Why Your Community Needs IGNITE

Our mission is to have Ignite in every Middle School, High School, College, and Workplace around the world!

The global community of tomorrow’s generation will offer few jobs that do not require the ability to manage technology and to provide the necessary background for those jobs, some sort of degree or certification is required. Girls, an integral and untapped resource for those careers, often associate engineering and technology-related jobs with work done in isolation or stereotypes of antisocial nerds.

IGNITE helps break down these myths by giving girls opportunities to associate with real women who have real jobs that are interesting, fun, and pay well. As an added benefit, IGNITE provides a meaningful bridge between school and industry. Teachers learn about changing technologies, so their lessons reflect the world the students will face. Company representatives ignite fires within intelligent, capable girls who may one day return with certifications or degrees in hand, seeking a job.

IGNITE chapters gather the resources necessary to offer Presentation events to teenage girls in their own communities. As chapters evolve, they incorporate job shadows, conferences, workshops, and other activities that interest girls in engineering and technology careers. These events also ignite sparks of confidence and hope that carry the girls forward.