Feb 19 - Weekly Update
General Updates
Make sure to visit the events page to see what’s coming up and make time to support if you can
Follow up from last week’s meeting:
Still a lot of unanswered questions and a lack of clarity on who to talk to about concerns.
Letter to Mayor’s office - will discuss in this week’s meeting.
City Hall - some have expressed frustration on the ability to meet with the Mayor and want to go to a Board of Supervisor’s meeting and to the Mayor’s Office.
Planning and advocacy meeting : working the letter and visit to City Hall - tentatively set for Friday February 21, 11:30am. Register here
Sign up for the Blossoming Birth Community Doula Training
Created by SisterWeb and Oklahoma Birth Equity Initiative (OKBEI), The Blossoming Birth Community Doula Training is a full-spectrum doula training program which prepares doulas to develop skills in perinatal emotional, physical, and educational support for birthing people and families in their communities. More information on the events page.
Registration Link : https://qrco.de/bfikzr
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.
Education Subcommittee met on Tuesday February 18
The meeting was less than 30 minutes. There is another meeting scheduled for Tuesday February 25, 12pm. Meeting link
The subcommittee identified a few projects to support and cultivate:
HBCU collaboration and activations for HBCU students. More information to come.
MegaBlack Saturday School. The goal is to host a series of Saturday School sessions during the summer and hopefully launch in the Spring of 2025. The committee is looking at dates and plans to review in the next meeting.
Assemble summer reading kits and host workshops in partnership with BMO Magic and University of San Francisco students working on the Everybody Reads project. Potential dates will be shared at the next meeting.
Share a summer resource of activities and opportunities for youth and their families.
Organizational Updates:
Subcommittee interest form - HERE
Subcommittee meeting minutes - HERE
Member Registration - HERE
Events and Flyers - please email to info@megablacksf.org
MegaBlack Google Calendar- email info@megablacksf.org or click HERE
Continuing Momentum
MegaBlack Subcommittee Interest Form - https://forms.gle/q8qVdNQfy8h3mMf2A
Upcoming events - full calendar here
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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.
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