About us
## Mission
Cascade STEAM is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Bellingham, WA dedicated to Develop and promote STEAM Education, Career Connected Learning, Digital Literacy, and Digital Equity for all people of all ages.
STEAM is an acronym for the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics. STEAM education is a powerful framework to promote curiosity and creativity, encourage a shared learning experience, and build tools to solve important life challenges. We advocate through development and promotion of events, activities, and programs, and invite collaboration with community partners in shared purpose.
## Programs
Our efforts are organized into programs, each of which is rooted in education, shared learning experiences, building relationships, and positive community impact, including:
- Community Groups: Organizing communities of aspiring, current, and retired professionals focusing on a STEAM topic, through recurring meetings and events.
- Community Projects: Organized community engagement and community service projects, often collaborating with community partners.
## Community Groups
Community Groups are made possible through the commitment of volunteer organizers and open collaboration of partners. Scheduled events can be found on the Cascade STEAM Meetup Page and discussion at the Cascade STEAM Community Hub (Discord).
Community Groups include:
- Citizen Science: science, in particular life sciences
- Cyber: cybersecurity
- Data Engineering: data engineering, including data storage and access, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and large language models (LLMs)
- Engineering: engineering, including robotics
- Open Source: everything open source software and hardware, including GNU/Linux
# Community Projects
Cascade STEAM Community Projects are organized collaborative efforts for community impact and social good. We welcome all people of all ages to participate. Organization and discussion occurs at our Community Group meetings and on our Community Hub. See our Meetup Page for scheduled events.
## Digital Navigators
Community Tech Support is now available from Cascade STEAM via our Digital Navigators Program. Assistance is offered to the public from volunteer technology professionals and students via arranged onsite visits with social welfare and support organizations to help resolve basic computing challenges.
## Hack Night
Join Cascade STEAM for Hack Night on Saturdays from 4pm-“Late” at the Bellingham Makerspace for an open, collaborative session of shared learning! Bring your projects, homework, questions, and ideas and let’s do them together.
## HelpDesk
Community Tech Support is now available from Cascade STEAM via our HelpDesk Program. Assistance is offered to the public from volunteer technology professionals and students by donation.
## Mentorship
Mentorship connects community members interested in STEAM in either a “Traditional Mentorship” or “Peer Mentorship” arrangement, providing a support structure for a positive mentorship experience for all.
## Stormwater Monitoring
The Citizen Science Community Group helps in organizing support for RE Sources and their Stormwater Monitoring Project to help protect Bellingham Bay. Organizers are working to create science, technology, and administrative projects and subprojects for community members to easily plug into and contribute as we work together as a team to resolve challenges.
## Events
See our Meetup Page for all scheduled events. Most Cascade STEAM events, programs, and activities are Free. Open to everyone. All are welcome. Family friendly. Bring your friends.
## Community
Join our Community Hub to connect virtually with our community for discussion, planning, and virtual events. Discord is a free online platform for public and private text, audio, and video chat. We also use online platforms for event management and outreach:
- Meetup to receive event announcements and to RSVP for events.
- LinkedIn to share our activity with your professional network.
- Facebook to share our activity with your personal network.
## Code of Conduct
All participants of Cascade STEAM events, activities, and programs agree to commit to our Code of Conduct.
## Contact Us
Interested to get involved? Volunteer? Collaborate? We would love to hear from you! Please contact Michael Gan, Cascade STEAM President, for any inquiries at [michael.gan@cascadesteam.org](mailto:michael.gan@cascadesteam.org), 360-499-2099, or @Michael Gan via the Cascade STEAM Community Hub.
Upcoming events
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Cascade STEAM Service Corps
Bellingham Makerspace, 1 Bellis Fair Parkway #618, Bellingham, WA, USCascade STEAM Service Corps is a technology training and community service program for social good. Each quarter, student interns and volunteers work closely with mentor technology professionals to help develop and maintain the systems that we utilize for our organization and community programs, including Digital Navigators and HelpDesk.
For both Interns and volunteers, Service Corps includes:
- Mentorship with business and technology professionals
- Computer networking and open source software fundamentals
- Server, network, database, issue tracker, and project management
- Customer service through Digital Navigators, HelpDesk, and other Cascade STEAM programs
Collaboration occurs virtually on the Cascade STEAM Community Hub and on Monday and Saturday evenings in person at the Bellingham Makerspace during Service Corps and Hack Night program events.
Interested? Join us without obligation to see what we are up to and decide later if you'd like to be more involved. All aspiring, current, and retired STEAM professionals are welcome.
About Cascade STEAM:
Cascade STEAM is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Bellingham, WA dedicated to Develop and promote STEAM Education, Career Connected Learning, Digital Literacy, and Digital Equity for all people of all ages.
STEAM is an acronym for the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics. STEAM education is a powerful framework to promote curiosity and creativity, encourage a shared learning experience, and build tools to solve important life challenges. We advocate through development and promotion of events, activities, and programs, and invite collaboration with community partners in shared purpose.
Learn more about us at our website at cascadesteam.org.2 attendees
Cascade STEAM + BTUG: Exploring AI in Music Event Curation
Bellingham Makerspace, 1 Bellis Fair Parkway #618, Bellingham, WA, USJoin us for "Exploring AI in Music Event Curation: Insights from LocalMusicX.com" on Wednesday January 28th from 5:30pm-7:00pm at Bellingham Makerspace - a collaboration of Bellingham Tableau User Group and Cascade STEAM Data Engineering Community Group.
