In Attendance: Jackson, Ty (Moderator), Wyatt (Secretary), Marc (present for item 1 only), Naomi
Meeting Started: 7:05pm
1. Black Musician and Liberation is coming back. Thursday March 3rd Professor Lory Dance and Professor Kwame Dawes the Bob Marley expert. Marc is working on the advertising poster, should be done by tomorrow. The poster will not have a QR code, but just a URL to the Jitisi event. We have bios and headshots for our presenters. We need to finish the promotional materials in the next day or two and get these things out.
2. Spring Calendar is lined up!!! Yay. Marc is also finishing up the winter calendar. We are using the same template with new colors.
Thursday, March 3, 7–8:30PM: Online Event: Black Musicians and Liberation
Saturday, March 12, 1-3 PM: Intersectional Feminism for Beginners
Saturday, April 2, 1-3 PM: Garden Day Workshop
Saturday, April 16, 1-3 PM: Library Open House
Saturday, May 7, 1-3 PM: January 6th Insurrection (a reading discussion)
Friday, May 20, 8 AM – 6 PM & Saturday, May 21, 8 AM – 2 PM: Yard Sale Fundraiser
TBA Online talk: Critical Race Theory
3. Critical Race Theory
Marvin Lynn has offered to potentially do an online talk about Critical Race Theory. What is CRT and why all the controversy? He is currently on sabbatical at the University and he is specifically doing several talks on CRT, which he wrote the book on. Jackson will get back to him this week and work on specifics. If he gives us a date, time, and a blurb, we can go ahead and start advertising. We trust his judgment.
4. Library Donation
Ty has brought a generous library donation. Wesleyan Libraries has been weeding a lot of their socialist books. Many of them are pretty old. Some of them might be sale material and some might make it into the library. Even if they are a little old they are still relevant as historical pieces. There are also a few jems in this stack. Several books about socialism and communism in East Asia, which our library currently has very little of. Also several African socialist and communist authors, which our library also needs. Also a stack of books about Christian socialism from a Western perspective. Many very unusual finds. Thank you Ty!
Meeting Adjourned 7:50pm