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.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
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
Thursday, March 26, 2009
March 25 DIVERSITY + YOUTH + FAITH IN ACTION Joint Call
DIVERSITY + YOUTH + FAITH IN ACTION Joint Call March 25, 2009
(Notes by Crickett Nicovich)
Intro Question:
What is a way that RESULTS could engage new people in RESULTS? More diverse leadership, more people of color in groups, more student groups, successful outreach to diverse faith communities, outreach to minority media outlets – particularly Hispanic read papers, a greater institutional commitment to diversity.
Attending: Meredith, Ken, Blair, Jos, Diane, Michael Richardson, Sammi, Crickett, Sarah Beardmore, Douglas L.
SHARES: What are your biggest successes and challenges for the different task forces?
Faith in Action: Biggest Success: writing the curriculum and getting them used as outreach tools. Challenge: Getting new people excited and involved.
Diversity: Biggest Success: New outreach materials, blog, Spanish pages within the RESULTS website Challenge: Getting feedback and action from the Board.
Youth in Action: Biggest Success: Growing the number of students and the youth voice – more new campus groups than ever before. Preparing a funding/grant proposal. Helping to grow RESULTS new media campaign. Challenges: Getting funding for new outreach and engaging the board in the YIA work.
BOARD OUTREACH UPDATE: Diane, Sarah and Douglas - Met to talk about the report to board – preparing a lasertalk to really getting the board more involved. They’re trying to create a compelling argument about the benefits – if they go through with this process with a well build lasertalk, than there can be a real launch of a campaign.
The board has had pressing matters facing them – especially around this time of financial crunch. But also, there’s some built in resistant to diversifying – because it could mean that RESULTS might change. They will be meeting next Monday at 2 to further plan their efforts. Contact sbeardmore@results.org to get the call in information
How can the task forces better collaborate?
• Connect once every 3 or 4 month by having a joint call. Maybe have an umbrella group (possibly called Engaging New Voices?) and then have break out committees.
• Ken – it makes sense to have one umbrella org.
• Ben – these are inextricably connected – HBCs engage diverse youth – Hispanic churches engage diverse people of faith.
• Sarah – Calls could be on adhoc basis but not less than every 3 months. Building capacity on these issues – having a visible identity is key to funding our efforts.
NEXT STEPS:
• EVERYONE Bring back information from the prospective task forces about having as needed calls every 3 to 4 months.
• Bring back information about how do we want to use the IC for a stepping stone to really bringing these issues forward to our collective.
• Come up with a new name for the group! Bring ideas…
We set up the next call for Wed, April 8, at 9 pm ET. Question for the group: could you use a free conference line (so it would be a toll call, but for those with cellphones no difference) for our calls in the future? Please respond directly to me if that does not work for you.
- meredith
(Notes by Crickett Nicovich)
Intro Question:
What is a way that RESULTS could engage new people in RESULTS? More diverse leadership, more people of color in groups, more student groups, successful outreach to diverse faith communities, outreach to minority media outlets – particularly Hispanic read papers, a greater institutional commitment to diversity.
Attending: Meredith, Ken, Blair, Jos, Diane, Michael Richardson, Sammi, Crickett, Sarah Beardmore, Douglas L.
SHARES: What are your biggest successes and challenges for the different task forces?
Faith in Action: Biggest Success: writing the curriculum and getting them used as outreach tools. Challenge: Getting new people excited and involved.
Diversity: Biggest Success: New outreach materials, blog, Spanish pages within the RESULTS website Challenge: Getting feedback and action from the Board.
Youth in Action: Biggest Success: Growing the number of students and the youth voice – more new campus groups than ever before. Preparing a funding/grant proposal. Helping to grow RESULTS new media campaign. Challenges: Getting funding for new outreach and engaging the board in the YIA work.
BOARD OUTREACH UPDATE: Diane, Sarah and Douglas - Met to talk about the report to board – preparing a lasertalk to really getting the board more involved. They’re trying to create a compelling argument about the benefits – if they go through with this process with a well build lasertalk, than there can be a real launch of a campaign.
The board has had pressing matters facing them – especially around this time of financial crunch. But also, there’s some built in resistant to diversifying – because it could mean that RESULTS might change. They will be meeting next Monday at 2 to further plan their efforts. Contact sbeardmore@results.org to get the call in information
How can the task forces better collaborate?
• Connect once every 3 or 4 month by having a joint call. Maybe have an umbrella group (possibly called Engaging New Voices?) and then have break out committees.
• Ken – it makes sense to have one umbrella org.
• Ben – these are inextricably connected – HBCs engage diverse youth – Hispanic churches engage diverse people of faith.
• Sarah – Calls could be on adhoc basis but not less than every 3 months. Building capacity on these issues – having a visible identity is key to funding our efforts.
NEXT STEPS:
• EVERYONE Bring back information from the prospective task forces about having as needed calls every 3 to 4 months.
• Bring back information about how do we want to use the IC for a stepping stone to really bringing these issues forward to our collective.
• Come up with a new name for the group! Bring ideas…
We set up the next call for Wed, April 8, at 9 pm ET. Question for the group: could you use a free conference line (so it would be a toll call, but for those with cellphones no difference) for our calls in the future? Please respond directly to me if that does not work for you.
- meredith
Monday, March 9, 2009
3/9/09 DIVERSITY TASK FORCE CALL
3/9/09 DIVERSITY TASK FORCE CALL 7-8 pm ET: (888) 955-5369; passcode: 197427.
PILOT CITIES PROJECT
1. NC--Monica: As I mentioned before, I am unable to attend the conference call on Monday but I thought it would be helpful for me to send a short update so that you can share with the group if you don't mind. I am having a lot of help so far with the outreach efforts but also with the preparation of materials. NC Pilot Site Update - Date: 3/7/09:
* We are in the final phase of the development of materials for our outreach efforts in various languages - English, Spanish and French. Thanks to Jesus, we had a wonderful student translating the "How we work" sheet into French. Our basic packet is comprised of the following materials: 1) How we work, 2) Our successes in 2008, 3) Power Point presentation of RESULTS, and 4) Maybe "Our Issues"? RESULTS is helping us with that information.
* We established our first contact with a woman from Kenya, her name is Caren, who is a leader in her community and who also owns a restaurant near downtown. She is interested in using her place also as a community gathering. Two members of the group and I met with her for our first contact; none of us knew her very well. The meeting went really well! She shared with us her struggles back home but also in the US trying to start up a business on her own. She has some experience with Microcredit here in Durham and she is very interested in this topic. She was so interested in our efforts that she committed to bring a group of folks from the Kenyan community to our training scheduled for March 29th. Per Caren's suggestion, we will use an informal community dialogue format for that presentation where we will be all around the table sharing food and information. We are currently developing a flyer and materials for that event. She offered her restaurant space for free at a day when it is not open to the public.
* We also extended an invitation to a Hispanic group and an African American center in the area to have someone meeting with us for that first contact. We are waiting on an answer.
* One of our team members suggested combining our outreach efforts with the faith base community. We are exploring this option.
Feedback for Monica from 3/9
- Diane: congratulations! Big step for you.
- Betsy: keep it up!
- Sarah: may be opportunity at the end of April to have Mary Njoroge, fmr Kenyan Ed Minister, connect with the group.
- Meredith: impressed how the group is tailoring how they present RESULTS to different communities-- not just materials but in the format but in the format of the meeting itself (ex. MD shared how she works differently with different audiences, ex. students.
DISCUSSION: How to present differently to different audiences
- Betsy asked if we could have materials on how to present differently to different audiences-- tips
- Lorna: remember that then guidelines don't always fit... one shoe doesn't fit all, be open to process.
- Meredith: could be joint project with others interested in youth outreach, faith outreach
- Sarah: goal of working together more
2. IOWA-- Diane: focused on outreach to African-American communities in Waterloo, IA, in 1st district
- group start March 22
- found list of 33 different faith communities, did mailing today (used mail merge) of letter and flyer. will start calls on Thursday
- wrote letters to black radio station and newspaper journalists
- will share the letters: load on googlegroup and send via email
- needs help for phone calls: intro self (mention RESULTS), start off with asking if they have a few minutes to talk, receive letter?, not calling for money, offering opportunity (rather than get anything from them)
- Lorna's suggestion in general: get feedback on the letter from an ally for context, sensitivities
- Sarah: generally happy to give feedback especially if it's supportive
- Meredith: also happy to give feedback on email and roleplay.
- Betsy: will share her story (and use for interactive googlemap down the road) and send Diane
BOARD INVOLVEMENT
Douglas: I have a standing band rehearsal on Monday nights from 7:30 - 9:30 pm. Right now Wednesday nights would be my best bet for a conference call. But if the 9th of March is going to be the time, I'll see what I can do to adjust my schedule.
- Diane will call Douglas directly
Betsy: ask for board member to be designated to be a part of our task force
- Diane will add this request to call with Douglas
- Sarah: very important because wants concrete recommendations for what the organization can implement.
- Betsy: ask that same board member be point for youth and faith outreach
MERGING OUR EFFORTS: Lorna: suggest point people for Youth in Action, Diversity Task Force and Faith in Action all join together
- may have outline: where have common ground? where be more active with each other?
- Meredith: will have initial conversation, might recommend we have a joint conf call amongst all or some of the members of the task forces.
- Sarah happy to be a part of the conversation and has had some initial conversations.
- Diane and Betsy happy to be a part of the conversation too (Meredith interested in having a volunteer)
- Betsy suggestion: put out quick survey to other members-- interest in combining? what suggestions?
Postponed: 30 min CONTINUED DIALOGUE: What is the Diversity Task Force message? (begin by 7:25)
CLOSE and NEXT CALL= Wednesday 3/25, 7-8 pm ET: (888) 955-5369; passcode: 197427. Will ind 30 min for dialogue.
PILOT CITIES PROJECT
1. NC--Monica: As I mentioned before, I am unable to attend the conference call on Monday but I thought it would be helpful for me to send a short update so that you can share with the group if you don't mind. I am having a lot of help so far with the outreach efforts but also with the preparation of materials. NC Pilot Site Update - Date: 3/7/09:
* We are in the final phase of the development of materials for our outreach efforts in various languages - English, Spanish and French. Thanks to Jesus, we had a wonderful student translating the "How we work" sheet into French. Our basic packet is comprised of the following materials: 1) How we work, 2) Our successes in 2008, 3) Power Point presentation of RESULTS, and 4) Maybe "Our Issues"? RESULTS is helping us with that information.
