Module 1: Welcome & Group Agreements

Module 1: Welcome and Group Agreements.

What is SQUINCH and how do we use this curriculum?

What are your club’s group agreements?

Here are some examples with explanations.
1) Don’t yuck my yum
2) One speaker at a time, or “I’m holding the conch shell”
3) Take space, make space
4) Avoid generalizations, or use ‘I’ statements
5) Respect pronouns and names
6) Challenge by choice
7) What happens in GSA stays in GSA
8) Affirm and address harm
9) Make consent our culture
10) No war stories
11) Add more here!

SQUINCH is a digital curriculum for GSA clubs (Gender and Sexuality Alliance/Gay Straight Alliance) to learn healthy relationship skills. Each module contains a video, facilitator’s guide and transcript. SQUINCH stands for Sharing Queer Understanding, Inclusion, Nonviolent Communication, and Health!

Each learning module can be a standalone discussion or activity for the club, and we encourage GSA student leaders to choose and lead the modules that most interest them.

The video portion of the module includes information, activities, discussion prompts, and quizzes. Modules can be accessed in any order and any amount. We do encourage starting with Module 1: Welcome & Group Agreements.

Each video has high-quality closed captioning and transcripts.

Here is the SQUINCH playlist in order:

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We warmly appreciate the GSA youth advisors for providing feedback and direction for the development of this curriculum.

Special thanks to our collaborator, Stacy. You can find them at
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