[Educationforall] FW: May 1st Meeting Summary (2010-04-06)

[Antonio Perez]

EFAistas,

 

Since EFA decided to participate in the planning and building of May 1st, I thought it would be a good idea to foward this to the group. Below is a summary of the last May 1st Coalition meeting. 

 

Tony 


 

 

 

 

> Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 13:19:53 -0700
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> Great meeting yesterday. Lots of new people & organizations came. 
> Short summary:
> 
> - After introductions and proposed agenda, we had a brief introductory 
> discussion on May 1st and the connection of all different causes 
> (immigration, education, homelessness etc) and our 4 demands 
> (Legalization for all -- without conditions, Jobs and livable wages 
> for all, Fund educations & social services -- not war, No human is 
> illegal, no love is illegal);
>

 - We watched a short YouTube video of the Immigration rally in 
> Washington DC on March 21st 2010, which had about 200,000 people;
> 

- Open discussion on various topics; what will be the shape of our May 
> 1st? What are the route options for our march? How to organize 
> security? (...)
>

 - In the second half of the meeting, we split the group into 3 
> committees: Logistics, Media, Outreach. Each committee went into a 
> separate room for about 30 minutes to elaborate on the details of what 
> needs to be done;


> - In the last 20 minutes of the meeting, all three committees 
> reconvened in the room and reported back their proposals to the 
> collective. Lots of good proposals and ideas, but we ran out of time 
> to go through all of them adequately. In the next meeting we will take 
> it from there;


> - A new flyer should come out later this week;


> - Meetings will happen every week from now until May 1st. So the next 
> meetings are: April 13, 20 and 27 (Tuesdays), always 6-8pm @ City 
> College, room B-104. As always, this is open to everyone, and if you 
> can, bring new people / new groups to the Coalition.
> 
> Everyone is invited to informally continue the discussion of the 3 
> committees. The complete list of e-mail addresses is the one used to 
> send this message (it includes everyone who came to any of the three 
> May 1st Coalition meetings we've had so far). In the next meeting we 
> can organize more precisely who wants to be in which committee. For 
> now, here's an initial list of contact persons:
> 
> OUTREACH COMMITTEE (announcements @ churchs, events, communities, 
> schools; flyers; internet; open mic night; phone calls; forums)
> Abel Macias: 408-219-8891, abel.macias at yahoo.com
> America Gomez: 619-890-8457, amegomez at gmail.com
> Fernanda Rios: 619-742-2581, brujita8106 at yahoo.com
> Antonio Perez: 619-292-5898, papasconchesse at hotmail.com
> 
> MEDIA COMMITTEE (prepare press release + short text about 4 demands, 
> media contacts [via email, phone, fax, letter, internet], organize 
> press conference a few days before May 1st, help with poster & flyers, 
> video/audio/photo documentation of May 1st)
> Ivan Penetrante: igpene at gmail.com
> Pedro Estrada: pedro_estrada2001 at yahoo.com
> Bruno Ruviaro: bbttrr76 at gmail.com
> 
> LOGISTICS COMMITTEE (march route proposals, speakers, sound system, 
> stage, tables, music? etc)
> Norma Villegas: 619-623-0712, tianormalita at gmail.com
> Jeeni Criscenzo del Rio: 760-525-1915, jeenicdr at gmail.com
> 
> - - -
> 
> Also, our Facebook group has already 200+ members. If you are not 
> already there, consider joining it, or invite friends to join: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=437177095331
> Updated information on the meetings are regularly posted there. 
> Everyone is welcome to post comments, news articles, questions etc.
> 
> - - -
> 
> OK, this e-mail is getting too long so I'll stop. See you in the 
> next meeting, Tuesday April 13th 2010 @ 6pm, City College Room B-104!
> 
> 
> Bruno
> 
> 
> PS. Organizations that have been participating of the May 1st 
> Coalition so far:
> 
> Sí Se Puede
> Union del Barrio
> Education for All (EFA)
> Border Angels
> Colectivo Zapatista
> MEChA Mission Bay High
> MEChA de City College
> MEChA de UCSD
> Centro Cultural de la Raza
> Gabriela Network San Diego
> Beat / Mecha
> Amikas.org
> Veterans for Peace
> NEAELL Caucus / SDSC
> Unitarian Church (UUSB/SBSL)
> California Young Democrats
> Visionary Feminists (City College)
> Latinos y Latinas en Acción
> SDSU March 4th Committee
> Anakbayan San Diego
> SD Food Not Bombs
> Anarchy! San Diego
> ISSO SDMC
> International Socialist Organization (ISO)
> Party for Socialism & Liberation
> W.S.A.
> 

 		 	   		  
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