* We established our first contact with a woman from Kenya, her name is Caren, who is a leader in her community and who also owns a restaurant near downtown. She is interested in using her place also as a community gathering. Two members of the group and I met with her for our first contact; none of us knew her very well. The meeting went really well! She shared with us her struggles back home but also in the US trying to start up a business on her own. She has some experience with Microcredit here in Durham and she is very interested in this topic. She was so interested in our efforts that she committed to bring a group of folks from the Kenyan community to our training scheduled for March 29th. Per Caren's suggestion, we will use an informal community dialogue format for that presentation where we will be all around the table sharing food and information. We are currently developing a flyer and materials for that event. She offered her restaurant space for free at a day when it is not open to the public.
* We also extended an invitation to a Hispanic group and an African American center in the area to have someone meeting with us for that first contact. We are waiting on an answer.
* One of our team members suggested combining our outreach efforts with the faith base community. We are exploring this option.
Feedback for Monica from 3/9
- Diane: congratulations! Big step for you.
- Betsy: keep it up!
- Sarah: may be opportunity at the end of April to have Mary Njoroge, fmr Kenyan Ed Minister, connect with the group.
- Meredith: impressed how the group is tailoring how they present RESULTS to different communities-- not just materials but in the format but in the format of the meeting itself (ex. MD shared how she works differently with different audiences, ex. students.
DISCUSSION: How to present differently to different audiences
- Betsy asked if we could have materials on how to present differently to different audiences-- tips
- Lorna: remember that then guidelines don't always fit... one shoe doesn't fit all, be open to process.
- Meredith: could be joint project with others interested in youth outreach, faith outreach
- Sarah: goal of working together more
2. IOWA-- Diane: focused on outreach to African-American communities in Waterloo, IA, in 1st district
- group start March 22
- found list of 33 different faith communities, did mailing today (used mail merge) of letter and flyer. will start calls on Thursday
- wrote letters to black radio station and newspaper journalists
- will share the letters: load on googlegroup and send via email
- needs help for phone calls: intro self (mention RESULTS), start off with asking if they have a few minutes to talk, receive letter?, not calling for money, offering opportunity (rather than get anything from them)
- Lorna's suggestion in general: get feedback on the letter from an ally for context, sensitivities
- Sarah: generally happy to give feedback especially if it's supportive
- Meredith: also happy to give feedback on email and roleplay.
- Betsy: will share her story (and use for interactive googlemap down the road) and send Diane
BOARD INVOLVEMENT
Douglas: I have a standing band rehearsal on Monday nights from 7:30 - 9:30 pm. Right now Wednesday nights would be my best bet for a conference call. But if the 9th of March is going to be the time, I'll see what I can do to adjust my schedule.
- Diane will call Douglas directly
Betsy: ask for board member to be designated to be a part of our task force
- Diane will add this request to call with Douglas
- Sarah: very important because wants concrete recommendations for what the organization can implement.
- Betsy: ask that same board member be point for youth and faith outreach
MERGING OUR EFFORTS: Lorna: suggest point people for Youth in Action, Diversity Task Force and Faith in Action all join together
- may have outline: where have common ground? where be more active with each other?
- Meredith: will have initial conversation, might recommend we have a joint conf call amongst all or some of the members of the task forces.
- Sarah happy to be a part of the conversation and has had some initial conversations.
- Diane and Betsy happy to be a part of the conversation too (Meredith interested in having a volunteer)
- Betsy suggestion: put out quick survey to other members-- interest in combining? what suggestions?
Postponed: 30 min CONTINUED DIALOGUE: What is the Diversity Task Force message? (begin by 7:25)
CLOSE and NEXT CALL= Wednesday 3/25, 7-8 pm ET: (888) 955-5369; passcode: 197427. Will ind 30 min for dialogue.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Diversity Task Force call 2/11/09
INTRODUCTIONS (and possible dialogue questions: focus on "what if?" and keep it simple= one question)
Meredith (DC): How to better coordinate/synthesize/combine the work of the Faith in Action, Youth in Action and Diversity Task Forces? --> What does it mean to allign FIA/YIA/DTF?
Betsy (Miami): also likes What does it mean to allign FIA/YIA/DTF?
Sarah (DC): What would our org look like if we achieve our DTF mission? If achieve what wanted, what would that be/look like? --> What would our org look like if our Diversity Task Force were successful?
Betsy: What does it mean to have success within the Diversity Task Force? (could also tackle re: diversity?)
Monica (Triangle NC): How do we frame the Diversity Task Force message through other RESULTS groups and the organization? --> What is the Diversity Task Force message? How do we frame the RESULTS Diversity Task Force message to other RESULTS groups/advocates?
Lorna: organization development consultant, uses Dialogue process since 1997. Background working on diversity issues.
Pam (DC): catching up, no questions
Jesus (NoVA): What is the Diversity Task Force message?
DIALOGUE: Quick overview
Please see Lorna's handout and ppt
Sacred ground
We'll become more skilled over time.
Betsy: interest in training RES body in Dialogue process
Lorna: evaluate 1st, put on agenda for future DTF call
DIALOGUE: What is the Diversity Task Force message?
(MD not taking detailed notes, but a few things that came up...)
Mission of DTF as laid out to the board: Due to our firm belief in the value of diversity, this task force is committed to increasing the representation of people of color and low-income populations within the RESULTS Board, staff, and volunteer base. In order to fulfill our larger mission to end poverty, the Diversity Task Force is dedicated to conducting diversity outreach through cross-cultural programming and sharing best practices, organizational skills, human resources, and technology.
Has this mission evolved?
Gap between our mission and work
Need to understand what we mean by diversity, broader definition
Is diversity part of the larger org plan?
Use of "increase"= metric, could be broader, social change is about changing the way people think. ex. more registered votes does not equal ending racism.
Can be inclusive and targeted.
Need to go back to drawing board to get clarity.
Be clear about what we are trying to do.
Focusing on numbers means that lost opportunity for dialogue.
May need to create culture that values diversity before tackling metrics.
- within org, outside org, DTF
... conversation to be continued.
NEXT STEPS:
Evaluations-- send MD by end of weekend.
Board involvement update.
Schedule next call: Monday 3/9, 7-8 pm ET: (888) 955-5369; passcode: 197427. Start with check-in of pilot project, 30 min for dialogue.
Lorna's email to follow up from Saturday's session:
To all,
It was fun doing this with you as a pilot. And I think there must already be a great deal of trust in the group for the degree of flow created.
Bravo to all of you! You made facilitating this so easy!
Please find attached three docs...
Another 2 page doc on the practices (also called exploratory listening) for you to print out and have handy.
Some of the questions to explore using Dialogue that emerged for me out of our last Dialogue that can be added to others you may have
And an evaluation of the experience to be sent to Meredith...who can forward them to me without names. I will get back to you with a summary for the group.
I am driving down to DC on Wednesday and hope to be available for the conference call unless something delays me. If that should happen please go ahead with a dialogue. I have every confidence in you and in Meredith in facilitating the process.
Bestsy, thank you for your kind words.
Best wishes,
Lorna
Meredith (DC): How to better coordinate/synthesize/combine the work of the Faith in Action, Youth in Action and Diversity Task Forces? --> What does it mean to allign FIA/YIA/DTF?
Betsy (Miami): also likes What does it mean to allign FIA/YIA/DTF?
Sarah (DC): What would our org look like if we achieve our DTF mission? If achieve what wanted, what would that be/look like? --> What would our org look like if our Diversity Task Force were successful?
Betsy: What does it mean to have success within the Diversity Task Force? (could also tackle re: diversity?)
Monica (Triangle NC): How do we frame the Diversity Task Force message through other RESULTS groups and the organization? --> What is the Diversity Task Force message? How do we frame the RESULTS Diversity Task Force message to other RESULTS groups/advocates?
Lorna: organization development consultant, uses Dialogue process since 1997. Background working on diversity issues.
Pam (DC): catching up, no questions
Jesus (NoVA): What is the Diversity Task Force message?
DIALOGUE: Quick overview
Please see Lorna's handout and ppt
Sacred ground
We'll become more skilled over time.
Betsy: interest in training RES body in Dialogue process
Lorna: evaluate 1st, put on agenda for future DTF call
DIALOGUE: What is the Diversity Task Force message?
(MD not taking detailed notes, but a few things that came up...)
Mission of DTF as laid out to the board: Due to our firm belief in the value of diversity, this task force is committed to increasing the representation of people of color and low-income populations within the RESULTS Board, staff, and volunteer base. In order to fulfill our larger mission to end poverty, the Diversity Task Force is dedicated to conducting diversity outreach through cross-cultural programming and sharing best practices, organizational skills, human resources, and technology.
Has this mission evolved?
Gap between our mission and work
Need to understand what we mean by diversity, broader definition
Is diversity part of the larger org plan?
Use of "increase"= metric, could be broader, social change is about changing the way people think. ex. more registered votes does not equal ending racism.
Can be inclusive and targeted.
Need to go back to drawing board to get clarity.
Be clear about what we are trying to do.
Focusing on numbers means that lost opportunity for dialogue.
May need to create culture that values diversity before tackling metrics.
- within org, outside org, DTF
... conversation to be continued.
NEXT STEPS:
Evaluations-- send MD by end of weekend.
Board involvement update.
Schedule next call: Monday 3/9, 7-8 pm ET: (888) 955-5369; passcode: 197427. Start with check-in of pilot project, 30 min for dialogue.
Lorna's email to follow up from Saturday's session:
To all,
It was fun doing this with you as a pilot. And I think there must already be a great deal of trust in the group for the degree of flow created.
Bravo to all of you! You made facilitating this so easy!
Please find attached three docs...
Another 2 page doc on the practices (also called exploratory listening) for you to print out and have handy.
Some of the questions to explore using Dialogue that emerged for me out of our last Dialogue that can be added to others you may have
And an evaluation of the experience to be sent to Meredith...who can forward them to me without names. I will get back to you with a summary for the group.
I am driving down to DC on Wednesday and hope to be available for the conference call unless something delays me. If that should happen please go ahead with a dialogue. I have every confidence in you and in Meredith in facilitating the process.
Bestsy, thank you for your kind words.
Best wishes,
Lorna
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Diversity Task Force Call January 14
Diane, Sarah, Lorna, Betsy, Meredith, Monica, Jesus
Sarah: let's do go-round with each one sharing a little bit about the new year and what is resonating for us in the DTF
Meredith: this year like last year is bringing a lot of changes about which I'm excited; RESULTS will have a fellow through the Hunger Center; working in DTF is big chunk of plan; Michael Richardson -- bio at Hunger Center.org.
