Black Engineering Week at San Jose State University kicked off Friday to launch eight days of networking and informal and formal events to help Black students connect with industries around Silicon Valley.
The week aims to increase the number of successful African American engineering professionals in the region. As of 2021, only 5% of workers in engineering and architecture jobs in the United States were Black, according to a Pew Research Center study on uneven progress in increasing the gender, racial and ethnic diversity of science, technology, engineering and math jobs. There has been no change in the share of Black workers in STEM jobs since 2016, the study said.
The motivation behind the week is to broaden the participation of people of African ancestry in engineering, Erogbogbo said. It can also serve as a recruitment and retention tool for SJSU and Silicon Valley companies for that population. The events are designed to expose people to the engineering industry and to build community so that when the students go out to work, it is not as isolated as it is now, he said.
Oftentimes for Black students, there's stereotype threat and imposter syndrome, Phuong said. Last year, the conference gave the students a chance to express themselves and tell their stories.
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