Feb 12 - Weekly Update

General Updates

• Acting Director of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission to join the MegaBlack meeting on Thursday 2/13

• SF Human Rights Commission Budget presentation on Thursday 2/13, 5pm at City Hall, Room 416

• Mayor Lurie Announced a new RFP for Dream Keeper (to be rebranded) no later than 3/21

  • A new RFP is not a release of the frozen funds - it is a new process

  • The process to issue a new RFP will take 2 - 4 months before a new contract is signed (probably longer)

  • There will be essentially 3 years of unspent DKI funds by the time the new RFP is rolled out - that is over $90M

  • There are some groups being given bridge funding based on meeting criteria outlined by the administration without a community process - although the Mayor says he has met with Black leaders to determine priorities.

• The Mayor committed to funding for Opportunities for All and Black to San Francisco, but did not share how the funds that were cut from a Black-led organization will be reallocated to support the programs.

Collective and Subcommittee Updates

We will be hosting subcommittee in-person meetings in March. Please complete the subcommittee survey if you would like to support the one of the committees.

Organizational Updates:

1. Subcommittee interest form - HERE

2. Subcommittee meeting minutes - HERE

3. Member Registration - HERE

4. Events and Flyers uploaded- HERE

5. MegaBlack Google Calendar- HERE

   Continuing Momentum

   What do members want to see in this space as we move forward: 

   Agenda Add link - HERE

   MegaBlack Subcommittee Interest Form - https://forms.gle/q8qVdNQfy8h3mMf2A

Upcoming events - full calendar here

In order to have your items added to the weekly updates, please send to info@meagblacksf.org in a timely manner. We anticipate sharing the weekly updates each Wednesday and need to receive items at least two to three days prior to the posting on the events page.

Ongoing Meetings

• Board of Supervisors - Tuesdays 1pm

• Board of Education - 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month.  All regular and special: monitoring workshop meetings are open to the public.

Opportunities

Applications and announcements

1. SFMTA Safety Survey - Link

2. Black Early Educator Policy Council - Link

3. Takeda Foundation: High School STEM Grant - Link

News to Use

• SF Police commission adopt new rules for mental health encounters - Link

• Mayor Lurie’s staff overview - Link

Calendar