Sarah: Inauguration coming up; helped organize a meeting with transition team on Friday between team and coalition about establishing a Global Fund for Education. Impressed with collaborative nature of meeting. Indicative of a political-cultural shift; our own shift in education with webinars.
Betsy: will be a presenter at the University of Miami's Poverty Conference; she will email DTF participants for input.
Diane: Diane did a call with the RCs. It went well. One idea came out of it to do calls with group leaders on diversity.am integrating new members into existing group; will start reaching out again in April.
Meredith: when we think about outreach to bring people into group is to train them and bring out their best -- that is the work of the DTF.
Monica: 1) pilot city project -- group is planning; four new members
2) want to continue work with data gathered in 2008
3) share news of DTF everywhere across organization
Jesus: wants to continue to foster cooperation with other organizations in terms of increasing our diversity.
Pilot City Project
NC group took break in Nov. and Dec. from pilot city project. We are starting to focus on specific documents we want translated. Voter status clarification on lobbying. Got feedback from Diane, Ken and others. Non-citizens are doing education rather than lobbying. Will forward documents to Jesus as they are identified. Looking for how RESULTS works documents only.
Betsy -- can we get translations onto website?
Monica -- already done in Spanish; more languages to come?
Sarah -- new website due in Spring.
Meredith -- we could come up with a couple of terms to link to site.
Sarah -- lobbying and status: if you're a resident you're technically a constituent. Non-resident non-citizens can play a role in education and using their own experience.
Lorna -- formal lobbying vs. informal lobbying.
Monica -- a lot of our new members are students or those with work visas.
Diane -- will email group on web pages she needs help on.
Best Practices Form Update
Lorna will design questions based on specific input from group on material to be collected.
Diversity Training and Webinar
1) Applying dialogue in the exploration of diversity outreach
Lorna -- background and practice
Monica -- training on phone and then in person at IC?
Lorna -- let's experiment with it; the more you do dialogue the better you get. I will be happy to do personal coaching after initial training.
Betsy -- format?
Lorna -- everyone will have their own PowerPoint copy and use conference call format to practice. Dialogue is great for diversity outreach because you don't have to come up with the answers and you don't have to advocate. It's highly participatory and everyone learns.
Sarah -- let's limit it to at most 12 - 14 people because it's more participatory. When looking at specific oppression issues, we can invite larger groups of people to join. This first one would be scheduled for two hours.
Lorna -- let's change name from webinar to webcon. Let's have nothing else on that Saturday. It's a real pilot.
First Webcon: Sat., Feb. 7, 4-6 p.m. Eastern.
Meredith would like to invite new Hunger Fellow. Diane will invite Douglas Lichterman. Meredith suggests other Grassroots Board members. Lorna suggests because this is our pilot, if we want to assess whether this process works, that we be the guinea pigs and invite others based on results of it.
Sarah: let's do go-round with each one sharing a little bit about the new year and what is resonating for us in the DTF
Meredith: this year like last year is bringing a lot of changes about which I'm excited; RESULTS will have a fellow through the Hunger Center; working in DTF is big chunk of plan; Michael Richardson -- bio at Hunger Center.org.
Sarah: Inauguration coming up; helped organize a meeting with transition team on Friday between team and coalition about establishing a Global Fund for Education. Impressed with collaborative nature of meeting. Indicative of a political-cultural shift; our own shift in education with webinars.
Betsy: will be a presenter at the University of Miami's Poverty Conference; she will email DTF participants for input.
Diane: Diane did a call with the RCs. It went well. One idea came out of it to do calls with group leaders on diversity.am integrating new members into existing group; will start reaching out again in April.
Meredith: when we think about outreach to bring people into group is to train them and bring out their best -- that is the work of the DTF.
Monica: 1) pilot city project -- group is planning; four new members
2) want to continue work with data gathered in 2008
3) share news of DTF everywhere across organization
Jesus: wants to continue to foster cooperation with other organizations in terms of increasing our diversity.
Pilot City Project
NC group took break in Nov. and Dec. from pilot city project. We are starting to focus on specific documents we want translated. Voter status clarification on lobbying. Got feedback from Diane, Ken and others. Non-citizens are doing education rather than lobbying. Will forward documents to Jesus as they are identified. Looking for how RESULTS works documents only.
Betsy -- can we get translations onto website?
Monica -- already done in Spanish; more languages to come?
Sarah -- new website due in Spring.
Meredith -- we could come up with a couple of terms to link to site.
Sarah -- lobbying and status: if you're a resident you're technically a constituent. Non-resident non-citizens can play a role in education and using their own experience.
Lorna -- formal lobbying vs. informal lobbying.
Monica -- a lot of our new members are students or those with work visas.
Diane -- will email group on web pages she needs help on.
Best Practices Form Update
Lorna will design questions based on specific input from group on material to be collected.
Diversity Training and Webinar
1) Applying dialogue in the exploration of diversity outreach
Lorna -- background and practice
Monica -- training on phone and then in person at IC?
Lorna -- let's experiment with it; the more you do dialogue the better you get. I will be happy to do personal coaching after initial training.
Betsy -- format?
Lorna -- everyone will have their own PowerPoint copy and use conference call format to practice. Dialogue is great for diversity outreach because you don't have to come up with the answers and you don't have to advocate. It's highly participatory and everyone learns.
Sarah -- let's limit it to at most 12 - 14 people because it's more participatory. When looking at specific oppression issues, we can invite larger groups of people to join. This first one would be scheduled for two hours.
Lorna -- let's change name from webinar to webcon. Let's have nothing else on that Saturday. It's a real pilot.
First Webcon: Sat., Feb. 7, 4-6 p.m. Eastern.
Meredith would like to invite new Hunger Fellow. Diane will invite Douglas Lichterman. Meredith suggests other Grassroots Board members. Lorna suggests because this is our pilot, if we want to assess whether this process works, that we be the guinea pigs and invite others based on results of it.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Diversity Task Force Call 11/19
Sarah, DC
Betsy, Miami
Diane, Cedar Rapids
Lorna, DC
Pam works with Sarah in the office; joined RESULTS in August.
Jose is husband of a RESULTS staff member; originally from Uruguay.
Monica, Chapel Hill
Ken, NC
Douglas, St. Petersburg
Jesus, DC
Betsy really liked Monica's charts.
Meredith brought Sean into the office and everyone oohed and ahhed over the adorable baby.
Introductions: Name, Interests in the DTF, Goals and Inspired Ideas --
Sarah; been involved with DTF since beginning with RESULTS; NGOs mobilize grassroots that have social values but not living values; wants to move issue forward in organization.
Monica; from NC Triangle Group; involved with DTF as a result of group leader mentioning it; wanted to increase diversity within own NC group and across the board, not only ethnic but other communities as well.
Betsy; got involved two years ago as a result of Meredith and others at IC proposed question and had a wonderful dialogue; being Latina wanted to make sure that we are reaching out to people we are trying to serve, to let them know they have a voice in Congress.
Diane; a pilot city, is adding members to group and feels heavily invested in DTF.
Lorna; organizational development; diversity is part of area of interest; trained diversity facilitator and is currently conducting diversity dialogue series at Smithsonian, working with 800 employees; has worked with over 600 employees over a 3-year period; has been very successful. Passion for many years. Interest in DTF is as a volunteer to help steer and provide support services as an advisor for the group and for individuals.
Pam works in RESULTS office; originally from NY; works with grants in office; DTF piqued interest. Excited to see what can be done in writing grants.
Jose came here because wife works at RESULTS and thinks it's very interesting; has worked in Africa for 18 months and wants to know how RESULTS works; interested in comparing ideas and work.
Agenda:
Pilot Cities Project explanation for new members. Form available to document best practices.
Diane: finished training with my Muslim group. Started out with six, ended up with eight members. Am merging the Muslim group with existing group.
Sarah will talk to Meredith about adding immigration reform to domestic campaigns.
Monica: What kind of support and materials do you need for January? Training materials is helpful. Nothing in Spanish. That is something I would love to get some help from the group on. Any other materials in Spanish at this point would be helpful: the brochure, health issues. Going to start outreach to Hispanic and African/African-American communities.
Betsy: didn't get response from RESULTS Mexico. Sarah will try to find out what's going on with them.
Monica: will ask Hector for help.
Which materials are our priority? Separate call possible to try to go over email requests for translations and go through all materials used for outreach?
On translation point team: Betsy, Monica, Ken
Discussion about diversity anti-oppression training and organizational diversity.
Lorna and Sarah have gone through survey results and structured workshop and training design.
Lorna: basis of survey would go into writing a grant proposal to support diversity outreach; first part of survey dealt with ranking of four items -- materials in other languages, training, support, contact plan. Support first; diversity training was second; languages third; wanted support from expert fourth. Diversity training program is looking at diversity and creating alliances in order to create power equity and support. Learning curve built into strategies for increasing diversity. Strategies in action plan and diversity training are key. Survey results indicate diversity is a priority area and suitable for a grant proposal. For Pilot Cities -- keep on supporting each other because isolation is a diversity issue. Need three-day session on developing strategies for diversity outreach.
Monica: create a training forum through phone calls or emails?
Lorna: certain types of learning well through webinars. Perhaps DTF could work on visible diversities through webinars but more in-depth training would require face-to-face training.
Ken: regional conference training.
Lorna: pre-conference training (two-days, fee-based)
Diane: could Lorna do a webinar for us?
Lorna: basic design okay; could work with Sarah and do that; identify resources.
Ken: RESULTS has technology resources
Lorna: does PowerPoint and can create presentation and will run by some colleagues for feedback
Ken: we could easily make it available to people, Lorna on phone talking people through it.
Lorna: has a colleague in mind for webinar.
Betsy: could we do this in collaboration with other groups?
Monica: target populations are not only ethnic diversity but also income diversity.
Lorna: economic diversity is one of the nine diversities.
Jesus: a generalized session would make more sense than a regional training.
Sarah: let's build our capacity sequencially; let's link diversity training with strategic planning;
webinar audience to be DTF. Asking Board members to join on would be helpful.
RCs are having a meeting Dec. 6. There is a 30-minute opportunity for DTF to interact with RCs.
Douglas -- successes and updates on two pilot cities to catch everyone up to progress
Sarah -- can Diane share on call? Yes.
Douglas -- discussion with RCs to gain enthusiasm and support; please allow 5 to 10 minutes for questions.
Sarah -- Diane; DTF mission and goal; questions between RCs and DTF
Ken -- let folks know what the possibilities are; what we're looking for; what DTF will bring to that; opportunities for RCs for leaders to encourage group leaders to attend diversity training.
Check out Charter for Compassion on the web.
Betsy, Miami
Diane, Cedar Rapids
Lorna, DC
Pam works with Sarah in the office; joined RESULTS in August.
