Saint Gobain To Participate In US2020 City Competition

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Philadelphia is one of seven winning cities in the US2020 City Competition, a national competition to encourage youth mentorship in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) at the White House Science Fair.

“I am proud that Philadelphia was selected as a winner in the US2020 City Competition, which recognized our innovative plan to engage a diverse group of young people in STEM,” said Mayor Michael A. Nutter.

Valley Forge-based Saint Gobain, a worldwide building sales firm with sales of approximately $7.9 billion in 2013, is one of the businesses participating in the competition. Sponsored by Cisco, US2020 City Competition challenged cities to develop innovative models for dramatically increasing the number of STEM professionals mentoring and teaching students through hands-on projects. US2020 is specifically focused on increasing STEM opportunities and STEM excitement for girls, underrepresented minorities and children from low-income families.

“We have brought together a strong coalition of 50 partners from colleges and universities, corporations and businesses, and research institutions to impart their collective knowledge and provide high impact STEM mentoring opportunities for Philadelphia youth,” said Dr. Lori Shorr, chief education officer in Mayor Nutter’s office. “I look forward to working closely with all of our partners and to growing Philadelphia’s US2020 Coalition. Exciting work is ahead of us.”

John Crowe
John Crowe

Philadelphia’s winning plan links local STEM professionals to Philadelphia youth in mentorship relationships, particularly female, low-income and minority youth. Participants include Saint-Gobain, Microsoft, Dow Chemical, GSK, and IBM.

“As Philadelphia’s lead partner in its STEM coalition, Saint-Gobain, the world’s largest building materials company, is ready to address the nation’s STEM education challenge starting here in Philadelphia, our home since 1948,” said John Crowe, president and CEO, Saint-Gobain and CertainTeed corporations.

Winning cities will share $1 million in financial, consulting and staff support.  US2020 is a new organization formed through a partnership of leading education non-profits and corporate leaders in the STEM field.

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