In attendance: Ty, Marc (sec), Salem, Matt, Chien-Chi
Event Reviews:
- Israelism – Issue with the disc – sound was slightly off. Marc will see if he can figure out what went wrong. Not a huge turnout
- Earth Day – Jackson and Matt held down the booth for the event. About 20 folks signed up for our newsletter. Folks loved the buttons and stickers; as usual, the “compost the rich” sticker was a hit. 🙂 We’ll add folks to the Riseup newsletter soon. We probably handed out about half the materials, and it seemed like the event itself was well-attended.
Upcoming Events
- Yard Sale – We can pretty much start taking donations for the yard sale now. We’ll begin advertising for folks to donate items.
- For donations, we accept:
Home goods
Kitchenware
Dishes, plates
Collectables
Wall art
Books, DVDs, CDs, other media
Small appliances
Decor
Tools
Small furniture
Toys, puzzles, games (please make sure any puzzles and games have all their pieces)
- We do not accept clothing; we encourage you to donate clothing to Winslow’s Wardrobe or other similar community organizations instead.
- Jackson will be at the yard sale for both days. Ty will also be at the yard sale. Chien-Chi can also help out on both days.
- Chien-Chi also mentioned getting involved with the Near South Neighborhood Association’s annual yard sale; the deadline for letting them know is June 1.
- Collaboration with Winslow’s Wardrobe will be in May; weather permitting, the giveaway will be outdoors.
- May 31: Cesar Chavez movie showing. This will be the 2014 biopic.
Other
- We met with Chien-Chi, who is very knowledgeable about local places and contacts. She had lots of suggestions, advice, and experience with outreach and similar work!
- May 30th: Give to Lincoln Day. We can look into this and see if we’d be able to table at it.
Summer Calendar:
- We decided on some dates and events for summer.
- Salem screened To Wong Fu and determined it’d be a good option for a movie, and we’ll make sure to include a link to doesthedogdie.com for any particular triggers.
- Regarding the LGBTQ Damage Report, Matt suggested reaching out to OutNebraska.
- Salem mentioned some potential problems with the To Wong Fu DVD, which Ty and Marc will test to see if it’s an issue with the DVD itself or the DVD player.
- Chien-Chi brought up showing Howl’s Moving Castle as a potential anti-war movie. We discussed other Ghibli films as well – Porco Rosso (as another anti-war thing).
- June 29: Damage Report
- July 12: To Wong Fu: Thanks for Everything movie
- July 14: Strange Victory movie
- July 27: Anti-Amazon discussion. We’ll need a snappier title.
- August 9: Godzilla 1954 movie
- August TBD: Discussion, hosting another event with Winslow’s Wardrobe, etc? We didn’t finalize a second August event this meeting.
Meeting Start: 7:05 PM
Meeting Adjourned: 8:45 PM