Jose is husband of a RESULTS staff member; originally from Uruguay.
Monica, Chapel Hill
Ken, NC
Douglas, St. Petersburg
Jesus, DC
Betsy really liked Monica's charts.
Meredith brought Sean into the office and everyone oohed and ahhed over the adorable baby.
Introductions: Name, Interests in the DTF, Goals and Inspired Ideas --
Sarah; been involved with DTF since beginning with RESULTS; NGOs mobilize grassroots that have social values but not living values; wants to move issue forward in organization.
Monica; from NC Triangle Group; involved with DTF as a result of group leader mentioning it; wanted to increase diversity within own NC group and across the board, not only ethnic but other communities as well.
Betsy; got involved two years ago as a result of Meredith and others at IC proposed question and had a wonderful dialogue; being Latina wanted to make sure that we are reaching out to people we are trying to serve, to let them know they have a voice in Congress.
Diane; a pilot city, is adding members to group and feels heavily invested in DTF.
Lorna; organizational development; diversity is part of area of interest; trained diversity facilitator and is currently conducting diversity dialogue series at Smithsonian, working with 800 employees; has worked with over 600 employees over a 3-year period; has been very successful. Passion for many years. Interest in DTF is as a volunteer to help steer and provide support services as an advisor for the group and for individuals.
Pam works in RESULTS office; originally from NY; works with grants in office; DTF piqued interest. Excited to see what can be done in writing grants.
Jose came here because wife works at RESULTS and thinks it's very interesting; has worked in Africa for 18 months and wants to know how RESULTS works; interested in comparing ideas and work.
Agenda:
Pilot Cities Project explanation for new members. Form available to document best practices.
Diane: finished training with my Muslim group. Started out with six, ended up with eight members. Am merging the Muslim group with existing group.
Sarah will talk to Meredith about adding immigration reform to domestic campaigns.
Monica: What kind of support and materials do you need for January? Training materials is helpful. Nothing in Spanish. That is something I would love to get some help from the group on. Any other materials in Spanish at this point would be helpful: the brochure, health issues. Going to start outreach to Hispanic and African/African-American communities.
Betsy: didn't get response from RESULTS Mexico. Sarah will try to find out what's going on with them.
Monica: will ask Hector for help.
Which materials are our priority? Separate call possible to try to go over email requests for translations and go through all materials used for outreach?
On translation point team: Betsy, Monica, Ken
Discussion about diversity anti-oppression training and organizational diversity.
Lorna and Sarah have gone through survey results and structured workshop and training design.
Lorna: basis of survey would go into writing a grant proposal to support diversity outreach; first part of survey dealt with ranking of four items -- materials in other languages, training, support, contact plan. Support first; diversity training was second; languages third; wanted support from expert fourth. Diversity training program is looking at diversity and creating alliances in order to create power equity and support. Learning curve built into strategies for increasing diversity. Strategies in action plan and diversity training are key. Survey results indicate diversity is a priority area and suitable for a grant proposal. For Pilot Cities -- keep on supporting each other because isolation is a diversity issue. Need three-day session on developing strategies for diversity outreach.
Monica: create a training forum through phone calls or emails?
Lorna: certain types of learning well through webinars. Perhaps DTF could work on visible diversities through webinars but more in-depth training would require face-to-face training.
Ken: regional conference training.
Lorna: pre-conference training (two-days, fee-based)
Diane: could Lorna do a webinar for us?
Lorna: basic design okay; could work with Sarah and do that; identify resources.
Ken: RESULTS has technology resources
Lorna: does PowerPoint and can create presentation and will run by some colleagues for feedback
Ken: we could easily make it available to people, Lorna on phone talking people through it.
Lorna: has a colleague in mind for webinar.
Betsy: could we do this in collaboration with other groups?
Monica: target populations are not only ethnic diversity but also income diversity.
Lorna: economic diversity is one of the nine diversities.
Jesus: a generalized session would make more sense than a regional training.
Sarah: let's build our capacity sequencially; let's link diversity training with strategic planning;
webinar audience to be DTF. Asking Board members to join on would be helpful.
RCs are having a meeting Dec. 6. There is a 30-minute opportunity for DTF to interact with RCs.
Douglas -- successes and updates on two pilot cities to catch everyone up to progress
Sarah -- can Diane share on call? Yes.
Douglas -- discussion with RCs to gain enthusiasm and support; please allow 5 to 10 minutes for questions.
Sarah -- Diane; DTF mission and goal; questions between RCs and DTF
Ken -- let folks know what the possibilities are; what we're looking for; what DTF will bring to that; opportunities for RCs for leaders to encourage group leaders to attend diversity training.
Check out Charter for Compassion on the web.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Pilot Cities Call 11/15
10/14/08:
Cedar Rapids will start training with Muslim group on Tue 10/21, 1st of 2 nights (2.5 hours each, 2nd tbd). 6 will be there. Diane has Lisa's training for new folks, doing on ppt (to save paper)Once done with training, will incorp into existing group- will prep her own group 10/21 to give folks context
Will focus on incorporating these new people into her group before even more outreach.
Also, focus on adapting group doc to capture lessons learned/best practices.- first Diane will update plan to reflect her strategy- then Monica will adapt doc to capture best practices/lessons learned
Diane also very busy doing herb bread for RES fundraiser.
Monica/Chapel Hill: have new prospect, Latino grad student at Duke University, will include diversity focus in working with him.
NEXT: Monica will call Diane Wed 11/12 6 pm ET/5 pm CT
Cedar Rapids will start training with Muslim group on Tue 10/21, 1st of 2 nights (2.5 hours each, 2nd tbd). 6 will be there. Diane has Lisa's training for new folks, doing on ppt (to save paper)Once done with training, will incorp into existing group- will prep her own group 10/21 to give folks context
Will focus on incorporating these new people into her group before even more outreach.
Also, focus on adapting group doc to capture lessons learned/best practices.- first Diane will update plan to reflect her strategy- then Monica will adapt doc to capture best practices/lessons learned
Diane also very busy doing herb bread for RES fundraiser.
Monica/Chapel Hill: have new prospect, Latino grad student at Duke University, will include diversity focus in working with him.
NEXT: Monica will call Diane Wed 11/12 6 pm ET/5 pm CT
Friday, September 26, 2008
Some great news: board interest in the DTF, Diane's awesome outreach in Cedar Rapids
Hi folks! I figured I'd put up a quick post to update the group on a few things:
- We are hoping to have our next call on October 15 at either 7 or 8 pm ET. Please let me know if those times work for you.
- Betsy and Diane have been talking to current RESULTS/REF grassroots board member Douglas Lichterman about the Diversity Task Force, and he is bringing specific "asks" and information to the rest of the board. In addition, in conversation with incoming grassroots board member Ginnie Vogts, she said she is very interested in the work of the DTF and eager to participate in some way.
- Diane's been doing awesome outreach in Cedar Rapids-- see her blog post: DTF Pilot City Project: Muslim American Society for details.
Have a great weekend everyone!
- We are hoping to have our next call on October 15 at either 7 or 8 pm ET. Please let me know if those times work for you.
- Betsy and Diane have been talking to current RESULTS/REF grassroots board member Douglas Lichterman about the Diversity Task Force, and he is bringing specific "asks" and information to the rest of the board. In addition, in conversation with incoming grassroots board member Ginnie Vogts, she said she is very interested in the work of the DTF and eager to participate in some way.
- Diane's been doing awesome outreach in Cedar Rapids-- see her blog post: DTF Pilot City Project: Muslim American Society for details.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Thursday, September 18, 2008
DTF Call September 17, 2008
INTRODUCTIONS/CHECK-INs:
Diane: Cedar Rapids info meeting at mosque Sun eve 9/21, then doing outreach in synogogue during Rosh Hashanah after rabbi preaching on social justice. Diane's vision is to have the two groups train together. She will also create a Diversity Task Force blog.
Betsy: doing ongoing outreach to African-American churches in Miami with Global AIDS Alliance. Will also table at big global event in Maimi with Diversity Task Force brochure. Would like copy of Diane's agendas for outreach with rabbi locally, also will check out Faith in Action Jewish curriculum. Thinks we should collaborate more with the Faith in Action group.
Meredith: will ask Alan to create webpage(s) for diversity using brochure language, link to conference materials and blog Diane is creating.
UPDATE ON PILOT CITIES PROJECT
Monica, Diane and Meredith meeting every 2 weeks or so to dig into more details on the diversity outreach they are doing. Updating plans (Diane created Cedar Rapids plan in June, Monica's group in last few weeks)- to capture lessons learned and track progress ongoingly. See above for latest from Cedar Rapids
SURVEY OF RESULTS NETWORK
Will roll out as soon as soon as early next week (combined with marketing committee questions)
TRANSLATION
Quick suggestion from RESULTS' Grassroots Staff: focus on Activist Milestones/Toolkit (http://www.results.org/website/article.asp?id=1355) — once new version launched in next couple of weeks, Faith in Action curriculum. Eventually do Basics. Betsy will contact RESULTADOS Mexico re: collaborate on content.
FUNDRAISING
Betsy willing to do research, needs help on succinct wording.
NEXT STEPS/CALL (and KEY OPPORTUNITIES)=
Does Wed 10/15 at either 7 ET or 8 ET work for people?
Use opportunity of new board members to invite them to join future Diversity Task Force call. Betsy and Diane will contact board and also Joanne to urge them. (Meredith: strength of volunteer leadership within Diversity Task Force stands out vs. staff-led efforts on Youth in Action and Faith in Action)
Get longer share about Diane's diversity outreach on Oct natl conf call-- will send email offering to share next week.
9/15-10/15 Hispanic Heritage month
RC training 12/5-12/7
MESSAGING OUR CAMPAIGNS TO APPEAL TO DIVERSE AUDIENCES
Perhaps we'll discuss on our next call.
Merrie said...
Hi folks! I'll be the 1st one to leave comments... to remind people to get back to me or post something here about whether you can make a call on October 15.
September 19, 2008 5:07 PM
Diane: Cedar Rapids info meeting at mosque Sun eve 9/21, then doing outreach in synogogue during Rosh Hashanah after rabbi preaching on social justice. Diane's vision is to have the two groups train together. She will also create a Diversity Task Force blog.
Betsy: doing ongoing outreach to African-American churches in Miami with Global AIDS Alliance. Will also table at big global event in Maimi with Diversity Task Force brochure. Would like copy of Diane's agendas for outreach with rabbi locally, also will check out Faith in Action Jewish curriculum. Thinks we should collaborate more with the Faith in Action group.
