May 20 Joint Outreach Task Force Call

NOTES from MAY 20 JOINT OUTREACH TASK FORCE CALL
INTRODUCTIONS (and karaoke song)
Crickett: Robbie do Bohemian Rhapsody
Jos: Stella do Rock the Casbah
Sammie: Paradise by the Dashboard Light
Lisa: Angel by the Newton
Michael: Beatles
Meredith: Misty and Lisa do http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_is_the_Love%3F

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE (see http://www.results.org/website/article.asp?id=3838&printFriendly=1 for the agenda)
Diversity Task Force pilot during Grassroots Innovation Skills workshop: Monica and Diane will present present findings of the pilot project (materials, etc) & do training

Student Programming: Crickett
- update on recruiting students: have received 8 (accepting 20) applications. Spead the word! 75% scholarshiped
- Crickett and Michael working on health centers site visit for Sat am
- also have draft of Wed training
- Presenting at Bonner Foundation conference in Florida in early June.

Diversity training at Leadership Day: Michael (see his 6/20 email re: tentative agenda)
- Panel: engaging community voices
- 3 breakouts: Why does diversity matter? What does it mean to be an ally? How take back home to RES group?
- then Close
- please send Michael suggestions-- will have detailed agenda by Friday 5/22
- see note below re: Lighting the Night Health Care Equity Event

Faith in Action (Breakfast and June 24 Events): Jos
- Monday am breakfast in hotel, asking partners to come and build collaboration. Asking people to RSVP (but technically not required). Exciting level of participation
- Sammie doing great outreach with local Islamic community in WA state
- June 24 Prayer Vigil on Health Reform, 4-8 pm @ Freedom Plaza in DC. Faith leaders and health reform advocates are gearing up for two big rallies on June 24 designed to show grassroots support for meaningful health reform in 2009. At 4:00 pm ET on June 24 at Freedom Plaza, the Interfaith Service of Witness and Prayer will take place bringing prominent faith leaders, members of Congress, and advocates together in solidarity around health reform. Speakers include Dr. James Forbes, The Healing of the Nation Foundation, Pastor Emeritus, Riverside Church NYC; Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism; and Dr. Sayyid M. Syeed, Islam Society of North America and National Director of Office of Interfaith & Community Alliances. Go to http://www.faithfulreform.org/ and www.webelievetogether.org for more information.
- Following the Interfaith Service, the Lighting the Night Health Care Equity Event health care equity activists, members of Congress, tri-caucus leaders, interfaith leaders, community members and those who care about a just and equitable healthcare system are gathering in Freedom Plaza to speak out against health care inequality and demand equity through health care reform. RESULTS worked on health care equity issues in 2008 and urges you to show your support for ending health care disparities by attending this event as well. For questions about the Lighting the Night event, contact Zita at zita@healthcareequalityproject.org or 202.730.7240.
- Please note that should be subsidized housing available for people who want to stay in Washington for these events. Please contact Jos Linn for details.

Joint Outreach Task Force Table at Exhibit Fair
- will need volunteers: Sammie (entire session as needed), Lisa, MD ask Monica and Diane, Crickett will recruit students.
- Sammie suggests having updated Diversity Task Force brochure: MD will ask Diane to draft update (see http://www.results.org/website/article.asp?id=3664)
- also have display materials: Sammie work on at IC
- Lisa take lead in updating Faith in Action Project materials: http://www.results.org/website/article.asp?id=1836
- Crickett/Michael will update Youth in Action materials from last year's conference
- Sammie will take lead in creating copies and display at the IC

BOARD UPDATE
Douglas suggested creating laser talk for use to talk about
- have draft talking points, Douglas creating laser talk
- will discuss directly with Diane and then they'll circulate to larger group

NEXT CALL: Debrief on International Conference, Lisa Marchal share of lessons learned from (Methodist) diversity training conference in IN, discuss plans for deeper level of training
Week of July 13: 7/14 at 7 pm. Backup: 7/15 at 9 pm ET.

April 29 Joint Outreach Task Force notes

INTRODUCTIONS
Sarah (DC): collectively understand issues in order to reach out to
diverse audiences
Sammie (WA): been working with Islamic communities
Diane (IA): own group= faith-based, pilot site for Div Task Force.
Warning for own efforts: maintain humility.
Misty (GA): GREAT re: humility and diversity, learning from Paul Farmer
re: learning from people. Awesome to be holistic.
Lisa (IN): from Faith in Action perspective, comprehensive diversity
focus touches on all efforts, leverage for grant funding or joint
training by being holistic.
Jos (IA): echo Lisa re: comprehensive approach, areas of synergy.
Monica (NC): as pilot reaching out to diverse ethnic & socio-economic
communities, area has lots of diversity and group wanted bigger focus
than narrow focus on ethnic diversity. Share strategies, training,
address misunderstandings. Meredith: happy to all come together, see
need to still gather in subgroupS (ex.
Michael (DC): easier to do outreach if learning from each other, happy
to add.
Ben (DC): seminary grad, stronger when come together and understand
perspectives, esp when people in more than 1 community.
Crickett (DC): young staff who came to RES through Methodist pgm, come
from diff backgrounds & great to know where others come from.

RECAP and FEEDBACK ON LAST CALL re: JOINT OUTREACH EFFORTS
Diane update re: board update: he's working on a laser talk, will follow
up.
(MD: board nomination
New name for the group! - Diane: Outreach Task Force
- (Monica: ... For Diverse Communities)
- Sarah: Diversity Outreach Task Force
- Misty: Holistic Communities (draw on Anthro studies), Holistic
Diversity Task Force
- Sammie: Diversity Joint
- Lisa: use Diversity Task Force to describe our larger efforts?
- Crickett: Joint Outreach Task Force
** Joint Outreach Task Force **

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE (see
http://www.results.org/website/article.asp?id=3838&printFriendly=1 for
the agenda)

Student Programming: Crickett
- Youth Task Force has sugg student training incorp at Intl Conf
- Sat am + Wed training
- piloting partnership with Bonner Foundation plus existing RES student
activists
- look for email by end of the week
- 75% scholarshiped

Diversity training at Leadership Day: Michael (see his 6/20 email re:
tentative agenda)
- Panel: engaging community voices
- 3 breakouts: Why does diversity matter? What does it mean to be an
ally? How take back home to RES group?
- then Close
- please send Michael suggestions
- Misty: make sure lots of time for sharing, end of the day hear about
what other small groups discuss
- Sarah: Lorna has offered to facilitate Dialogue process

Faith in Action (Breakfast and June 24 Events): Jos
- Monday am breakfast in hotel, asking partners to come and build
collaboration
- urging faith partners to be sponsors (2 so far: United Methodist
Church and Islamic Relief)
- June 24 Prayer Vigil on Health Reform, 4-8 pm @ Freedom Plaza

Joint Outreach Task Force Table at Exhibit Fair
- will need volunteers (Sammie)
- contact MD if you have suggestions for materials or willing to help
staff

Skills workshop: use to present findings of the pilot project
(materials, etc) & do training
- Diane: being a pilot city: lots of work, cathartic to share

NEXT CALLS: Pre-IC check-in: Wed 5/20 @ 7 ET.