
​Own Your Brilliance provides a variety of math experiences for all ages, in community spaces such as local schools, churches, shops or community centers. Young mathematicians will have a hands-on experience with real world math tasks rooted in culture and liberation. Participants will engage in problem posing and problem solving, where creative thinking is encouraged and nurtured.
"We will always have STEM with us. Some things will drop out of the public eye and will go away, but there will always be science, engineering, and technology. And there will always, always be mathematics."
Katherine Johnson