Meredith: will ask Alan to create webpage(s) for diversity using brochure language, link to conference materials and blog Diane is creating.
UPDATE ON PILOT CITIES PROJECT
Monica, Diane and Meredith meeting every 2 weeks or so to dig into more details on the diversity outreach they are doing. Updating plans (Diane created Cedar Rapids plan in June, Monica's group in last few weeks)- to capture lessons learned and track progress ongoingly. See above for latest from Cedar Rapids
SURVEY OF RESULTS NETWORK
Will roll out as soon as soon as early next week (combined with marketing committee questions)
TRANSLATION
Quick suggestion from RESULTS' Grassroots Staff: focus on Activist Milestones/Toolkit (http://www.results.org/website/article.asp?id=1355) — once new version launched in next couple of weeks, Faith in Action curriculum. Eventually do Basics. Betsy will contact RESULTADOS Mexico re: collaborate on content.
FUNDRAISING
Betsy willing to do research, needs help on succinct wording.
NEXT STEPS/CALL (and KEY OPPORTUNITIES)=
Does Wed 10/15 at either 7 ET or 8 ET work for people?
Use opportunity of new board members to invite them to join future Diversity Task Force call. Betsy and Diane will contact board and also Joanne to urge them. (Meredith: strength of volunteer leadership within Diversity Task Force stands out vs. staff-led efforts on Youth in Action and Faith in Action)
Get longer share about Diane's diversity outreach on Oct natl conf call-- will send email offering to share next week.
9/15-10/15 Hispanic Heritage month
RC training 12/5-12/7
MESSAGING OUR CAMPAIGNS TO APPEAL TO DIVERSE AUDIENCES
Perhaps we'll discuss on our next call.
Merrie said...
Hi folks! I'll be the 1st one to leave comments... to remind people to get back to me or post something here about whether you can make a call on October 15.
September 19, 2008 5:07 PM
Pilot City: Cedar Rapids, IA -- Strategies
Strategies:
A) Determine contact person in the community of interest:
African-American -- Bishop Paul Beets, Gospel Tabernacle;
Hispanic -- Fr. Christopher Podajsky, Immaculate Conception Church;
Initial meeting held; wanted more Faith in Action brochures to distribute to test for
congregational interest; follow-up phone call needed
Hindu -- Mr. Ashok Chawla, Hindu Temple Assn;
American Indian -- Ms. Nancy Rhodes, Osage Nation, Mt. Mercy College;
Initial meeting held. Nancy will adapt training materials for American Indians as part of her
training effort.
Jewish -- Rabbi Aaron Sherman, Temple Judah;
Initial meeting held; wants informational meeting around Rosh Hoshanah
Arab-American -- Muslim American Society Iowa Chapter, Imam Ahmed Elkhaldy, President;
Informational meeting set up for end of Ramadan;
would like to offer training with Jewish group.
Working Poor -- Pastor Jonathan Offt, Trinity Lutheran Church.
Initial meeting held; somewhat reticent;
emailed op-ed on poverty and census numbers;
need to follow up with a phone call
B) Set up a meeting with the contact person to cover:
1) This is RESULTS
a) personal story
b) RESULTS activities locally and nationally
c) RESULTS campaigns for 2008
2) Intent of Diversity Task Force
Cedar Rapids is a pilot city. We want to make the Cedar Rapids RESULTS group look like Cedar Rapids.
3) What I need from you (the contact person):
a) What do I need to know about your community? citizenship, culture, economics, language, literacy, transportation
b) Can you help me set up an informational meeting? Identify people who might be interested, invite the wider community
C) Hold informational meeting
1) Use Compassion and Empowerment presentation; Everyday Heroes DVD; testimonial from RESULTS activist; depending on literacy and citizenship of group, write letters to MoC or LTEs.
2) Collect contact information from interested people.
3) Set up training sessions.
A) Determine contact person in the community of interest:
African-American -- Bishop Paul Beets, Gospel Tabernacle;
Hispanic -- Fr. Christopher Podajsky, Immaculate Conception Church;
Initial meeting held; wanted more Faith in Action brochures to distribute to test for
congregational interest; follow-up phone call needed
Hindu -- Mr. Ashok Chawla, Hindu Temple Assn;
American Indian -- Ms. Nancy Rhodes, Osage Nation, Mt. Mercy College;
Initial meeting held. Nancy will adapt training materials for American Indians as part of her
training effort.
Jewish -- Rabbi Aaron Sherman, Temple Judah;
Initial meeting held; wants informational meeting around Rosh Hoshanah
Arab-American -- Muslim American Society Iowa Chapter, Imam Ahmed Elkhaldy, President;
Informational meeting set up for end of Ramadan;
would like to offer training with Jewish group.
Working Poor -- Pastor Jonathan Offt, Trinity Lutheran Church.
Initial meeting held; somewhat reticent;
emailed op-ed on poverty and census numbers;
need to follow up with a phone call
B) Set up a meeting with the contact person to cover:
1) This is RESULTS
a) personal story
b) RESULTS activities locally and nationally
c) RESULTS campaigns for 2008
2) Intent of Diversity Task Force
Cedar Rapids is a pilot city. We want to make the Cedar Rapids RESULTS group look like Cedar Rapids.
3) What I need from you (the contact person):
a) What do I need to know about your community? citizenship, culture, economics, language, literacy, transportation
b) Can you help me set up an informational meeting? Identify people who might be interested, invite the wider community
C) Hold informational meeting
1) Use Compassion and Empowerment presentation; Everyday Heroes DVD; testimonial from RESULTS activist; depending on literacy and citizenship of group, write letters to MoC or LTEs.
2) Collect contact information from interested people.
3) Set up training sessions.
Pilot City: Chapel Hill, NC -- Strategies
Pilot City Proposed Strategies and Goals RESULTS Triangle, NC
OVERALL DIVERSITY TASK FORCE GOAL: Increase participation of communities of color and economically disadvantaged groups into RESULTS actions and groups. Adapt/create materials that are culturally sensitive.
GOAL OF THE PILOT CITY PROJECT: Implement a series of strategies to outreach to targeted groups and evaluate success, lessons learned, etc.
METHODOLOGY: Multi-phased exploratory action and needs assessment.
SUGGESTED STRATEGIES:
PHASE I: PLANNING (1-2 months)
Hold preplanning sessions with team members to discuss the following:
1. What are the targeted groups for the NC pilot RESULTS group?
2. Lower income families and global issues? Diversity panel at IC recommended starting with domestic issues and then move on to global issues. RESULTS Triangle only a global action group. How to go about that?
3. What changes would the group have to incur? Change in meeting place? scope?
4. Role of other allies – ONE, CARES, etc?
5. Own resources to do this? Commitment from members?
6. Areas covered by the group (i.e., Durham and Chapel Hill) differ in demographics /history / economic trends, etc.
7. Other
PHASE II: INFORMATION EXCHANGE and DEVELOPMENT OF TRUST/MUTUAL GOALS (3 months)
Identify a leader/contact person in the minority community
Set up an informal meeting or two with the contact person* to cover:
1. This is RESULTS
2. RESULTS activities nationally and globally
3. Diversity Task Force and RESULTS Triangle as a pilot city
4. What do I need to know about your community? Culture, citizenship, resources, transportation, etc
5. How can we link our groups if RESULTS group lack representation from targeted group (e.g., members don’t speak Spanish)?
6. What do you see as barriers for our group’s efforts to reach out to your community?
a. Communication: Lack of e-mail, reading level, lack of English language, etc
b. Cultural Issues: Differences in perception of government – negative/fearful relationship between citizens and government/law enforcement in some developing countries and/or times in history. Negative perception of citizens exercising ‘pressure’ to members of congress.
c. Logistics: Transportation, child care, etc
NC group revise what it has been accomplished so far and identify mid-course changes, resources needed, etc if needed.
PHASE III: TARGETED JOINT ACTION (6 months)
1. Determine as a team which/how to adapt training/outreach materials to increase cultural relevance
2. Decide as a team if it is time to hold an informational meeting. Identify people who may be interested, invite the wider community
a. Use Compassion and Empowerment presentation (?), Everyday Heroes DVD, testimonial from RESUTS activists, write letters to MOC or media (keep in mind language/literacy level)
b. Gather contact information from interested people
c. Set up training sessions
3. Decide/Agree on some or all of the following joint activities with targeted groups:
a. Join our Global RESULTS group or start one (e.g., National)
b. Listen to conference calls together
c. Do fundraisers/be part of outreach activities
d. Hold monthly meetings to focus on public or political education/action
e. Incorporate this effort in overall outreach activities of the group
NC group revise what it has been accomplished so far and compiles written lessons learned, provides an action plan for other groups to implement, materials, etc.
OVERALL DIVERSITY TASK FORCE GOAL: Increase participation of communities of color and economically disadvantaged groups into RESULTS actions and groups. Adapt/create materials that are culturally sensitive.
GOAL OF THE PILOT CITY PROJECT: Implement a series of strategies to outreach to targeted groups and evaluate success, lessons learned, etc.
METHODOLOGY: Multi-phased exploratory action and needs assessment.
SUGGESTED STRATEGIES:
PHASE I: PLANNING (1-2 months)
Hold preplanning sessions with team members to discuss the following:
1. What are the targeted groups for the NC pilot RESULTS group?
2. Lower income families and global issues? Diversity panel at IC recommended starting with domestic issues and then move on to global issues. RESULTS Triangle only a global action group. How to go about that?
3. What changes would the group have to incur? Change in meeting place? scope?
4. Role of other allies – ONE, CARES, etc?
5. Own resources to do this? Commitment from members?
6. Areas covered by the group (i.e., Durham and Chapel Hill) differ in demographics /history / economic trends, etc.
7. Other
PHASE II: INFORMATION EXCHANGE and DEVELOPMENT OF TRUST/MUTUAL GOALS (3 months)
Identify a leader/contact person in the minority community
Set up an informal meeting or two with the contact person* to cover:
1. This is RESULTS
2. RESULTS activities nationally and globally
3. Diversity Task Force and RESULTS Triangle as a pilot city
4. What do I need to know about your community? Culture, citizenship, resources, transportation, etc
5. How can we link our groups if RESULTS group lack representation from targeted group (e.g., members don’t speak Spanish)?
6. What do you see as barriers for our group’s efforts to reach out to your community?
a. Communication: Lack of e-mail, reading level, lack of English language, etc
b. Cultural Issues: Differences in perception of government – negative/fearful relationship between citizens and government/law enforcement in some developing countries and/or times in history. Negative perception of citizens exercising ‘pressure’ to members of congress.
c. Logistics: Transportation, child care, etc
NC group revise what it has been accomplished so far and identify mid-course changes, resources needed, etc if needed.
