Official TODASTW Event
Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work® Day
Official TODASTW Virtual Event
Register now for Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work® Day first virtual event – with live hosts and keynote speakers, pre-recorded videos highlighting five career clusters including an appearance by Career Girls role model epidemiologist Latoya Simmons.
First Event: April 22, 2021, 9:00 – 11:30 am EDT
Second Event: April 22, 2021, 12:00 – 2:30 pm EDT
Event Overview
Location: Virtual
Cost: Free (Register on the TODASTW website)
Event Times: 9:00 - 11:30 am EDT and 12:00 - 2:30 pm EDT
9:00 am EDT Kick off: A conversation with Gloria Steinem, Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Day champion, author, feminist organizer and political activist.
12:00 pm EDT Kick off: An address by Gitanjali Rao, Time Magazine’s first-ever Kid of the Year, scientist and inventor.
Career Segments:
- STEM
- Arts and Communications
- Health Science
- Marketing
- Business
What to Expect:
- 2.5 hour virtual career adventure offered twice, once at 9 am EDT (6 am PDT) and again at 12 pm ET (9 am PT), via YouTube Live stream
- No cost to attend, with donations to TODASTW Foundation encouraged and appreciated
- Same content, except for different keynote speakers and hosts
- Live moderated program, featuring live keynote speaker and prerecorded content, plus interactive polls
- Submit questions to our keynote speakers in advance of the event
- Each of the five career segments will run 20 to 25 minutes and will include videos highlighting three jobs in that career cluster, plus other content and fun interactive activities
- Target audience: grades 4 through 8, but content is appropriate for older and younger children
- Program materials will be available for download before the event, including a participant’s Passport activity booklet in different language translations and a teachers’ guide
- Select content can be accessed for one week following the event