WHO WE ARE?
Black Girls Dive Foundation (BGDF) establishes space and opportunity to empower young ladies to explore their STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) identity through marine science and conservation, and SCUBA diving. BGDF is a designated 501c(3), volunteer-based, educational non-profit organization founded in 2017 in Maryland. Currently, we have local chapters operating in Maryland - Baltimore County and Baltimore City; Trenton, New Jersey, Wilimington, Delaware; and Atlanta., Georgia.
OUR MISSION
Keeping Young Girls & Women Afloat
Our mission address three critical issues: (1) the racial and socioeconomic achievement gap that undermines our ideals of freedom, equality and opportunity; (2) limited or restricted sense of youth agency and voice; and (3) cultivating the next generation of social conscious divers, scientists, conservationists and planetary stewards.
BGD CHAPTERS
The Scholars in our STREAMS program take the plunge and SCUBA dive with the gentle giants in the Ocean Voyager exhibit at the Georgia Aquarium.
BGD PROGRAMS & INITIATIVES
Shark tagging expedition.
Building the pipeline starts before elementary school.
OUR IMPACT
We have served over 245 youth both nationally and internationally, provided over 200 STEM classes, and led domestic and international SCUBA capstone expeditions to Key Largo, Florida; Egypt, and Bahamas.
BGD scholars lead community service & volunteer projects throughout the year.
Several BGD Scholars have received the Presidential Volunteer Service Award from the President of the United States for their community service completed with Black Girls Dive Foundation.