PHASE III: TARGETED JOINT ACTION (6 months)
1. Determine as a team which/how to adapt training/outreach materials to increase cultural relevance
2. Decide as a team if it is time to hold an informational meeting. Identify people who may be interested, invite the wider community
a. Use Compassion and Empowerment presentation (?), Everyday Heroes DVD, testimonial from RESUTS activists, write letters to MOC or media (keep in mind language/literacy level)
b. Gather contact information from interested people
c. Set up training sessions
3. Decide/Agree on some or all of the following joint activities with targeted groups:
a. Join our Global RESULTS group or start one (e.g., National)
b. Listen to conference calls together
c. Do fundraisers/be part of outreach activities
d. Hold monthly meetings to focus on public or political education/action
e. Incorporate this effort in overall outreach activities of the group
NC group revise what it has been accomplished so far and compiles written lessons learned, provides an action plan for other groups to implement, materials, etc.
DTF Call August 27, 2008
Attendees: Meredith (DC), Meredy (DC), Betsy (Miami), Sarah (DC), Barbara (Rockland County NY), Sammi (Seattle), Diane (Cedar Rapids), Monica (NC), Jesus (Virginia), Ruth (Philadelphia),
I. INTRODUCCIONS:
Meredith posed the question: “How do you think about Diversity issues in your daily interactions or connections either as part of RESULTS or something else. Seeing diversity in your own community?
Some of the group’s thoughts:
o Meredith: Attending a birth center that serves low income African American women and teen moms. Thinking about how much I am learning from other backgrounds and diversity
o Betsy: Watching the Democratic Convention for several years now and noticing increased diversity in the crow – African American, Latinos, Gay and Lesbians, etc there all voicing their opinions. There is a new movements!
o Barbara: Thinking about American Indians, going to Pow Wows, reliving history. There are many groups in the NY area. It will be nice to give them the chance to change our organization and reduce poverty. There should be a focus on them and domestic issues. How visits to Congress work? Indian community has their own member of Congress?
Meredith: Based on the reparation program there are now divided in separate regions. It is based in their districts where that national representative is part of that district. In South Dakota, there are 2 senators and 1 representative (/) that represent them.
o Diane: I am part of the pilot project and I talked to a Rabbi at the local temple. I explained RESULTS and our efforts to make the group look like Cedar Rapids with different colors and faiths represented. Like a microcosm.
o Meredy: There is a history of those communities giving up their land to US Government with the promise of health services, etc. Diversity for me as a staff person has to do with where we post our job description. For example, for our Communications position, we posted or we plan on posting for the first time in several list-serves reaching minority communities like Asian, Hispanic, Native American.
o Betsy: What are American Indians legal rights? How can we help them?
o Barbara: Yes, we need to learn about it first to help them
o Sammy: I have a mutual friend called ‘Narima Amen” who works for Micro-credit and we had an event with the Muslim school and University of Washington – Muslim Association. They are working on the faith curricula that RESULTS has and it has been a good opportunity to work with the Muslim community.
Meredith: Don’t forget the Faith in Action Conference Call. Take a look at the Website for the calendar – domestic updates.
o Sarah: From the DC office there are educational issues around diversity. Immediately, I partner will go and see Greg Mortenson speak, from the book three cups of tea, tomorrow. He builds schools in Northern Pakistan,. He had an amazing ability to connect to this culture.
Meredith?: For foreign assistance reform, there is a lack of understanding of cross-culture. Diversity is inter-connectedness. The goal is to bring that to our decision-makers.
o Monica: Be mindful of stereotypes and preconceptions when reaching out to other communities since those affect how we share information, how we reach out, how are we perceived, etc.
II. UPDATE ON THE PILOT CITY PROJECT:
Ø Monica: We developed an action plan just a couple of weeks ago with the NC group. We are working on phases where phase I is dedicated to the group’s preparation and dialogue around diversity, needs, etc. Target groups that represent our area will be identified. Phase II will focus on reaching out to target groups and develop trust and communication. Phase III will focus on joint action. See documents attached to Meredith’s e-mail announcing the August Call.
Betsy: Any challenges in reaching out to groups?
Ø Diane: I have had 4 contact meetings with target groups.
o First: Native Americans. I had lunch with a friend from the community and she decided to join RESULTS. She will be adapting Indian Stories to RESULTS materials. She will become more familiar with RESULTS before going out to reservations or the community to present. We are developing trust.
o Second: Meeting with a pastor with 40 flooded out low income families. There was a relationship of trust there already. He likes the idea of RESULTS but he wasn’t ready to buy in the concept yet. I’ll follow up next week and I’ll develop some questions for him.
o Third: A meeting with a new priest from the Catholic Parrish. They have mass in Spanish mass for the Hispanic community. Our state has had 2 ICE raids where there was 400 people arrested last time so they are nervous. It is a slow process. Priest liked the idea of RESULTS but he is new.
o Fourth: Meeting with a Rabbi at the temple. He loved the idea. He wants his community to reach out and not be so parochial. There will be an information meeting at a special event for that community. Faith in Action already has materials for the Jew community so he’ll use those.
Barbara: If pastor not familiar with Hispanic Community, I suggest you go over TB with him. It is prevalent in our area with the Hispanic community. A doctor has served high numbers of Ecuatorians and when he traveled, discover that people contracted TB in their transit to US probably due to staying in close quarters at houses in transition,etc.
Betsy(?): Don’t forget we developed fact sheets, including TB, that we will use in Pilot communities but they can be adapted with local communities. It is available.
Monica: Are the goals of the Pilot Project, listed on the agenda, ok with the group? YES.
Target populations for Pilot Cities will be identified based on region.
Cedar Rapids: Muslims, Hindu, African American, Native American, Jewish
North Carolina: African American, Hispanics, African community. Our group has members from 3 cities closed to each other and issues on each overlap but there are also differences.
Pilot groups will keep the task force updated during the calls!
III. Report from Betsy regarding Board’s response to Diversiity Task Force efforts:
Betsy has been talking to Douglas (?) to pressure the board to see if there is interest. I am so glad there are 12 people on the call tonight!!!
Douglas is very interested as well as the board he said. There have been many changes at RESULTS and that has been the center of attention but the task force and diversity has not been forgotten.
Meredith: Remember that there are two open board positions. Voting is due on September 2nd. We will include Diversity Task Force as part of the orientation for new board members!
IV. NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY
Monica: Explained the questions included in the document sent by Meredith.
Jesus contacted the marketing committee and the idea is to merge these questions with their massive survey to increase response. They are focusing all folks in our network. Their plan is to launch it in 4 to 6 weeks!
Feedback to Monica’s Questions:
Include open ended question to get suggestions for the task force
What is their perceived level of diversity in RESULTS board and staff?
Include gender, people with disabilities, sexual orientation questions to have as a databank. For general use.
V. TRANSLATIONS:
Meredith: Link to home page in Spanish. Thanks to folks helping with that. I like Monica’s idea to get suggestions from grassroot staff for documents to translate.
There are requests from Faith Action group to please translate their flyers, etc in the fall or winter if possible.
Jesus will attend the Faith in Action upcoming call to provide an update on translations from the DTF (Diversity Task Force ;)
NEXT CALL: SEPTEMBER 17TH, WEDNESDAY, AT 7:45 PM ET
I. INTRODUCCIONS:
Meredith posed the question: “How do you think about Diversity issues in your daily interactions or connections either as part of RESULTS or something else. Seeing diversity in your own community?
Some of the group’s thoughts:
o Meredith: Attending a birth center that serves low income African American women and teen moms. Thinking about how much I am learning from other backgrounds and diversity
o Betsy: Watching the Democratic Convention for several years now and noticing increased diversity in the crow – African American, Latinos, Gay and Lesbians, etc there all voicing their opinions. There is a new movements!
o Barbara: Thinking about American Indians, going to Pow Wows, reliving history. There are many groups in the NY area. It will be nice to give them the chance to change our organization and reduce poverty. There should be a focus on them and domestic issues. How visits to Congress work? Indian community has their own member of Congress?
Meredith: Based on the reparation program there are now divided in separate regions. It is based in their districts where that national representative is part of that district. In South Dakota, there are 2 senators and 1 representative (/) that represent them.
o Diane: I am part of the pilot project and I talked to a Rabbi at the local temple. I explained RESULTS and our efforts to make the group look like Cedar Rapids with different colors and faiths represented. Like a microcosm.
o Meredy: There is a history of those communities giving up their land to US Government with the promise of health services, etc. Diversity for me as a staff person has to do with where we post our job description. For example, for our Communications position, we posted or we plan on posting for the first time in several list-serves reaching minority communities like Asian, Hispanic, Native American.
o Betsy: What are American Indians legal rights? How can we help them?
o Barbara: Yes, we need to learn about it first to help them
o Sammy: I have a mutual friend called ‘Narima Amen” who works for Micro-credit and we had an event with the Muslim school and University of Washington – Muslim Association. They are working on the faith curricula that RESULTS has and it has been a good opportunity to work with the Muslim community.
Meredith: Don’t forget the Faith in Action Conference Call. Take a look at the Website for the calendar – domestic updates.
o Sarah: From the DC office there are educational issues around diversity. Immediately, I partner will go and see Greg Mortenson speak, from the book three cups of tea, tomorrow. He builds schools in Northern Pakistan,. He had an amazing ability to connect to this culture.
Meredith?: For foreign assistance reform, there is a lack of understanding of cross-culture. Diversity is inter-connectedness. The goal is to bring that to our decision-makers.
o Monica: Be mindful of stereotypes and preconceptions when reaching out to other communities since those affect how we share information, how we reach out, how are we perceived, etc.
II. UPDATE ON THE PILOT CITY PROJECT:
Ø Monica: We developed an action plan just a couple of weeks ago with the NC group. We are working on phases where phase I is dedicated to the group’s preparation and dialogue around diversity, needs, etc. Target groups that represent our area will be identified. Phase II will focus on reaching out to target groups and develop trust and communication. Phase III will focus on joint action. See documents attached to Meredith’s e-mail announcing the August Call.
Betsy: Any challenges in reaching out to groups?
