In attendance: Anthony, Jackson (secretary), Nate, Salem, Simon
Start time: 7:10 PM

1. Upcoming Events – Star Trek night is this Friday. Jackson has seen some excitement for it during our other recent events; we hope some of those folks will show up on Friday. We’re ready for it.

Salem is also tabling on our behalf at Disability Pride on Saturday. Jackson will have to check whether we have any relevant zines to be copied for distro there. We may only have a couple of library books to show off there…

2. Library Donation – An activist from the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) donated a handful of their books to our lending library. We are happy to take them!
3. Fall Calendar

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

“Climate Change is a Horror Show” (reading discussion about climate change…)
-> Salem now wonders if the title is too pessimistic?
-> Salem has a few article contenders; they will go into our Discord
-> Simon may have a reading about climate anxiety…
-> Jackson: maybe combine a discussion of climate anxiety with something about people pushing back with solutions?

Columbus Day Protest

Horror Movie Night: Anthony recommends His House (about Sudanese immigrants/refugees struggling in the UK), but we’ll wait for him to watch the second half of it before we commit to it.

NOVEMBER

Movie: Hacking at Leaves

(We also spent some time with Anthony and Simon discussing their future Linux workshop, which is probably happening in the winter.)

Anthony also has an idea for a library-centric event. Something like a scavenger hunt where people get clues and have to find the book in our library that they’re pointing to. He admits it’s something of a standby event that we could plug in whenever we have an open date on our calendar. We’ll continue to workshop the concept.

Odds & Ends We Didn’t Get to Discuss Tonight:

Hero Worship

• separating good ideas/good work from the bad stuff?
• critique of purity politics
• critique of thought/political leaders
• mythologizing of Founding Fathers / Great White Men like Teddy Roosevelt or JFK

DIY Keeping Cool Workshop for September (Anthony, Nate have knowledge)

Is there a good Dolores Huerta documentary for September? Maybe Dolores (2017)?

September 26th is only Saturday available in Sept (Huskers play on road); October 17th (road game) and 24th (bye week) available; November 21st is only Saturday with home game, but Nov 7th might be best option for discussion since the football game that week is on Friday the 6th.

Meeting adjourned: 8:30 PM

In attendance: Anthony, Holly, Jackson (secretary), Maghie, Miah, Simon
Start time: 7:05 PM

1. Event Review – Our “Whose Freedom?” discussion was last Saturday. The discussion wasn’t as focused as Jackson would have preferred, but the folks who showed up had a good time. (Several of those folks were back here tonight, and we continued some of those tangents on the porch.) The majority of the folks in our circle on Saturday were Black, and that’s not very typical of events in Lincoln.

(We had a long and spirited discussion on the porch tonight, but very little of it stuck to Black Cat business…)

Meeting adjourned: 8:30 PM?

In attendance: Holly, Jackson (secretary), Miah, Simon
Start time: 7:05 PM

1. Upcoming Event – Our “Whose Freedom?” discussion is this Saturday. Jackson is particularly excited for it.
2. Fall Calendar

Hero Worship

• separating good ideas/good work from the bad stuff?
• critique of purity politics
• critique of thought/political leaders
• mythologizing of Founding Fathers / Great White Men like Teddy Roosevelt or JFK

October Horror? Twilight Zone episodes? (Simon); climate doom?; Don’t Look Up

Simon probably has good articles for a climate horror reading discussion

Simon could co-teach a Linux workshop with Anthony; he’s taught that class at UNL already

From last week:

Hacking at Leaves or Skins movie night for Native American month

Columbus Day Protest

“Climate Change is a Horror Show” (reading discussion about climate change…)

DIY Keeping Cool Workshop for September (Anthony, Nate have knowledge)

Anthony may have time for Linux workshop, but it still may be best to save it for winter?

Is there a good Dolores Huerta documentary for September? Maybe Dolores (2017)?

Hero worship discussion?

Horror movie for October (Vivarium? The Lobster?)

