Some important notes: No formulated demands/slogans for the contingent on the 2nd, and also for the 7th in general. updates from various areas adopted the call for the contingent on the 2nd ID'ed ways to improve future calls, network communication, etc. Discussion Topics Updates from Sept. 15th, October 2nd, and Ethnic Studies Week Organizing Possible Update from Global Wave of Acitons, ISM Demands / Talking Points ongoing discussion October 2nd Organizing and Discussion October 7th Organizing and Discussion Discussion on Rainbow Push Coalition March on Aug 28th other points to be added intros will ohio, donna - bamn detroit, erin sheeport la, roger - usas atlanta, will clark denton tx - iso, justin - gainseville sds, fern sds gainseville, alex - boston, isabella - yds, alan - yds, david - yds nat'l staff, larry fist, chris g - answer ct, sue - people video network, john catalanatoo - john jay coll ny, cloudy - sds mds, chris - slap, ??? from ny fist, steve bopm balitmore, ??? fron dc anarchist network, ?? univ penn philly, jolee ?? form Uwm, ben r from uiuc, amber frost co-chair of yds blmington indianda, tristan taylor detroit bamn, monica detroit bamn, dana - berekeely part of fall conference committee, hoku bamn la, joseph dub cal state employees union, justin - la coalition yds, debra - la m4 cmte statewide coordiantion cmte, chrystal - sdsu m4 coalition, done Updates from Sept. 15th, October 2nd, and Ethnic Studies Week Organizing spet 15th - chirs, slap nat'l doa jobs emergency, jobless recovery chrystal - is there a call? chris - yes, check out the website defendeducation.org or jwj.org/jobs chrsytal - are you tragetting student governments? do you have a toolkit? a specific action, etc.... chirs - broad, will send out notice when toolkit is up October 2nd - perm its for freedom plaza, DoJ, to lincoln memorial, not sure exactly when it'll start, but usually at 130 2 ish, ussa, slap, bopm, bamn donna - defend public ed, duncan must go, new crm, full equal rights, must have alternative to dems hayden smith from dc - no response from afl-cio form dc, unite here - working on endorsing it Possible Update from Global Wave of Acitons, ISM - ? mo - the ism independent platform to network, etc. 2 yrs old, comm online, this year the global wave of aciton october - november, o7 as kickoff, decentralized actions, etc. etc. 3 elements, the joint statement, united symbol, commuynicaiton and coordination. website and email will- have mo send out an update mo - discusses several dates that are being used or organized for days of actions in different areas. October 2nd Organizing and Discussion - will - demands for contingent larry - demands: antiracist, jobs bill, demands base don jobs and education, undocumented students and workers, incarceration, wes suggests we pass the call, then talk about what demands should be larry reads the draft call alicia - quality education petition donna - build independant movement, call for the firing of duncan passed statement moved to the 7th w/o talking about demands October 7th Organizing and Discussion missed the first one... atlanta - cafeteria workers, conent witith seiu ahyden - dc - willing to talk to unite-here/stir it up campaign stuff will - denton, no big push for education "reform", first time they heard about anything like this, will try to get branch on board with the 7th, univ of north texas, justin - cal employees union - union staritng planning stages, elelctions, rallies, want to gte volunteers for pol. engagement around votes in cali, build better coalitions b/w student groups, get a defend pub ed at each csu. connect with crystal jolee - wisoconsin, funding for higher ed jolee - budget demands donna - tax the rich chrystal - alicai - reach out to parents wes - reach out to pta, media outreach kit, etc. chrystal - spearhead project, national pta?, mary lou - san diego, sped assistant, sec of paraed union - will talk to union and a local coalition will - mecha reach out to? jolee - wisconsin, has connections chris - has solid conenctions will - reach out to sfa and chris - reach out to marke or megan - some ydser committed to doing it will - havent heard from ISO naitonally, will C.- interest in denton chapter wes - connect with ashley smith adam - iso will endorse, will try to follow up chrystal? - ISSE? - would be willing to connect with them will - afscme int'l sent organizers to cali, he will follow up with them in regards to oct 7 larry - aft local in nyc, push from below alicia - knwos the president of philly naacp steve - include end the prison pipeline and youth jobs chrystal - catches people's attention when they discuss it as national will - suggests ending cloudy - should extend various discussion weekly meetings? send out minutes to keep people updated action items first, decisions first, votes, send out minutes gets on the google group meeting times and days on the home page colorado? include different time zones