Trane Technologies Announces Sponsorship of the Science Museum of Minnesota’s KAYSC STEM Freedom School
23 Juni 2022 - 12:30PM
Business Wire
~$280,000 grant supports equitable STEM
learning in the Twin Cities, as part of Trane Technologies’
Sustainable Futures citizenship strategy~
Global climate innovator Trane Technologies (NYSE:TT) has
provided the Science Museum of Minnesota with over $280,000 to
support the Kitty Andersen Youth Science Center (KAYSC) STEM
Freedom School. The donation will complete the funding needed for
the KAYSC’s summer program combining the Science Museum’s
innovative approach to STEM education and workforce development
with the highly effective Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom
School model.
Freedom Schools are a national CDF program that work to prevent
summer learning loss in students by igniting a passion for reading
and a love of learning. The KAYSC, which is located within the
museum, helps students from demographics underrepresented in STEM
across the Twin Cities learn about careers in Science, Technology,
Engineering and Math (STEM), through STEM Justice programming
centered around how STEM tools, technologies, and processes can
help achieve social equity.
“At Trane Technologies, we enjoy a culture that actively
supports volunteerism and a workforce that enthusiastically
embraces it,” said Deidra Parrish Williams, Trane Technologies’
leader of Global Corporate Social Responsibility. “Through
volunteer opportunities, like the ones provided at the Science
Museum of Minnesota, our employees are able to use their unique
skills and knowledge to excite the imaginations of young students
in hopes that they will become sustainability innovators in years
to come.”
The sponsorship is part of Trane Technologies’ corporate
citizenship strategy, Sustainable Futures. Trane Technologies is
committed to investing $100 million by 2030 to ensure students from
demographics underrepresented in the STEM field have access to
healthy learning environments, early exposure to sustainability
concepts and support in accessing rewarding green and STEM careers.
The company has also set an ambitious goal of donating 500,000
employee volunteer hours to programs that support Sustainable
Futures.
"Being the first Freedom School in the country to implement a
unique emphasis on STEM and social justice learning, we are so
excited to be working with Trane Technologies in engaging with our
KAYSC youth scholars and young adults to innovate new ways to meet
workforce, youth, and community needs while navigating meaningful
career pathways," Joseph Adamji, Director of the Center for Equity
Systems Change at the Science Museum of Minnesota, said. “In our
Freedom School, all STEM learning is focused on helping youth begin
to see STEM as a tool for dismantling systemic oppression and
achieving collective liberation. This support from Trane
Technologies is helping us to build toward impacts that will
continue far beyond the program, for our youth and for the
field."
Trane Technologies and its strategic brands Trane® and Thermo
King® share a deep commitment to the Minneapolis-St. Paul region,
where the company has operated for over 80 years. More than 1,100
employees live and work in the greater Twin Cities area, including
at the company’s Thermo King headquarters in Bloomington; Trane
Commercial Controls plant and corporate offices in White Bear Lake;
and area Trane Commercial Sales Office and Parts & Supply
Stores.
About Trane Technologies
Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator. Through our
strategic brands Trane® and Thermo King®, and our portfolio of
environmentally responsible products and services, we bring
efficient and sustainable climate solutions to buildings, homes and
transportation. For more on Trane Technologies, visit
tranetechnologies.com.
About Kitty Andersen Youth Science Center
The Kitty Andersen Youth Science Center was established by the
Science Museum of Minnesota in 1996 to engage girls, youth of color
and economically disadvantaged youth in informal STEM learning. Its
mission is to empower youth to change our world through
science.
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