September 26th is only Saturday available in Sept (Huskers play on road); October 17th (road game) and 24th (bye week) available; November 21st is only Saturday with home game, but Nov 7th might be best option for discussion since the football game that week is on Friday the 6th.

Meeting adjourned: 8:30 PM

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

1. Event Reviews – We had a busy weekend!

On Friday night, we had our I Saw the TV Glow movie night. We had our best movie turnout in a while. We had several new friends in the space for the first time; most of them credited our fliers being posted around town, but the cross-pollination with Free Pride probably helped too.

Salem tabled for us at Free Pride on Saturday. (We’re also grateful to Jess for giving Salem a ride with all of our stuff.) Salem reported that a lot of folks there were already familiar with us, but Jackson reiterated that it’s always good for us to be out there reconnecting with old friends in the community. We collected more emails for the newsletter. Salem also reports that we need more queer swag; we are now completely out of the “bash back” stickers.

2. Fall Calendar – We started brainstorming for it, and made pretty good progress!

Hacking at Leaves or Skins movie night for Native American month

Columbus Day Protest

“Climate Change is a Horror Show” (reading discussion about climate change…)

DIY Keeping Cool Workshop for September (Anthony, Nate have knowledge)

Anthony may have time for Linux workshop, but it still may be best to save it for winter?

Is there a good Dolores Huerta documentary for September? Maybe Dolores (2017)?

Hero worship discussion?

Horror movie for October (Vivarium? The Lobster?)

September 26th is only Saturday available in Sept (Huskers play on road); October 17th (road game) and 24th (bye week) available; November 21st is only Saturday with home game, but Nov 7th might be best option for discussion since the football game that week is on Friday the 6th.

Meeting adjourned: 8:30 PM

In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Salem

Start time: 7:05 PM

1. Upcoming Event – Our movie night for _I Saw the TV Glow_ is coming up next week, and we should be ok. Jackson should be back in time to get it set up here.
2. Calendar Distro Update – Downtown is in pretty good shape. Salem will try to get calendars up at Cultiva and Pepe’s.
3. No Meeting Next Week – Jackson will be out of town for the next week and a half, so we won’t be meeting next week.
4. Free Pride – We’re in agreement that we should help Holly promote Free Pride on our channels. It sounds like Salem is down to table at Free Pride on our behalf, and will collect materials at the movie night next week.

In attendance: Anthony, Holly, Jackson (secretary), Miah

Start time: 7:05 PM

1. Event Review – We had our Iran war discussion on Saturday. The turnout was low, with just Black Cats in attendance. Salem was unhappy with this on Saturday, but Anthony and Jackson both enjoyed the discussion we had. Our advertising may have been insufficient.
2. Free Pride – Holly is working on Free Pride this year, and is eager to have us there to table again this year. We would like to, but we need to figure out the logistics. (And Salem wasn’t here to be part of that discussion.)

(Holly is an old friend who hadn’t been by in years, so we had a lot of [off-topic] catching up to do…)

Meeting adjourned: 9:00 PM

In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Salem

Start time: 7:10 PM

1. Upcoming Event – Our U.S./Iran discussion is this Saturday. We’re ready for it.
2. Summer Calendar Update – Matt got our summer calendars designed earlier today (thanks!), and Jackson got them printed this afternoon. He will be reimbursed the $20.00 he spent on that. Salem has pledged to hit downtown hard, but we could still use some help as Jackson is very busy this month.

(Most of our time was spent on off-topic chat…)

Meeting adjourned: 7:55 PM

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

1. Event Review – We had our “Life After Capitalism?” discussion on Saturday. We had a nice crowd, and an animated discussion that ran four (!) hours. Anthony was pretty happy with it, but felt he could have done more to lead the discussion. Jackson stressed that these discussions are highly organic and rarely turn out the way we organize them to be.
2. Summer Calendar – We finalized it!