Ø Diane: I have had 4 contact meetings with target groups.
o First: Native Americans. I had lunch with a friend from the community and she decided to join RESULTS. She will be adapting Indian Stories to RESULTS materials. She will become more familiar with RESULTS before going out to reservations or the community to present. We are developing trust.
o Second: Meeting with a pastor with 40 flooded out low income families. There was a relationship of trust there already. He likes the idea of RESULTS but he wasn’t ready to buy in the concept yet. I’ll follow up next week and I’ll develop some questions for him.
o Third: A meeting with a new priest from the Catholic Parrish. They have mass in Spanish mass for the Hispanic community. Our state has had 2 ICE raids where there was 400 people arrested last time so they are nervous. It is a slow process. Priest liked the idea of RESULTS but he is new.
o Fourth: Meeting with a Rabbi at the temple. He loved the idea. He wants his community to reach out and not be so parochial. There will be an information meeting at a special event for that community. Faith in Action already has materials for the Jew community so he’ll use those.
Barbara: If pastor not familiar with Hispanic Community, I suggest you go over TB with him. It is prevalent in our area with the Hispanic community. A doctor has served high numbers of Ecuatorians and when he traveled, discover that people contracted TB in their transit to US probably due to staying in close quarters at houses in transition,etc.
Betsy(?): Don’t forget we developed fact sheets, including TB, that we will use in Pilot communities but they can be adapted with local communities. It is available.
Monica: Are the goals of the Pilot Project, listed on the agenda, ok with the group? YES.
Target populations for Pilot Cities will be identified based on region.
Cedar Rapids: Muslims, Hindu, African American, Native American, Jewish
North Carolina: African American, Hispanics, African community. Our group has members from 3 cities closed to each other and issues on each overlap but there are also differences.
Pilot groups will keep the task force updated during the calls!
III. Report from Betsy regarding Board’s response to Diversiity Task Force efforts:
Betsy has been talking to Douglas (?) to pressure the board to see if there is interest. I am so glad there are 12 people on the call tonight!!!
Douglas is very interested as well as the board he said. There have been many changes at RESULTS and that has been the center of attention but the task force and diversity has not been forgotten.
Meredith: Remember that there are two open board positions. Voting is due on September 2nd. We will include Diversity Task Force as part of the orientation for new board members!
IV. NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY
Monica: Explained the questions included in the document sent by Meredith.
Jesus contacted the marketing committee and the idea is to merge these questions with their massive survey to increase response. They are focusing all folks in our network. Their plan is to launch it in 4 to 6 weeks!
Feedback to Monica’s Questions:
Include open ended question to get suggestions for the task force
What is their perceived level of diversity in RESULTS board and staff?
Include gender, people with disabilities, sexual orientation questions to have as a databank. For general use.
V. TRANSLATIONS:
Meredith: Link to home page in Spanish. Thanks to folks helping with that. I like Monica’s idea to get suggestions from grassroot staff for documents to translate.
There are requests from Faith Action group to please translate their flyers, etc in the fall or winter if possible.
Jesus will attend the Faith in Action upcoming call to provide an update on translations from the DTF (Diversity Task Force ;)
NEXT CALL: SEPTEMBER 17TH, WEDNESDAY, AT 7:45 PM ET
Memorandum to the RESULTS Board
TO: RESULTS/RESULTS EDUCATIONAL FUND BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FROM: RESULTS DIVERSITY TASK FORCE
DATE: July 10, 2008
SUBJECT : Diversity Task Force Activities Update
As part of its efforts to expand its membership to better reflect the populations it is serving, RESULTS instituted a diversity initiative last year to increase the representation of people of color and low-income population within the RESULTS Board, staff, and volunteer base. In order to fulfill its principal mission to end hunger and the worst aspects of poverty both within the U.S. and internationally, a RESULTS Diversity Task Force was created to conduct diversity outreach through the use of cross-cultural programming, and review of current best practices, organizational skills, human resources, and technology. The Diversity Task Force is committed to building a diverse and inclusive RESULTS/RESULTS Educational Fund movement and better integrating anti-oppression practices throughout the organization.
The Diversity Task Force intends to work towards achieving these goals by engaging in of the following short- and long-term activities:
§ Enhance the visibility of our diversity outreach efforts at the upcoming RESULTS International Conference (July 12-16, 2008). In addition to exhibiting materials and manning a table during the event, the Diversity Task Force has organized a Diversity Outreach Skills Workshop/Panel Discussion that will include racially-, ethnically-, and generationally-diverse panel members. Members of the Task Force will present during Leadership Day to introduce the mission and concepts of this diversity focus at RESULTS, and will work during other times of the conference to bring these issues to the forefront.
§ Engage in a Pilot Cities Project. Two cities (Cedar Rapids, IA, and Chapel Hill, NC) have been chosen as pilot areas to test diversity outreach strategies, using culturally appropriate materials for presentation and training. The Diversity Task Force will then review what worked in these representative cities as work in this phase is completed during the coming months and will adopt and promote these lessons as Best Practices.
§ Continue to form partnerships with other targeted organizations. In order to better tailor RESULTS' message and mission to targeted populations, the Diversity Task Force will continue to seek partnerships with organizations such as the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, National Council of La Raza, black fraternities/sororities, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, and others in order to leverage their expertise and knowledge in reaching these populations. This information will prove crucial to future efforts to re-shape RESULTS' marketing approach to place greater emphasis on the diversity component of the various issues it promotes.
§ Conduct diversity/anti-oppression trainings. The Diversity Task Force will continue its grassroots approach by identifying people from specific geographic regions among existing RESULTS groups to be a part of a our task force. In addition, we suggest to the board that we create a leadership team for a two-day training session. The leadership team will then spearhead similar training sessions in their own regions and local groups. The estimated budget for this project is: $25,000 ($15,000 for travel/room/board for 15 participants + $5000 for trainer fees + $5000 for local travel). Note: does NOT include any staff time (though can use college interns for credit), limited funds for travel to local groups.
§ Undertake an organization-wide diversity assessment. The Diversity Task Force will continue to analyze its own organization through the use of a grassroots baseline assessment that will be done through the Marketing Committee’s survey. The baseline assessment will include RESULTS/REF Board and staff members. From this assessment, the next steps will be identified and specific recommendations will be made, including quantifiable goals and milestones, where applicable.
§ Elevate diversity issues to a higher policy level within the organization. In addition to its grassroots efforts, RESULTS must support diversity issues institutionally at all levels through its Board policies. The RESULTS Diversity Task Force will research what policies the Board has already adopted to ensure a diversity emphasis is reflected across the organization. If necessary, a small amount of funds should be budgeted for legal review of any board by-law changes.
The RESULTS Diversity Task Force believes that these various actions will help strengthen RESULTS’ mission and goals by diversifying our message and membership as we continue to address issues of hunger and poverty domestically and around the world.
ACTIONS REQUESTED: We ask the board to formally endorse the mission statement of the Diversity Task Force and do so publicly (i.e. mention it when speaking on behalf of the RESULTS/REF Board), include language regarding RESULTS’ support of diversity in the board’s by-laws and other official documents and prioritize this area of work in our development needs.
We appreciate the RESULTS Board's support. Should the Board have any questions or comments regarding the proposed activities, please contact Meredith Dodson (staff: mdodson@results.org) or Betsy Suero Skipp (RESULTS Miami: miaresults@yahoo.com) for further information.
FROM: RESULTS DIVERSITY TASK FORCE
DATE: July 10, 2008
SUBJECT : Diversity Task Force Activities Update
As part of its efforts to expand its membership to better reflect the populations it is serving, RESULTS instituted a diversity initiative last year to increase the representation of people of color and low-income population within the RESULTS Board, staff, and volunteer base. In order to fulfill its principal mission to end hunger and the worst aspects of poverty both within the U.S. and internationally, a RESULTS Diversity Task Force was created to conduct diversity outreach through the use of cross-cultural programming, and review of current best practices, organizational skills, human resources, and technology. The Diversity Task Force is committed to building a diverse and inclusive RESULTS/RESULTS Educational Fund movement and better integrating anti-oppression practices throughout the organization.
The Diversity Task Force intends to work towards achieving these goals by engaging in of the following short- and long-term activities:
§ Enhance the visibility of our diversity outreach efforts at the upcoming RESULTS International Conference (July 12-16, 2008). In addition to exhibiting materials and manning a table during the event, the Diversity Task Force has organized a Diversity Outreach Skills Workshop/Panel Discussion that will include racially-, ethnically-, and generationally-diverse panel members. Members of the Task Force will present during Leadership Day to introduce the mission and concepts of this diversity focus at RESULTS, and will work during other times of the conference to bring these issues to the forefront.
§ Engage in a Pilot Cities Project. Two cities (Cedar Rapids, IA, and Chapel Hill, NC) have been chosen as pilot areas to test diversity outreach strategies, using culturally appropriate materials for presentation and training. The Diversity Task Force will then review what worked in these representative cities as work in this phase is completed during the coming months and will adopt and promote these lessons as Best Practices.
§ Continue to form partnerships with other targeted organizations. In order to better tailor RESULTS' message and mission to targeted populations, the Diversity Task Force will continue to seek partnerships with organizations such as the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, National Council of La Raza, black fraternities/sororities, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, and others in order to leverage their expertise and knowledge in reaching these populations. This information will prove crucial to future efforts to re-shape RESULTS' marketing approach to place greater emphasis on the diversity component of the various issues it promotes.
§ Conduct diversity/anti-oppression trainings. The Diversity Task Force will continue its grassroots approach by identifying people from specific geographic regions among existing RESULTS groups to be a part of a our task force. In addition, we suggest to the board that we create a leadership team for a two-day training session. The leadership team will then spearhead similar training sessions in their own regions and local groups. The estimated budget for this project is: $25,000 ($15,000 for travel/room/board for 15 participants + $5000 for trainer fees + $5000 for local travel). Note: does NOT include any staff time (though can use college interns for credit), limited funds for travel to local groups.
§ Undertake an organization-wide diversity assessment. The Diversity Task Force will continue to analyze its own organization through the use of a grassroots baseline assessment that will be done through the Marketing Committee’s survey. The baseline assessment will include RESULTS/REF Board and staff members. From this assessment, the next steps will be identified and specific recommendations will be made, including quantifiable goals and milestones, where applicable.
§ Elevate diversity issues to a higher policy level within the organization. In addition to its grassroots efforts, RESULTS must support diversity issues institutionally at all levels through its Board policies. The RESULTS Diversity Task Force will research what policies the Board has already adopted to ensure a diversity emphasis is reflected across the organization. If necessary, a small amount of funds should be budgeted for legal review of any board by-law changes.
The RESULTS Diversity Task Force believes that these various actions will help strengthen RESULTS’ mission and goals by diversifying our message and membership as we continue to address issues of hunger and poverty domestically and around the world.
