In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Payne, Salem
Start time: 7:15 PM

1. Event Reviews – We’ve had three events since our last meeting.

The screen printing workshop was very popular, and everyone seemed to have a good time. It was a lot of work to prepare for, but it was worth it. And now we can make Black Cat House t-shirts!

We also had our annual Columbus Day protest exactly one week ago. It was small but mighty, as usual.

We also had our Martin Luther King reading discussion last Saturday. The turnout was low, but the discussion was still pretty lively. It didn’t help that there was a No Kings rally overlapping with the time of our event, or that we only got our online advertising up a few days before the event.

2. Upcoming Event – Punk Rock Vegan Movie is this Friday night. We’re ready for it.
3. Winter Calendar –

February is Black History Month

Palestinian solidarity event – contact Karima

legislative update?

Weather Underground documentary?

SDS documentary?

Meeting adjourned: 8:20 PM

No one was available to meet tonight. We’ll try again next week.

In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Lincoln, Nate
Start time: 7:10 PM

1. Upcoming Events – We have two events before next week’s meeting. The T-shirt screen printing workshop is this Saturday. We have a few more logistics to work out, but Jackson will work with Stacy to figure those out. We also have our annual anti-Columbus Day protest next Monday afternoon.
2. Lincoln’s Application Feedback – Lincoln is preparing for his sustainability event in early November, and asked us to take a look at his Google application form. Jackson gave him some feedback on that.
3. Brochure – Nate is still interested in helping us put together a tri-fold brochure to promote our space here. He understandably wants us to provide the text for that, as he hasn’t been involved here for that long. We discussed what might go on some of those six panels we would have to work with. The one that would face forward would probably just have our name, address, and picture of the house (and maybe a logo?) on it. Jackson thinks the back panel should be just for our other contact information. There was also discussion of putting the mission statement on one panel and a bullet-point list of our political values on another panel.

Meeting adjourned: 8:00 PM

In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Lincoln, Nate, Payne, Salem, Sam, Stacy
Start time: 7:07 PM

1. Event Review – We tabled at Nebraskans For Peace’s 55th Anniversary Celebration yesterday. We were well received there. We met a contact that we should follow up on who may be able to give us a presentation about the struggle in Palestine.
2. Screen Printing – We continue to smooth out details for the October 11th workshop. We will still need to do a walkthrough before the event to decide how we want it set up and make sure we have all of our materials ready. Stacy has started work on the screens and has a bunch of shirts rounded up. A flier has been prepared for the event, and we’ll get a few of them put up in a few of our favorite places.
3. Other October Events – Jackson still needs to get the Columbus Day protest advertised online. We also need to be getting progress on the MLK reading discussion (Payne) and the October movie (Salem).

Meeting adjourned: 8:25 PM

In attendance: Audrey, Jackson (secretary), Lincoln, Payne, Salem
Start time: 7:07 PM

1. Event Review – We had our John Q movie night last Friday. Our turnout was low, but those who came enjoyed the film and we had a spirited discussion about healthcare afterwards. This will obviously continue to be a hot-button issue for years to come.
2. Upcoming Event/Tabling – We are tabling at Nebraskans For Peace’s 55 Years Anniversary celebration this Sunday. We also took time during the meeting to sign up for the next Made Here Market which will be on Saturday, November 1st.

Salem noted that our giveaway swag is drying up after many tabling visits over the summer. There was some discussion about whether we should be re-ordering the stickers that have been pretty popular over the last couple of years. It was also alternately discussed briefly whether we should press some more pins, or even possibly have some extra t-shirts to give away after our screen printing workshop on October 11th. No decisions were made.

3. Screen Printing Workshop – As has been the case over the past few weeks, the upcoming workshop took up most of our time. We think we will be making two screens each of three different designs, so that each design we share can easily be offered in both white and black ink to accommodate shirts of whatever color we will be printing on. We also spent time with some available graphics to decide what screens will be made.

