In The Press
Podcast Appearances
The Product Boss
Building Math Confidence in Girls with Brittany Rhodes
Female Founder Brittany Rhodes shares how her business helps young girls gain confidence in learning math and builds them up to see themselves as math stars.
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Subscription Box Basics
Behind the Scenes with Black Girl MATHgic
Julie chats with one of her Subscription Box Bootcamps, Brittany Rhodes, founder of the Black Girl MATHgic subscription box. Hear how Brittany got into the subscription box business and the Black Girl MATHgic launch story.
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Stemming in Stilettos
Meet Brittany Rhodes: A Math Love Story
Dr. Toshia Anderson talks with Brittany about how 1) Math is the foundation to all other STEM subjects, 2) Mom knows best, and 3) The subscription box works because it can be customized for the girl.
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Taste for Tenacity
Pushing Through the End of the World with Brittany Rhodes
Black Girl MATHgic founder Brittany Rhodes opens up about entering the job market in the height of the recession, data-driven storytelling, and the role of serendipity in business.
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Her Megaphone
Brittany Rhodes of Black Girl MATHgic on Math Literacy & Girls in STEM
Brittany speaks about the birth of the company, her own love for math and years of tutoring young people, why we need girls in STEM, and what it was like when Beyonce Knowles Carter herself put her company on beyonce.com.
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Teacher Hustle
Starting and Running a Mission-Based Subscription Box Business
In this week's episode, we are chatting with Brittany from Black Girl Mathgic about mission based subscription boxes.
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This Green Planet
Building Math Confidence in Girls with Brittany Rhodes
This episode is with Brittany Rhodes is about building math confidence in girls. At Black Girl MATHgic, their mission is to help girls build the math confidence they need to succeed in class today and society tomorrow.
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Relatively Prime
Black Girl MATHgic
Samuel and Brittany discuss where the idea of the box came from, what comes in the boxes each month, and why everyone benefits when young Black women are centered in mathematics.
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Financial Feminist Podcast
IS MATH ANXIETY MAKING YOU BAD WITH MONEY?
You might know the feeling of sweaty palms, racing pulse, or just a genuine dread of working with numbers. It’s comforting to know how common it is, but how might this be hurting us when it comes to our finances?
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The TeachHER Podcast
Brittany Rhodes
Black Girl MATHgic (BGM) is a movement dedicated to increasing math confidence, awareness, enthusiasm, identity, fluency, and persistence in children, with a focus on girls and black children.
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Math Therapy
Vanessa chats with Brittany about why she saw a need for representation in math education, how consistency is the key to kids building confidence in their skills, and how her quest to show Black girls that they belong in the world of math has been so successful that she’s even received a shoutout from Beyonce!
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Radical Math Talk
increase math confidence and decrease math anxiety
In this episode, I chat with Brittany Rhodes to learn about her personal math journey, the founding of Black Girl MATHgic, the importance of literacy in building math proficiency, and so much more!
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Her Path to Purpose
Tapping in to Black Girl MATHgic with Brittany Rhodes
Brittany shares how her journey began with her own love of math which inspired her to help people struggling in the subject she loved so much. Her tutoring experience began in college and continued for over a decade after college as she worked for non-profits during the day.
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Media Features
Forbes
Meet The Mathematician Turned Startup Founder Who’s Helping Black Girls Build Their Confidence In Math
“The Black Girl MATHgic equation to solve for math anxiety is simple: Math confidence + representation = A girl with options who has the confidence and skill to design the life she wants.”
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Black Enterprise
Black Girl MATHgic Founder Receives $25,000 Grant to Close the Math Confidence Gap
“I view basic math fluency as the key to closing the racial wealth gap in America,” says Rhodes. “I want people to be able to open up every single door that is available to them”
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Yahoo Finance
American Express honors 100 Black female entrepreneurs in its '100 for 100' program
“Of all the entrepreneurs in this country, the number one growing group is Black women. They are starting 763 new businesses every day, and that's awesome.”
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Michigan Chronicle
American Express Launches Program Aimed at Black Women Entrepreneurs
“Through her program, Black Girl MATHgic, Rhodes is helping young Black girls conquer math. The first of its kind, the monthly subscription box is curated to help fight against math anxiety and encourage math readiness.”
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AfroTech
This Founder Plans to Sprinkle Black Girl MATHgic on Young Girls Thanks to A $25K Grant
“Brittany Rhodes — founder of the Black Girl MATHgic movement — is proving that Black girls love math too.”
