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

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

In attendance: Anthony, Jackson (secretary), Nate
Start time: 7:15 PM

1. Event Review – We hosted our “Re-imagining Trans Remembrance” event on Saturday. The turnout was low, with only usual Black Cats in attendance. We probably should have advertised it harder, but it’s hard to say exactly why it didn’t draw well.
2. Upcoming Event – We’re running our Mankiller movie this Friday night. We’re ready for it.
3. Winter Calendar – We mostly recapped ideas from last week, but Jackson also remembered that we need to look into our annual Walk for Life counter-protest.

Meeting adjourned: 8:30 PM

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

1. Upcoming Event – Our “open mic” style poetry reading and discussion on Re-imagining Trans Remembrance is coming up on Saturday. We’re ready for it.
2. READ Event? – The READ Network reached out to us on Instagram as they’re looking for event space for a couple of Saturday night things coming up later this year. We would like to help them, but Saturday nights are bad for us. Salem will reach out to them on Instagram.
3. Food Drive? – Salem is still interested in trying to do some kind of food collection/distribution, but hasn’t made much progress. They will continue to work with Everett Free Grocery Program to learn more about how EFGP functions. Jackson warns that the Black Cat House doesn’t likely have any storage space to hold food donations.
4. Winter Calendar – We’re very behind schedule!

December

• Movie Night: V For Vendetta
• Winslow’s Wardrobe

Other ideas:

• Find contact info and reach out to Karima
• Star Trek night?
• Movie Night: Rebels Without a Cause?
• Mutual Aid discussion?
• Black history discussion and/or movie?

Meeting adjourned: 8:30 PM

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

1. Event Review – We showed Punk Rock Vegan Movie on Friday night. The turnout was low, which may have been partly caused by late advertising. We may not have agreed with all the opinions expressed in the film, but we still enjoyed watching it.
2. Upcoming Tabling? – We are withdrawing from tabling at the November 1st Made Here Market. Jackson has emailed Allie to let her and her folks know. We’re not sure yet if we can commit to the Festival of Sustainability that Lincoln is hosting on November 7th, but Salem would like to try.
3. No Meeting Next Week – Jackson is unavailable next Monday. We will resume normal meetings on November 10th.
4. Winter Calendar – We need to get cracking on it! We may need to trade some ideas on the Discord as well.

Palestinian event – We need to contact Karima!

Black history movie

Meeting adjourned: 8:35 PM

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