"Write" Your Wrongs
This subject is theme of the 2022 Writing Program.
Radical transformation
Something set early on in PCT, similar to a list of group norms, between your Posse and your Trainers.
Expectations
Complete this statement, "I never would've dropped out of college..."
"...if I had my Posse with me."
This is the dedicated Posse LA staff member that assists you in navigating career resources, listings, and resumes.
Career Program Specialist or Career Program Manager
This is the numerical address of the Posse LA Office.
515
The assignment following Writing Workshop 1.
Write the first draft of your thesis.
This framework created by Kimberle Crenshaw was first utilized in the field of law to outline the shortcomings of the US legal system in understanding Black women and the oppression they face.
Intersectionality
"...[A] small, diverse group of talented students—a Posse—carefully selected and trained, can serve as a catalyst for individual and community development."
The Posse Mission
This place is where you go to nominate a Posse Scholar, access the Posse Alumni Network, or find job/internship listings across Posse Nation.
The Posse Portal
This tool denotes who is speaking in a Posse space and can be tossed to the next speaker.
Koosh
These Posse LA volunteers helped you on your journey to being collegiate-level writers by offering you feedback on essay drafts.
Writing Coaches
Name the stages of group development coined by psychologist Bruce Tuckman.
Forming, Norming, Storming, and Performing.
The Posse Foundation was founded in this year. The same year as a prolific pop singer was born and that titles her album released in 2014.
1989
This is the term that Career Program Specialists will make a campus visit.
Fall Term or Fall Semester
These are ways to express appreciation or affirmation to others in a Posse space.
Warm and Fuzzy/ies or Warm + Fuzzy/ies
In the MLA format of citing a book in your bibliography/works cited page, this the final piece of information preceding the last period.
Print.
This is the subject of weekly emails sent by either Chris or Keeks during PCT that outlined reminders, the topic for PCT, and the details of that PCT's location.
"This Week in PCT" or "This Week in PCT (MM/DD)"
These are the first six words of the first goal of the Posse Foundation.
"To expand the pool from which..."
You are able to apply to this Posse fellowship as a rising Sophomore if you have a 3.7 or higher cumulative GPA, ultimately receiving $10,000 and a chance to spend 4-6 weeks with an industry leader in their career field.
The Jeff Ubben Fellowship or The Jeff Ubben Fellows Program
This Posse event is where you meet your mentor and deepen relationships with your Posse.
Summer Retreat
This date marked the official deadline for the 2022 Writing Program Final Essay Submission. Coinciding with another Posse summer programming day.
What is June 29, 2022
This warm up is played with an empty room, two lines of tape denoting your teams zone on eat side of the room, and involves magical creatures.
Gnomes, wizards, giants.
In this year, the Posse LA site opened its doors to the greater LA metropolitan area with a grant from Goldman Sachs.
2002
This document is provides a summary of your experience, academic background including teaching experience, degrees, research, awards, publications, presentations, and other achievements, skills and credentials.
Curriculum vitae or CV
These happen between you and another member of the Posse community, structured around categories like academics and social/personal.
One-on-Ones or 1:1s