Meeting adjourned: 8:30 PM

In attendance: Avery, Ella, Jackson (secretary), Lincoln, Payne, Rowan, Simon, Stacy
Start time: 7:05 PM

1. Upcoming Event – Our John Q movie is this Friday. We’re ready for it.
2. Calendar Distro/Reimbursement – Payne is reimbursed $30 for getting our fall calendars printed. Simon has put a bunch of our calendars on campus. Payne will put up a few more downtown this week.
3. Screenprinting Discussion – Stacy brought a bunch of images for us to look through that we could potentially be screenprinting to t-shirts next month. Some of these image concepts are related to a project that Lincoln is working on; we may collaborate on some of that down the road. We talked about using white paint on dark shirts and black paint on light shirts.

Meeting adjourned: 8:10 PM

In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Payne, Salem, Simon, Stacy
Start time: 7:05 PM

1. Event Review – We had a discussion here with the READ Network on Friday night. We had excellent turnout, and folks seemed very engaged with the material. The READ representatives seemed pretty happy about it afterwards as well.
2. Calendar Distro – We’re a bit behind schedule. Salem is still planning to do the bulk of the greater downtown area. Simon took fliers to get UNL campus done.
3. Tabling Opportunity – The Black Cats have been invited to table at Nebraskans For Peace’s 55th Anniversary Celebration on Sunday, September 28th. We want to do it. Jackson will reach out to NFP to confirm our spot.
4. Screenprinting Workshop – Dr. Stacy came and met with the Black Cats in anticipation of the screenprinting workshop next month. We spent most of our hour and a half talking politics with her.

Meeting adjourned: 8:30 PM

In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Simon

Start time: 7:05 PM

1. Upcoming Event – READ Network is coming in on Friday night for a discussion. Jackson encouraged Simon to spread the word among campus groups.
2. Calendar Distro – Payne got the fall calendars printed, and Salem has started distro. Unfortunately, neither of them made the meeting tonight so Jackson and Simon still need to get some calendars. Simon is open to distro on campus, but Jackson needs to get calendars to him.

The rest of our discussion was not directly Black Cat related.

Meeting adjourned: 8:30 PM

In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Payne, Salem, Simon
Start time: 7:05 PM

1. Event Review – Winslow’s Wardrobe was here on Saturday, and a few folks left with new clothes. Jackson and the Winslow’s folks tentatively agreed to come back and do it again in December.
2. Fall Calendar – We took some time to workshop and finalize our micro-blurbs. Now we’re sending it off to Matt. Jackson and Payne will communicate online about the best way to get them printed this week, which may depend on how quickly Matt gets them made up.

(We spent the rest of the evening discussing non-Black Cat stuff…)

Meeting adjourned: 8:30 PM

In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Payne, Parker (late), Salem
Start time: 7:10 PM

1. Upcoming Event – Winslow’s Wardrobe is coming on Saturday. We’re ready for them!
2. Fall Calendar – We finalized our events and dates! We agree to finish our micro-blurbs over Discord so we can hopefully get these laid out and printed this week.

Friday, September 5th, 7-9 PM: Self-Defense Within Oppressive Systems (co-hosted by READ Network)

Friday, September 19th, 7-10 PM: Movie Night: John Q

Saturday, October 11th, 1-3 PM: t-shirt screenprinting workshop

Monday, October 13th, 4:30-6 PM: Columbus Day Protest (@ Federal Building – insert address)

Saturday, October 18th, 1-3 PM: MLK’s Civil Disobedience (a reading discussion)

Friday, October 24th, 7-10 PM: Movie Night: Punk Rock Vegan Movie (2023)

Saturday, November 15th, 1-3 PM: Re-imagining Trans Remembrance (poetry and open mic)

Friday, November 21st, 7-10 PM: Movie Night: Mankiller (2017)

End time: 8:51 PM