Podcasts about square root academy

New state law requires venture capitalists disclose the race and gender of companies they fund. The people behind a reduction in violent crime within the city of Sacramento. “5000 Watts” electric art show in Oak Park this weekend.   New Law To Improve VC Investment In Women A new state law, recently signed by Governor Gavin Newsom and taking effect in 2025, has the power to shine sunlight and potentially change the way venture capitalists invest in California businesses.  Historically, venture capital firms have invested in Silicon Valley companies founded by men, but this new measure will require VC's to disclose the race and gender of the founders of the companies they fund. Hanisha Harjani is a reporter with The Fuller Project and joins us on Insight with how the law holds investors accountable. Sacramento's Office of Violence Prevention Sacramento Police have reported that violent crime is down in the city by roughly 18% overall, compared to the same time last year. And a lot of credit was given to the Office of Violence Prevention– particularly the person who leads the department. Dr. Nicole Clavo was appointed to lead the department three years ago, but has long and deep ties to Sacramento. Dr. Clavo also intimately understands the pain and toll of gun violence. Her teenage son J.J. Clavo was a student-athlete at Grant Union High School. He was murdered in 2015 before the school's football game. Dr. Clavo joins Insight with Mervin Brookins, Founder of Brother 2 Brother Mentoring, to share what's happening on the ground that's contributing to a reduction in violent crime, as well as the challenges that still remain.  “5000 Watts” Electric Art Show This weekend, a free electric art show is returning to Sacramento's Oak Park neighborhood, in a combination of creativity, arts, and technology. The event, 5000 Watts, is organized by a local nonprofit seeking to improve equity in STEAM education by providing programs to low-income and underrepresented students. Nicholas Haystings, Executive Director of the Square Root Academy, talks about how his organization's work, as well as how 5000 Watts both supports the Academy and empowers the next generation of STEAM scholars.

BYLP will be taking students to camp thanks to a grant provided by the City of Sacramento in partnership with Sierra Nevada Journeys and Square Root Academy. We talk fears, excitement, assumptions and expectations for CAMP - Hack The WoodsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we talk with Nicholas Haystings, the Executive Director at Square Root Academy. Square Root Academy is a S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) based non-profit organization dedicated to educating underrepresented youth on the fundamentals of S.T.E.M. while emphasizing collaborative learning, innovation, and academic excellence. Check out their brand new online platform, Scholar’s Playground, where you can find resources for your young scholar to learn STEM based curriculum.

A leader in the community.. Founder and Executive Director of the Square Root Academy and Lab 7 organization.. Nicholas Hastings drops in to shed light on his endeavors and his passion for teaching the youth... #STEM!! Each one teach one ✊

In today's world of social media so many people talk about making a difference or getting "involved" in the community so that they can share their latest Instagram Story of them "doing good." However, most of the time they're blowing smoke. Nicholas Haystings + Didier Mponte of Square Root Academy, on the other hand, are the real deal. We talked about the mentality of taking it upon themselves to create change rather than waiting for someone else, and what Square Root is doing to educate and support the surrounding communities.   Follow Nicholas + Didier: instagram.com/nhaystings instagram.com/didiermponte instagram.com/squarerootacademy   Follow Wesley: instagram.com/wesleyscoville wesleyscoville.com   Wesley's Agency: instagram.com/blackfieldmedia blackfieldmedia.com

** This event was held on February 27, 2019 at Antiquite Midtown in Sacramento ** One of the City of Sacramento’s big initiatives: Come up with the right jobs strategy that boosts all of its neighborhoods, especially those with less-than average employment rates and high poverty. So how is that going? How is Sacramento residents' feedback on the matter being used? What is funding being spent on, and who and where is it benefiting? And how can the City’s government, businesses, nonprofits and us individuals turn these efforts into tangible economic growth and good jobs that boost people’s incomes and improve the neighborhoods they live in? Join us for another “cocktail conversation” with some Californians who are giving their all to boost economic growth in neighborhoods that need it — and find out how you can help them with their efforts. PANELISTS * Melissa Anguiano, economic development manager for the City of Sacramento * Nicholas Haystings - president and executive director of Square Root Academy, a nonprofit that puts on after-school programs and community events in STEM skills for underrepresented students * Mariah Lichtenstern - founding partner and managing director of DiverseCity Ventures, a venture capital firm that funds tech companies run by underserved founders * Tyrone Roderick Williams - director of Sacramento Promise Zone, and director of development for Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency * Dianna Tremblay - Director of Acceleration for ICA Fund Good Jobs, a nonprofit, impact investment firm focused on creating jobs and economic opportunity in San Francisco and Oakland’s inner cities PODCAST PLAY BY PLAY * O to 7:15 min - Intro to California Groundbreakers, and about this topic * 7:15 min - Panelists introduce themselves, and share the most "interesting" job they've had to date * 11:15 min - Details about how the City of Sacramento is going to tackle economic inequality * 18:05 min - What is the Sacramento Promise Zone? * 24:35 min - How STEM skills are expected to secure good jobs -- and how they're being taught in underserved neighborhoods * 28:45 min - What's the landscape like in Sacramento for entrepreneurs from economically-disadvantaged areas who want to start and build businesses? * 34:25 min - How one Bay Area org does it re creating jobs and building economic growth - and how that can be applied here to Sacramento * 41:50 min - How much should city governments do -- and offer -- to lure companies to town and bring jobs to neighborhoods that need them? * 50:45 min - What's the private sector's role in getting jobs and economic growth to underserved neighborhoods -- and what should it be? * 53:30 min - What are efforts to getting economic equality to the City's schools? * 1 hr, 2:45 min - For struggling neighborhoods that are not in a Promise Zone or an Opportunity Zone, how can they get resources and funding to boost their economic growth? * 1 hr, 6:20 min - How do you bring the "entrepreneurial spirit" to residents in neighborhoods who have potential but may not have that type of business background or knowledge? * 1 hr, 16:05 min - What can we, as individuals and as California residents, do to help get economic growth to neighborhoods that need it?

Inspired by Victor Patton’s recent article in the Sacramento Business Journal on diversity, I had the idea to organize a roundtable discussion on diversity for the StartupSac podcast. The main purpose in my mind was to get a group of Black entrepreneurs together in the studio to discuss the issue of diversity from their perspective […]

Square Root Academy, trains the next generation of engineers and scientists coming from underserved areas in the very communities this demographic resides in. It ensures that this program is accessible to those who need it most at no cost at all to the students using a hands on STEM-based curriculum, in-class mentors connect the mathematical […]