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Ethos Labs is an after-school innovation program for youth ages 13–18 in Vancouver that uses emerging technologies, mentorship, and cultural context to empower underrepresented youth—particularly Black youth and girls—in STEM fields. Founded by Anthonia Ogundele, the program combines workshops, project-based mentorship, and community events across digital and physical spaces to build confidence, skills, and inclusive innovation culture.
Key takeaways
- Ethos Labs addresses systemic barriers in STEM access for Black youth and girls by centering their experience and creating culturally affirming spaces where they feel respected, reflected, and protected.
- The program integrates cultural conversations and real-world community contexts (such as Hogan's Alley redevelopment) into technical skills training to make learning meaningful and relevant.
- Sessions blend deep contextual discussions with hands-on instruction—for example, exploring identity and race before creating digital avatars—to help youth understand how their digital and physical identities intersect.
- Project-based mentorship pairs professionals with young people to collaborate on real problems, creating different relationship dynamics and tangible outputs beyond traditional mentoring.
- Ethos Labs operates across digital platforms (Zoom, Discord, Mozilla Hubs) and physical spaces, reflecting the belief that there is no meaningful distinction between these environments anymore.
About Anthonia OgundeleAnthonia Ogundele is the founder and executive director of Ethos Labs. She is a former emergency planner who left disaster planning to address inequities in STEM access and is also a parent committed to building inclusive innovation spaces.
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Meeting for the week of June 21, 2021 - June 27, 2021
This Meeting at a Glance:
Program: Ethos Labs
Speaker: Anthonia Ogundele
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Welcome, everyone, to the Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley!
Over the past year, we've partnered with the Rotary Club of Cupertino to help launch the Rotaract Club of Cupertino, a new community-based (now e-based) club comprised of students from De Anza College. The official charter event will be held on Saturday, June 26th at 09h PT and we would love for all of you to join. Once you register, you'll be presented with the Zoom link and the program for the celebration.
Yours in Rotary service,
Raquel D’Garay-Juncal
President, Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley
president@siliconvalleyrotary.com
Guests, we are happy to have you join us this week!
As we see it, our flexibility as an online, asynchronous club allows a special type of service to Rotarians around the world: we make it easier for anyone to strive for and maintain 100% attendance. That keeps you engaged with Rotary's events and ideas, and provides a moment of inspiration for devoting your creativity, talents, and resources to good causes.
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The Four-Way Test
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Of the things we think, say or do
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Is it the TRUTH?
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Is it FAIR to all concerned?
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Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
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Weekly Funny with Shags
We believe laughter is an important part of life, and we should all make time to laugh a little. This segment of our meeting is meant to tickle you just enough. These funnies are curated by member Steven "Shags" Shagrin !
Bride Discussing Her Plans
Although we were being married in New Hampshire, I wanted to add a touch of my home state of Kansas to the wedding.
My fiancee, explaining this to a friend, said that we were planning to have wheat rather than rice thrown after the ceremony.
Our friend thought for a moment. Then he said solemnly, "It's a good thing she's not from Idaho."
Weekly inspiration
Every week we start our meetings with a short video highlighting innovation, inspiration, entrepreneurship, or social change.
Member Cal Mann spotted this story from BBC Radio 4 and the British Museum. It's called, "The Lion Man."
What lurks outside your cave?
World of Rotary
Every week we will focus on a particular story that tells of our organization and the work of Rotarians in the world.
Through a Rotarian's Lens
Sometimes a photo can capture an amazing moment. In this section Member Keith Marsh shares his incredible photography!
If you'd like to submit a photo for this section please contact Keith.
I took this photo of the Milky Way over Tenaya Lake in Yosemite in nearly complete darkness. It was so dark, I could not see the rocks that were a few feet in front of me. The only light source was from the stars in our galaxy that are 5,000-15,000 light-years away. The foreground part of the image took 60 seconds at a very high ISO. It was remarkable that the lake was so calm that the stars were reflected.
Learn something new
This section is curated by members Shags Shagrin and aims to teach our members and guests something new, fun, and useful! If you have any ideas on a fun trick or skill you'd like to share please contact Shags.
This Is From The Year I Graduated High School!
Look at Johnny Carson's jacket in the first second or two. If you missed it, I've got it here. Steve Martin in the early years!!
Service report
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Our events & projects
We hold our meetings online, but we do regular service projects and social events in the Silicon Valley! The section is updated every week with our upcoming events. We welcome guests to all of the events and service projects listed here.
Upcoming events
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District 5170 events
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More events coming soon! All events are open to guests, unless otherwise mentioned. Feel free to join us! If you ever have questions, please email inquiries@siliconvalleyrotary.com
Happy Dollars: do good by sharing something good
Each week we ask our members to share stories with the club and toss in a few dollars to support our efforts. The primary goal of this section is to provide a fun way of getting to know each fellow members and guests, while giving back to a good cause.
Happy dollars is an opportunity to share something positive that has happened in your life whether it is personal or business. Think of it as your opportunity to brag a little, but also put a little bit into a karma jar. The money donated through happy dollars is put to charitable use, and the message that you leave for happy dollars will be posted in our online meeting the following week for the entire week for folks to see! (Pending that it’s appropriate!)
Here are the happy dollars contributions from last week!
This section is usually updated in the early hours of Saturday, so contributions made over the weekend may not be listed here.
Rory Olsen made a $20 donation.
On vacation to see the grandkids. Please apply my gift to Polio Plus.
Gabriela Lopez made a $25 donation.
Happy Father’s Day to all dads out there! 😁
Program: Ethos Labs
Speaker: Anthonia Ogundele
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Anthonia founded Ethos Lab. Ethọ́s Lab empowers youth to Transform Communities and Shift Culture, to design a future that reflects us all. Ethọ́s Lab is creating a STEM and culture-focused Innovation Academy (Akademie) for youth ages 13-18 to incite curiosity, build community, and promote personal growth and development in a rapidly changing world.
With in-person workshops, a physical co-working space, and an engaging, safe online community, Ethọ́s Lab is a safe and accessible tech-infused environment that meets the diverse needs of youth right where they are.
Ethọ́s Lab participants gain real-world problem-solving, engineering, and science skills while exploring the fullest expressions of their authentic selves, making for happier, smarter kids better equipped to navigate the environment around them.
Learn more at:
https://www.ethoslab.space/
Upcoming program recording schedule
All of our guest speakers and programs are recorded live online over Zoom video conference. We welcome members and guests to join us in one of these upcoming recordings. Recordings are approximately 30 minutes long and are subject to change without notice.
Our online video conference room link for these recordings is always http://zoom.siliconvalleyrotary.com/. You are welcome to join us! Please note the timezone listed for all recordings is US Pacific Time (San Francisco, California, USA).
If you can’t join the live recording, please send your questions for an upcoming speaker to programs@siliconvalleyrotary.com.
