Team 5122 wants you to ​BE BRAVE!

"One of the hardest things to teach young women is how to trust their decisions in the absence of certainty."

Lisa Schultz
​Team 5122 Mentor
Our team's goal is to inspire students, especially girls, to learn to how to BE BRAVE!  
Important facts and advice:
  1. Bravery is trying something even when you are not sure of the outcome.  
  2. It's okay not to be perfect.
  3. Try something even if you don't know if you will succeed. 
  4. This takes practice!!  Keep trying and never give up.
This year's FRC theme is "Stronghold". We battle with our alliance partners to breach defenses and capture the castle.  Our team faces many challenges during these events that require teamwork, perseverance and, of course, bravery​!

Our Inspiration:

The inspiration for the Be Brave! movement came from a TED Talk by Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code.
"We have always been an equal part of the past. We just haven't been a part of history."    -Gloria Steinem

Do you want to help spread the word?  Here are some helpful resources:

Websites that celebrate brave women:
Activities to inspire bravery:​

     Seek activities that have more than one solution, provide encouragement, connect with mentors and develop leadership skills. 

RoboticsComputer ProgrammingComputer Aided Design (CAD)Engineering DesignLeadership
Websites about encouraging interest in STEM:

Margaret Hamilton: Lead software engineer of the Apollo Project.  She is standing next to the code she wrote by hand!  This code was used to take humanity to the moon. [1969]

If you have a resource you would like to share or have questions about how to inspire bravery in young students, please contact our team.  We would love to hear from you!