SACOT

The STEM Advocacy Conference of Texas gives high school students a voice in their own STEM education through political advocacy in state and local governments.

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Check out SACOT’s new youtube channel! Our recent AMA with Dr. Leonard answering questions and speaking about his experiences with STEM, education, and advocacy has been posted. Keep an eye out for future AMAs there!
https://t.co/Yy7FMOeRQh

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Our SACOT Ask Me Anything on December 11th was a success! Thank you to Eanes ISD Superintendent Dr. Tom Leonard for answering our questions and speaking about his experiences with all things STEM, education, and advocacy. Stay tuned for details on upcoming AMAs and other events!

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Tune in to our Ask Me Anything with Dr. Tom Leonard TODAY! Ask about STEM Education and learn about its importance. This will be livestreamed at 10am CST on Dec. 11th via the link in our bio! Submit questions for Dr. Leonard to answer on the stream using the link in our bio!

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November 17th was an amazing first Club Z session of the year. SACOT members from @FRC2468 helped 30+ kids do the classic marshmallow-spaghetti tower challenge and LEGO build kits! We can’t wait to go back soon! 💙

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SACOT is starting our AMA series again! We are featuring the Superintendent of schools in @EanesISD, Dr. Tom Leonard, on Nov. 13th @ 1pm on @FirstUpdatesNow Twitch! Submit questions for Dr. Leonard to answer on the stream here: https://t.co/rjEHqs8CHc!

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Meet this year’s management team: Varun, SACOT President, and Diya, SACOT VP. This year we hope to reconnect with a lot of our SACOT teams throughout TX and other FRC teams. Please DM us if you have any new ideas, questions, or comments about SACOT as we begin a new year.

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We had our last SACOT meeting of the year! Thank you to everyone who attended and participated at our meetings, we are looking forward to what next year will bring! Also thank you to our wonderful management team, Arohi our SACOT President & Mason our Vice President!

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Thank you to @MantzDan for answering questions w/ us on the @FirstUpdatesNow Twitch channel at our 3rd AMA livestream & to all our viewers who tuned in! Look out on our social media for more details on our upcoming AMAs, also let us know who you want to be featured on the series!

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Tomorrow is our 3rd AMA! Submit questions for Dan Mantz, the CEO and Chairman of the Board of the REC Foundation. Submit them through our website: https://t.co/rjEHqs8CHc. Don't forget to tune in on @FIRSTUpdatesNow Twitch at 3pm CST to listen!

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Join us on May 15th at 3pm CST on @FIRSTUpdatesNow to ask questions to @MantzDan, CEO & Chairman of the Board for the REC Foundation! Ask questions about his work with REC, his time mentoring FRC/VEX teams, & more! Submit your questions here: https://t.co/rjEHqs8CHc!

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We’re hosting our 3rd AMA featuring Dan Mantz, Chairman of the Board for the Robotics Education and Competition (REC) Foundation. It will be live streamed on May 15th @ 3pm CST via @FirstUpdatesNow Twitch. Submit any questions you have for Mr. Mantz here: https://t.co/rjEHqs8CHc!

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That’s a wrap on SACOT LAW! Thank you to Rep. Gonzalez & Mrs. Ashmore for answering questions & #FIRSTinTexas teams for attending SACOT LAW: Debrief this past Saturday! We are excited to keep advocating for #HB244. Look out on our social media for possible upcoming events!

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SACOT LAW: Debrief is in progress! TX Rep. Mary Gonzalez & Susan Ashmore from @firstintexas are discussing STEM education, STEM advocacy, HB 244, & more! We will also discuss how meetings w/ legislators went and what we can improve on! We are looking forward to a great debrief!

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SACOT LAW: Debrief is TOMORROW! Hear about STEM education & interact w/ our panelists, TX Rep. Gonzalez & Mrs. Ashmore from @firstintexas! We are also looking forward to hearing about your experiences meeting w/ TX legislators! RSVP: https://t.co/WN7WGsdggM!!

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Debrief is in 4 DAYS! @firstintexas teams, attend to listen to Rep. Gonzalez & Mrs. Ashmore discuss STEM education & answer questions. Teams who attended our Training event--hear about other teams’ legislator meetings in the afternoon! RSVP: https://t.co/WN7WGrVESc!

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Debrief is in ONE WEEK! Sign up to listen to panelists TX Rep. Mary Gonzalez & Mrs. Ashmore from @firstintexas who will talk about STEM, Advocacy, & @firstofficial, plus answer attendees’ questions! RSVP: https://t.co/WN7WGsdggM & select “Mar. 27th” to attend!

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SACOT LAW: Debrief is on Sat, March 27th! We hope you are getting excited to hear our panelists @RepMaryGonzalez & Mrs. Ashmore from @firstintexas! We will also have a discussion about our legislator meetings! RSVP (select the “March 27th” option): https://t.co/WN7WGsdggM!

[SACOT @SACOTexas]

SACOT LAW: Debrief is on Mar. 27th! Join to hear from Ms. Ashmore from @firstintexas and TX Rep. Mary Gonzalez (@RepMaryGonzalez) on topics regarding FIRST, STEM education in TX, etc! RSVP by selecting the “March 27th” option: https://t.co/WN7WGsdggM!

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The 2nd part of our 2 part event, SACOT LAW: Debrief, is on Mar. 27th! A panel of #STEM professionals will answer any of YOUR questions & this is a time to share how the meetings w/ your legislators went w/ other teams. Look out for more information about this event!

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The 2nd half of SACOT LAW: Training is underway! This morning, we had great presentations regarding advocating to legislators & SACOT’s platform! Teams will be working together to create a script for their upcoming pitch to legislators now. We are excited to working with y'all!