John Bremer from LiftedViz will be sharing his exciting journey of developing LocalMusicX.com over the past 4 months. Discover how AI tools such as Replit, Perplexity, chatGPT, Claude, and cloud-hosted APIs like Google Places and Google Custom Search and Tableau Public were utilized to research, prototype, and test different technologies aimed at creating a global music event calendar.
John will delve into the challenges and innovations of integrating AI and crowd-sourcing techniques to curate and keep music events up-to-date for 11 million cities worldwide. Whether you're a tech enthusiast, music lover, or someone interested in the confluence of AI and creative solutions, this event promises valuable insights and takeaways. Don’t miss the opportunity to learn from real-world applications and engage with fellow community members. Reserve your spot today and be part of the future of music event management!
Feel free to post general questions to the #data-engineering channel on the Cascade STEAM Community Hub (Discord).
As this meeting is in collaboration with the Bellingham Tableau User Group (BTUG) we ask that you also RSVP in the Tableau User Group System. This will provide support for this and future meetings, and notify you of future events. Thank you.
About Bellingham Tableau User Group (BTUG):
The Bellingham Tableau User Group is a friendly community of local data nerds, analysts, and professionals who get together to share tips, tricks, and new ideas. Whether you’re brand new to Tableau or have been using it for years, it’s a great space to connect, learn something new, and geek out over data with like-minded folks.
About Cascade STEAM:
Cascade STEAM is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Bellingham, WA dedicated to develop and promote STEAM Education, Career Connected Learning, Digital Literacy, and Digital Equity for all people of all ages.
STEAM is an acronym for the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics. STEAM education is a powerful framework to promote curiosity and creativity, encourage a shared learning experience, and build tools to solve important life challenges. We advocate through development and promotion of events, activities, and programs, and invite collaboration with community partners in shared purpose.
Learn more about us at our website at cascadesteam.org.3 attendees
Cascade STEAM Artificial Intelligence - Kickoff!
Bellingham Makerspace, 1 Bellis Fair Parkway #618, Bellingham, WA, USJoin us for the kickoff of Cascade STEAM Artificial Intelligence on January 29th from 5:30-7:30pm at the Bellingham Makerspace! We'll review the latest news and discuss what we would like the group to do together as a community. Above all, it's FREE. Anyone interested in learning about the latest news and projects in Artificial Intelligence are welcome to attend.
# About Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a Cascade STEAM Community Group focused on AI learning and AI-related community projects. We host live sessions (in-person and virtual) with speakers across industries and communities, share real experiments and use cases, and create space for honest questions and thoughtful discussion.
What you’ll get:
- Live sessions (in person + virtual) with speakers across industries
- Real use cases and experiments (less hype, more “what actually works”)
- Space to ask blunt questions and share your experience
- A community that cares about humans as much as technology
## Meetings
We plan to meet on the fourth Thursday of the month from 5:30–7:30pm at The Bellingham Makerspace. Meeting details will be posted on the Cascade STEAM Community Hub (Discord) and the Cascade STEAM Meetup Page. Cascade STEAM uses the Community Hub and Meetup to coordinate and share events.
Additional events and workshops will take place with hybrid events or in-person hackathons. Have a suggestion? Lets chat!
Location:
Bellingham Makerspace
1 Bellis Fair Parkway #618, Bellingham, WA 98225
## Organizers
Volunteer Organizers of Cascade STEAM Artificial Intelligence are Erica Lamont and Stephen Hanney. Please contact artificial-intelligence@cascadesteam.org for community group inquiries.
About Cascade STEAM:
Cascade STEAM is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Bellingham, WA dedicated to "Develop and promote STEAM Education, Career Connected Learning, Digital Literacy, and Digital Equity for all people of all ages."
STEAM is an acronym for the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics. STEAM education is a powerful framework to promote curiosity and creativity, encourage a shared learning experience, and build tools to solve important life challenges. We advocate through development and promotion of events, activities, and programs, and invite collaboration with community partners in shared purpose.
Learn more about us at our website at cascadesteam.org.7 attendees
Cascade STEAM Hack Night
Bellingham Makerspace, 1 Bellis Fair Parkway #618, Bellingham, WA, USJoin Cascade STEAM for Hack Night on Saturdays from 4pm-“Late” at the Bellingham Makerspace for an open, collaborative session of shared learning! Bring your projects, homework, questions, and ideas and let’s do them together.
Free. Open to everyone. All are welcome. Family Friendly. Bring your friends.
P.S. If you are looking for project ideas, then we’ve got them! See our Digital Navigators, HelpDesk, and Stormwater Monitoring Community Projects for inspiration.
Check the Cascade STEAM Community Hub or the Cascade STEAM Meetup Page for details and to RSVP for all scheduled events.
About Cascade STEAM:
Cascade STEAM is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Bellingham, WA dedicated to Develop and promote STEAM Education, Career Connected Learning, Digital Literacy, and Digital Equity for all people of all ages.
STEAM is an acronym for the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics. STEAM education is a powerful framework to promote curiosity and creativity, encourage a shared learning experience, and build tools to solve important life challenges. We advocate through development and promotion of events, activities, and programs, and invite collaboration with community partners in shared purpose.
Learn more about us at our website at cascadesteam.org.2 attendees
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