{"id":5216,"date":"2023-10-29T10:02:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T15:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polytechtalk.com\/?p=5216"},"modified":"2023-10-30T19:33:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T00:33:40","slug":"whats-so-special-about-our-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/polytechtalk.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/29\/whats-so-special-about-our-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s So Special About Our SQUAD?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5216\" class=\"elementor elementor-5216\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8c1243c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8c1243c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6214b0f\" data-id=\"6214b0f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0b33cf elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0b33cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 09-10-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SQUAD is kicking off for the year on October 30th!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since SQUAD is an Ingenuity-affiliated club, many of you may have yet to hear of it or give it much thought. Here, I hope to answer some of your questions and help you decide whether or not SQUAD is the right fit for you!<\/span><\/p><p><b>What is SQUAD?<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SQUAD was founded to help BIPOC students balance academic<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0success with social wellbeing.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To do so, SQUAD provides members with the opportunity to:<\/span><\/p><ol><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Access mentoring resources<\/span><\/li><li>Make new friends<\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enjoy fun events<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a840da1\" data-id=\"a840da1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf6323a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bf6323a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 09-10-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/polytechtalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SQUAD5.png\" title=\"SQUAD5\" alt=\"SQUAD5\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-add9d26 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"add9d26\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d8fdf3\" data-id=\"7d8fdf3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dc0b8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0dc0b8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>B<\/strong>lack<\/h3><h3><strong>I<\/strong>ndigenous &amp;<\/h3><h3><strong>P<\/strong>eople<\/h3><h3><strong>O<\/strong>f<\/h3><h3><strong>C<\/strong>olor<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-46a2c5e\" data-id=\"46a2c5e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3e71e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c3e71e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1><b>FAQs:<\/b><\/h1><p><b>Is SQUAD only open to Ingenuity Students?<\/b><\/p><p>While SQUAD has only been open to Ingenuity students in the past, SQUAD is now welcoming\u00a0all students.<\/p><p><b>Is SQUAD only open to BIPOC students?<\/b><\/p><p>While SQUAD is geared towards BIPOC students, non-BIPOC-identifying students will still be\u00a0welcomed.<\/p><p><b>Where &amp; when does SQUAD Meet?<\/b><\/p><p>SQUAD generally meets twice a month in room 335 during Parrot Time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-be00a4a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"be00a4a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d4daad5\" data-id=\"d4daad5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e39f12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1e39f12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/polytechtalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SQUAD2.png\" title=\"SQUAD2\" alt=\"SQUAD2\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-46be167\" data-id=\"46be167\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d3b7f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d3b7f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Why should I join?<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who better to help answer that question than the hardworking members of our committee:<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lavender Hall\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Madison Drummond<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Camille Coffee\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stephenie Providence<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jhamari England<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kayla Holly<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nimah Aime\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ellen Griffin<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">William Allen\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jazmine Green<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ms. Shani Ortiz<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8c683d0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" 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data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0770722 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0770722\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Why did you join SQUAD?<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SO: I created SQUAD 7 years ago to be a safe space for BIPOC students in Ingenuity, as they have unique experiences within the program. 9th and 10th graders, in particular, needed more community building and support from upperclassmen, who had shared those same experiences.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CC: I wanted a community within Ingenuity where I could feel safe and get advice from people who were in my position.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JE: In the beginning, I joined SQUAD because a lot 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class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Previous<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Next<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-10c3f44 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"10c3f44\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-593a7f7\" data-id=\"593a7f7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4398f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4398f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>What does SQUAD mean to you?<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SO: SQUAD has always meant &#8220;family&#8221; to me. When SQUAD was at its best (pre-COVID) it was a soft place to fall for students&#8230;a place to be authentic, share experiences, have fun, and get additional academic and social support.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JG: A safe space to talk, discuss, and share about the POC experience at Poly.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JE: SQUAD is like a family, a cohort of people with similar ideas and passions that they want to share and explain.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NA: SQUAD means community. SQUAD is a place where Ingenuity students of color can connect and support each other and just have fun.<\/span><\/p><p><b>What is your favorite SQUAD memory?<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SO: The pre-COVID Holiday party we had where a bunch of alums came back to visit and celebrate with us.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CC: The Mardi Gras party!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EG: The healthy boundary session in SY 2021-2022.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JE: My first time at a SQUAD meeting was actually unofficial. I saw my friends walking around with a lot of snacks and pizza and I wanted to know where they got it from. 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I also gained a growth mindset, which helped me to keep aiming high&#8212;resulting in me receiving an internship at NIH this past summer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c584f8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c584f8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fundraiser!!!<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-070ab03 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"070ab03\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d3427f0\" data-id=\"d3427f0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-764041a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"764041a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To help support SQUAD throughout the year, we are hosting our 1st annual Double Good fundraiser from October 30th &#8211; November 3rd!<\/span><\/p><ol><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Download the Double Good App<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Join our fundraising event using the 6-letter event code ZXYQDK<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Create a Pop-Up Store and share it with your family and friends<\/span><\/li><\/ol><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proceeds will go towards biweekly meetings, t-shirts, and more. As an incentive, the top 3 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">students will receive Amazon gift cards! Please join us in reaching our goal and help us fuel <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ambitions, one kernel at a time.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks for reading, and stay tuned for more updates!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-57f2de7\" data-id=\"57f2de7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4a03a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c4a03a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"742\" src=\"https:\/\/polytechtalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SQUADpopcorn.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5218\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/polytechtalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SQUADpopcorn.png 856w, https:\/\/polytechtalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SQUADpopcorn-300x278.png 300w, https:\/\/polytechtalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SQUADpopcorn-768x712.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn about SQUAD, an affinity space meant to help BIPOC students balance academic success with social wellbeing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":5223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[76,52,75,74,25],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What\u2019s So Special About Our SQUAD? 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