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TMJ 4
Milwaukee mathematician Dr. Gloria F. Gilmer used creativity, culture to help students succeed
“Math and culture are two topics not often considered together. But Dr. Gloria F. Gilmer,” featured in our February 2020 - Love Your Hair box, “saw the benefit of blending the two.”
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Melanin Muse
Brittany Rhodes
“I am so proud of what I am building with Black Girl MATHgic.” - Brittany
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Cratejoy
Making STEM Magical with Black Girl MATHgic
“Girls and women are majorly outnumbered in STEM industries [...] So how might we resolve problems like this? Well, subscription box founder Brittany Rhodes has an answer.”
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Civic Center TV
Founder of Black Girl MATHgic Discusses Building Math Confidence Among Young Girls
Brittany Rhodes joins the show to talk about the special ways that Black Girl MATHgic works with girls to help them with their math skills.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Milwaukee mathematician, teacher inspired Black students to see math within themselves
"When you have somebody like Dr. Gilmer who was studying something — especially in the Black community — that is just so culturally us, hair braiding, and making those connections for kids, its just something," Rhodes said. "I just had to share her story."
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CISION PRWeb
Blitz Champz and Black Girl MATHgic Create Limited-Edition, One-of-a-Kind Gift Boxes for 2022
"Blitz Champz has partnered with Black Girl MATHgic to help girls build the math confidence they need to succeed in class today and society tomorrow."
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WXYZ
Detroit company wins national grant competition for Black-owned businesses
The company aims to inspire young Black girls, while also teaching important lessons to build their confidence in math.
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Dove Chocolate
DOVE Chocolate Awards InstaGrants To 3 Female-Owned Businesses
One of last year’s winners, Brittany Rhodes, the Founder of Black Girl Mathgic, was able to develop a quarterly subscription box for boys and are growing our customer base to include schools, districts and youth-serving organizations through DOVE’s support.
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The Neighborhoods - The Spirit of Detroit
Black Girl MATHgic
Thinking Outside the Box about math and our youth.
"Math can be tough. And struggling in front of peers (sometimes less-than-compassionate grown-ups, too) adds a dollop of anxiety on top of the struggle. And that’s just one challenging aspect of being a 3rd-8th grade girl growing up these days in our communities."
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Michigan Chronicle
James Group Awards $140,000 to Detroit Entrepreneurs and Students
Black Girl MATHgic addresses math anxiety with a variety of math confidence-building products, services, and experiences.
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Voyage Michigan
Michigan’s Most Inspiring Stories
Our flagship product is the Black Girl MATHgic Box, which is the first and only monthly subscription box designed to increase math confidence and decrease math anxiety in girls on a 3rd-8th grade math level.
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Because Of Them We Can
GLORIA GILMER MAKES HISTORY AS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN MATHEMATICIAN TO HAVE WORK IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Gloria Ford Gilmer was a Milwaukee math teacher and international researcher whose work was critical in advancing the field of ethnomathematics. She was the first Black math teacher for the Milwaukee Public Schools system among many other first!
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Military Influencer Magazine
Military spouse creates a subscription box to conquer negative math mindset
As a foundational rule,
Rhodes encourages
parents and caregivers to,
“Use positive and math-
promoting language
around your kids” because
she said it is a child’s
introduction to life skills like
problem-solving.
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HER FIRST $100K
HIGHLIGHTING BLACK CREATORS: BRITTANY RHODES OF BLACK GIRL MATHGIC
This week, we’re chatting with Brittany Rhodes of Black Girl Mathgic –– a math subscription box service with a mission to help girls build the confidence in math they need to succeed in class today and society tomorrow.
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GMA
Gloria Gilmer becomes 1st Black woman mathematician to have research papers in Library of Congress
Gloria Gilmer's research and legacy lives on and is still inspiring other women of color to get interested in math, including Brittany Rhodes, the founder of Black Girl MATHgic, a subscription box service for girls to get them interested in math.
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"Best of" Mentions
Stem Toy Expert
Best STEM Subscription Box for Kids (Ultimate Guide 2021)
"Ready to empower the next Katherine Johnson? This is the subscription box that will allow you to do just that! That’s why Black Girl MATHgic is our pick as Best STEM box for GRL PWR!"
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Hello Subscription
Best Subscription Boxes for Kids – 2021 Award Winners
“Black Girl MATHgic - Hidden Gem!”
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The Mom Trotter
Subscription Boxes That Teach Black History & Encourage Black Excellence
Romper
21 Of The Best STEM Kits for Kids
Woman's Day
38 Fun Gifts for Kids That They Will Love
“Show them how fun math can be while they’re still young! This fun math subscription box comes with all sorts of math games and exercises that kids will love.”
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Verywell Family
Best Subscription Boxes for Girls
