In Attendance: Marc (sec), Jackson
Meeting Start: 7:10 pm
Anti-Columbus Day Protest
- About 10 people showed up to the protest.
- One person contacted local news stations; Jackson and a few others spoke to Channel 8 and 10/11 News.
- We made zines to distribute at the protest; we have a few left over for next year’s protest.
- One attendee noted deciding to join after seeing our Facebook post, another mentioned seeing a paper calendar. We will continue using these modes to share event info.
- Local Native American activists were part of the group as well, along with some young people, so we had a good crowd and turnout!
Upcoming Event
- The Prison Abolition for Beginners discussion will be this Saturday.
- One of our friends has connections with an academic who specializes in PIC research, and she offered to get into contact with this person. However, we figured that it’s probably too little time to both ask the academic to join us, and either switch to an online mode/account for travel.
- However, we thought it would be excellent to ask this person if they would be willing to lead/present a PIC-related event, probably a future Jitsi discussion.
Outreach
- We also talked about the challenges we’ve faced with getting people to attend in-person events again.
- We discussed getting the indoor tour video created and posted so that people new to the BCH would be able to familiarize themselves with the space/location before coming to an event, which might make them feel more comfortable.
- We also discussed other elements that might make the space more welcoming, e.g. getting a greeter cat again, pushing our events more/advertising specific events, general organization and comfort, etc.
Meeting adjourned: 8:30 pm