JUNE

Saturday, June 6th, 1-3 PM:
Throwing Fuel on the Fire: The U.S. Empire and Iran (a community discussion)
There’s more to the U.S.-Iran War than rising gas prices

Friday, June 26th, 7-10 PM:
Movie Night: I Saw the TV Glow (2024)
Horror film about gender dysphoria from a trans director

JULY

Saturday, July 11th: 1-3 PM:
Whose Freedom?: 250 Years of the USA (a community discussion)
Let’s take a more critical look at the founding and legacy of our country

Friday, July 24th: 7-10 PM:
Star Trek Night: “Booby Trap” and “Galaxy’s Child”
Episodes from The Next Generation anticipating moral issues of AI girlfriends and deepfake porn

AUGUST

Tuesday, August 4th: 7-10 PM
The Elements of Mutual Aid (2026)
New anarchist documentary shows mutual aid in action; Special Tuesday night showing because we’ll have the a filmmaker here to introduce the movie and lead the discussion!

Saturday, August 22nd: 1-3 PM:
Back to School Clothing Distro With Winslow’s Wardrobe
They’re giving away more gender-affirming clothing for our queer friends

Meeting adjourned: Late… (But we were mostly off-topic with our discussion tonight.)

In attendance: Anthony, Jackson (secretary)
Start time: 7:20 PM

1. Event Review – Our Sorry to Bother You movie night was last Friday. We had a decent turnout, and a very spirited discussion. We were still talking after midnight!
2. Upcoming Event – Our “Life After Capitalism?” discussion is coming up this Saturday. We’re ready for it. Anthony is especially excited for this.
3. Summer Calendar – We were few in numbers and not very focused tonight. Here’s what was leftover from last week:

JUNE

Saturday, June 6th, 1-3 PM:
U.S.-Iran War/U.S. imperialism in the Middle East Discussion (name to be finalized)

Friday, June 26th, 7-10 PM:
Movie Night: I Saw the TV Glow

JULY

Saturday, July 11th: 1-3 PM:
USA at 250 discussion (name to be finalized)

Friday, July 24th: 7-10 PM:
Star Trek Night: “Booby Trap”/”Galaxy’s Child” (two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation)

AUGUST

Date TBD: 7-10 PM
Mutual Aid Documentary (confirm date and title)

Saturday, August TBD: 1-3 PM:
Back to School Clothing Distro With Winslow’s Wardrobe

Meeting adjourned: Late… (But we were mostly off-topic with our discussion tonight.)

In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Nate, Salem
Start time: 7:09 PM

1. Event Review – We had our 2026 yard sale last Friday and Saturday. Jackson reports that we earned $749 so far, but there are still a few IOUs to collect before the total is finalized.
2. Upcoming Event – Our Sorry to Bother You movie night is this Friday night. We’ll be ready for it.
3. Summer Calendar

JUNE

Saturday, June 6th, 1-3 PM:
U.S.-Iran War/U.S. imperialism in the Middle East Discussion (name to be finalized)

Friday, June 26th, 7-10 PM:
Movie Night: I Saw the TV Glow

JULY

Saturday, July 11th: 1-3 PM:
USA at 250 discussion (name to be finalized)

Friday, July 24th: 7-10 PM:
Star Trek Night: “Booby Trap”/”Galaxy’s Child” (two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation)

AUGUST

Date TBD: 7-10 PM
Mutual Aid Documentary (confirm date and title)

Saturday, August TBD: 1-3 PM:
Back to School Clothing Distro With Winslow’s Wardrobe

I Saw the TV Glow; Salem hasn’t figured out where we’re going to watch it yet.

Salem has heard no updates from Free Pride after contacting them a week ago. We have growing suspicion that their event may be defunct.

We also haven’t figured out if it’s possible to table at Star City Pride. Salem will look into it.

Blackout Dates:
Jackson traveling June 15-25
Star City Pride June 12-14
Disability Pride July 25
Indian Center Powwow in August?
We can’t commit to tabling at Juneteenth

Meeting adjourned: 8:28 PM