[rsc] Re: Notes from Conference Call 03-06

Thank you, Gwylene.  The only corrections I noticed are noted below in PURPLE.  Thanks, y'all, for all the hard work.  ;  }  Eleanor B Crush defeatism! Insist on joy in spite of everything. Dream of a world without need. Together we are stronger than greed and fear. YES, WE CAN! --- On Mon, 3/9/09, Gwylene Gallimard and Jean-Marie Mauclet <jemagwga@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Gwylene Gallimard and Jean-Marie Mauclet <jemagwga@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [rsc] Notes from Conference Call 03-06 To: rsc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Monday, March 9, 2009, 1:17 PM Please e-mail me any corrections and additions. Thanks. Gwylene RSC Conference Call - March 06 09. Notes by Gwylene and Eleanor Present: Stephen, Bob, Kathie, Eleanor, Hope, Gwylene, Delvina Westcott and Kim Ledée from South Carolina State in Orangeburg,. In addition Carlton and Shon came in and out of the conference a few times as their obligations permitted. Facilitation was by Kathy. Hoping I did not miss anyone! Bob is not getting any e-mail from RSC or ROOTS. Request is being made to Carlton to correct this problem Budget: questions for clarity? $1200 for personel, does it include everybody? Yes. To be split three ways is only a recommendation. Seems a bit short when there is need to include a fourth person, for example a local facilitator as in New Orleans or a co-leadership as in Orangeburg The $750 for the November retreat were clarified and agreed upon. Transparency is a necessity. June 12,13,14 2009 in Atlanta: RSC retreat on Friday and Sunday, Atlanta Learning Exchange on Saturday. Eleanor Host. Gwylene and Kathy lead retreat. Need of a lead trainer for the Learning Exchange. Make sure to ask whoever was not the call. Please answer quickly. ORANGEBURG Learning Exchange confirmed for April 17-18. The team now includes Hope, Gwylene, Ebony and Shon from RSC, and Kim and Delvina as the hosts. All was confirmed after the call. This Learning Exchange “Bridging the Gap between the Community and University” is part of an Art festival. See attachment. This is also a site for MICA documentation. NEW ORLEANS learning Exchange, within “State of the Nations”. Stephen explained the specific demands about a dialogue on diversity and cultural equity and a facilitation of the evaluation of the festival. He is sending his notes and planning in a separate e-mail. Gwylene, Hope (both working within the MICA project) and Stephen will talk to discuss each other’s roles in documentation and evaluation. Stephen has asked Kyoko to propose a local facilitator. KNOXVILLE with Carpetbag. April 24-25. Gwylene, Paula and Margo have had a first conference call and will have a new one this coming Monday. The main ideas are to involve the digital storytelling and video youth program, the use of a gallery space and a visit again a month later. The theme is the review of Carpetbag and partners’ activities after 40 years through the lens of RSC principles. RICHMOND in July 2009. A learning exchange geared to developing longterm partnerships. Gwylene rang off – The following notes are by Eleanor. Hope said that what Trey outlined sounds good – no one had questions for Trey – he will include Hope & Gwylene in planning notes in preparation for their documentation of the Richmond event. Bob Leonard gave a MD update, saying that the situation is very slowly progressing. Ashley Milburn has gotten a local rapper interested, someone who is nationally known, and the rapper wants to do a piece about the Bridge to Nowhere. This could be a public awareness tool. Ashley has had first hard grant proposal accepted through the city, to make public art on one of the bridges at the intown end of the highway. The fact that the city is holding control of the project is disappointing, but one step at a time it is moving forward. Ashley has extended to the RSC team (Hope, Maurice, Bob) that Alternate ROOTS might want to help organize projects with some or all of the other bridges, making art as a community. The bridges lead to specific blocks, which Ashley sees as discrete communities, so the art project could be designed as a way for community organizing to happen. Bob says ROOTS might, or RSC might be able to be of help in developing other projects, but he has not yet talked in depth to the team, as they are all busy doing other things. They will communicate by e-mail. Bob reported that Ashley is at the end of the fellowship support and has taken a part-time job in Philadelphia. Nonetheless he is still committed to the Highway to Nowhere Project and, like everyone, looking at funding. Kathie d said please keep us posted. Kathie asked for other items, Trey requested more RSC involvement in Annual Meeting planning to be sure that the community engagement principles are infused throughout. Kathie d suggested that he put the request on the RSC listserv to reach folks not on today’s call. Anything else? No. Thanks all around to everyone for his or her time and participation. efb Gwylene Gallimard, Jean-Marie Mauclet (843) 723 1018 www.fastandfrench.org http://thefutureisonthetable.ning.com/