ACTIONS REQUESTED: We ask the board to formally endorse the mission statement of the Diversity Task Force and do so publicly (i.e. mention it when speaking on behalf of the RESULTS/REF Board), include language regarding RESULTS’ support of diversity in the board’s by-laws and other official documents and prioritize this area of work in our development needs.
We appreciate the RESULTS Board's support. Should the Board have any questions or comments regarding the proposed activities, please contact Meredith Dodson (staff: mdodson@results.org) or Betsy Suero Skipp (RESULTS Miami: miaresults@yahoo.com) for further information.
DTF Call July 30, 2008
INTRODUCTIONS:
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE DEBRIEF
Betsy (Miami): Diversity Task Force moved forward exponentially in last month. Asked for update from board, no response yet (but Betsy lobbied him between FL lobby visits). Surprised that more folks didn't sign up. Kudos to Lorna for moderating. Impressed with diversity of Canadian attendees.
Monica (Durham NC): people want training materials and specific strategies when group doesn't represent.
Jesus (DC area): Task Force initially had broad focus, now streamlined to 4-5 initiatives and marshalled resources. NGO exhibit fair-- would benefit from more visual display materials for tabling at other org's conferences (MD reviewed what we have). thanks to Meredy for coordinating translators.
Meredith (DC): liked having tangible materials, looked coordinated and professional. Need to follow up with those who expressed interest, inc Ruth Birchett Diane (Cedar Rapids): very excited to be pilot city, she's adapting Faith in Action materials for Native American audiences. Need help with training materials: Hindu, Moslem, Catholic (in Spanish)-- so asking local contacts for help developing culturally/spiritually appropriate.
Sarah (DC): inspiring to see people in person, got excited about pilot project.
INCREASE VISIBILTY
web presence
- get diversity section of our website (link to info from homepage, About Us)
- then get "diversity" in Google Adwords
SURVEY OF RESULTS NETWORK
Combine with survey that marketing committee would roll out to our network?
- Jesus will follow up with Scott re: status (and incorp diversity into marketing) Draft series of questions (consult marketing survey of general population) to use for combined or separate survey
- send out within 2-3 months
- Monica will circulate draft questions for feedback.
LONG-TERM RECOMMENDATIONS AND BOARD RESPONSE Betsy will follow up with Douglas Lichterman
- board discussion for our 5 recs (notes pasted below)? If not, when?
- request: issue board statement demonstrating support
- also need Joanne statement
PILOT PROJECT
See above for Cedar Rapids
Chapel Hill group: group mtg Tue 8/5 and will adapt Cedar Rapids' plan
NEXT STEPS/CALL= Wed August 20 8:30-9:30 pm ET: (888) 955-5369; passcode: 197427
Looking ahead: 9/15-10/15 Hispanic Heritage month
BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS (MD notes from June):
1. Diversity/anti-oppression training-- 2-stage plan A. identify people from specific regions amongst our groups to be a part of a leadership ("SWAT") team for 2-day training B. they are then responsible for leading trainings in their own region including travel to local groups
** budget: $25,000 ($15,000 for travel/room/board for 15 participants + $5000 for trainer fees + $5000 for local travel). Note: does NOT include any staff time (though can use college interns for credit), limited funds for travel to local groups) 2. Diversity assessment of own organization (Meredy)
- for grassroots baseline: could roll into survey envisioned by marketing committee post-conference
- also identify baseline re: board, staff, etc.
- then identify next steps and make specific recommendations (Meredith: include goals)
** budget: $50,000 (guess, Sarah will research specific number) 3. Develop set of materials and best practices for our groups to use in their own outreach (Betsy)
- build on the work done by Betsy and others already to compile possible partners
- have specific staff time (or additional staff resources) devoted to managing this
** budget: TBD, must inc staff time, materials (Niambi will research) 4. As Marketing Committee moves forward, ultimately "re-brands" organization, make diversity issues a key component (Betsy)
- ex. on our website
** budget: none (absorbed by marketing) 5. Taking diversity to policy level in organization - institutionally support diversity through board policies (Sarah)
- then reflected in our work across organization
- QUESTION: what has the Board already adopted vis-à-vis diversity? If not, what are next steps to make this happen?
** budget: $1000 for legal review
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE DEBRIEF
Betsy (Miami): Diversity Task Force moved forward exponentially in last month. Asked for update from board, no response yet (but Betsy lobbied him between FL lobby visits). Surprised that more folks didn't sign up. Kudos to Lorna for moderating. Impressed with diversity of Canadian attendees.
Monica (Durham NC): people want training materials and specific strategies when group doesn't represent.
Jesus (DC area): Task Force initially had broad focus, now streamlined to 4-5 initiatives and marshalled resources. NGO exhibit fair-- would benefit from more visual display materials for tabling at other org's conferences (MD reviewed what we have). thanks to Meredy for coordinating translators.
Meredith (DC): liked having tangible materials, looked coordinated and professional. Need to follow up with those who expressed interest, inc Ruth Birchett Diane (Cedar Rapids): very excited to be pilot city, she's adapting Faith in Action materials for Native American audiences. Need help with training materials: Hindu, Moslem, Catholic (in Spanish)-- so asking local contacts for help developing culturally/spiritually appropriate.
Sarah (DC): inspiring to see people in person, got excited about pilot project.
INCREASE VISIBILTY
web presence
- get diversity section of our website (link to info from homepage, About Us)
- then get "diversity" in Google Adwords
SURVEY OF RESULTS NETWORK
Combine with survey that marketing committee would roll out to our network?
- Jesus will follow up with Scott re: status (and incorp diversity into marketing) Draft series of questions (consult marketing survey of general population) to use for combined or separate survey
- send out within 2-3 months
- Monica will circulate draft questions for feedback.
LONG-TERM RECOMMENDATIONS AND BOARD RESPONSE Betsy will follow up with Douglas Lichterman
- board discussion for our 5 recs (notes pasted below)? If not, when?
- request: issue board statement demonstrating support
- also need Joanne statement
PILOT PROJECT
See above for Cedar Rapids
Chapel Hill group: group mtg Tue 8/5 and will adapt Cedar Rapids' plan
NEXT STEPS/CALL= Wed August 20 8:30-9:30 pm ET: (888) 955-5369; passcode: 197427
Looking ahead: 9/15-10/15 Hispanic Heritage month
BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS (MD notes from June):
1. Diversity/anti-oppression training-- 2-stage plan A. identify people from specific regions amongst our groups to be a part of a leadership ("SWAT") team for 2-day training B. they are then responsible for leading trainings in their own region including travel to local groups
** budget: $25,000 ($15,000 for travel/room/board for 15 participants + $5000 for trainer fees + $5000 for local travel). Note: does NOT include any staff time (though can use college interns for credit), limited funds for travel to local groups) 2. Diversity assessment of own organization (Meredy)
- for grassroots baseline: could roll into survey envisioned by marketing committee post-conference
- also identify baseline re: board, staff, etc.
- then identify next steps and make specific recommendations (Meredith: include goals)
** budget: $50,000 (guess, Sarah will research specific number) 3. Develop set of materials and best practices for our groups to use in their own outreach (Betsy)
- build on the work done by Betsy and others already to compile possible partners
- have specific staff time (or additional staff resources) devoted to managing this
** budget: TBD, must inc staff time, materials (Niambi will research) 4. As Marketing Committee moves forward, ultimately "re-brands" organization, make diversity issues a key component (Betsy)
- ex. on our website
** budget: none (absorbed by marketing) 5. Taking diversity to policy level in organization - institutionally support diversity through board policies (Sarah)
- then reflected in our work across organization
- QUESTION: what has the Board already adopted vis-à-vis diversity? If not, what are next steps to make this happen?
** budget: $1000 for legal review
DTF Conference Call June 18, 2008
Notes from 6/18/08 Diversity Task Force All Call:
INTRODUCTIONS: name/something you'd be excited about taking on post-Intl Conf
Sarah: (DC): excited about training, maybe with Regional Coordinators and Diversity Task Force
Betsy (Miami): interested in joining domestic and global together (from marketing) as a way to reach more people may help build diversity [MD gave quick context for idea of "ONE RESULTS", possibilities for crossover in immigrant and other diverse audiences]. FL= top rates of AIDS, TB, etc. Our logo: DIVERSITY with RESULTS coming down perpendicular (a la Scrabble).
Diane (Cedar Rapids): training for new members targeted at new communities — ex. how adapt training for Native Americans so relevant culturally and spiritually. Especially see need in Faith in Action materials, community creating own training. [Betsy: by interacting with communities, ex. Haitian immigrants in FL, id what matters to them. What RESULTS is best at= training]
Meredy (DC): we've limited our efforts to outreach to communities of color, interested in perhaps train-the-trainer workshop for RESULTS Group Leaders, Regional Coordinators or staff: diversity training, anti-oppression. Great opportunity that Sarah's mother= trainer. [Betsy: base on Sam's group start workshops? Meredy: more audience participation].
Monica (Durham, NC): really likes train the trainers idea for within the organization or reaching out beyond the RESULTS network.
Meredith (DC): tangible, quantitative measures for our work to do outreach (as a way to measure success with other great things)
Niambi (DC): support short-term and long-term goals, what the vision is for diversity and inclusion across organization: higher level (ex. board) and grassroots, qualitative and quantitative. Could be 5- or 10-yr goals, or shorter
Longer term recommendations: where put attention after the International Conference
1. Diversity/anti-oppression training-- 2-stage plan (Monica)
A. identify people from specific regions amongst our groups to be a part of a leadership ("SWAT") team for 2-day training
B. they are then responsible for leading trainings in their own region including travel to local groups
** budget: $25,000 ($15,000 for travel/room/board for 15 participants + $5000 for trainer fees + $5000 for local travel). Note: does NOT include any staff time (though can use college interns for credit), limited funds for travel to local groups)
2. Diversity assessment of own organization (Meredy)
- for grassroots baseline: could roll into survey envisioned by marketing committee post-conference
- also identify baseline re: board, staff, etc.
- then identify next steps and make specific recommendations (Meredith: include goals)
** budget: $50,000 (guess, Sarah will research specific number)
3. Develop set of materials and best practices for our groups to use in their own outreach (Betsy)
- build on the work done by Betsy and others already to compile possible partners
- have specific staff time (or additional staff resources) devoted to managing this
** budget: TBD, must inc staff time, materials (Niambi will research)
4. As Marketing Committee moves forward, ultimately "re-brands" organization, make diversity issues a key component (Betsy)
- ex. on our website
** budget: none (absorbed by marketing)
5. Taking diversity to policy level in organization — institutionally support diversity through board policies (Sarah)
- then reflected in our work across organization
- QUESTION: what has the Board already adopted vis-à-vis diversity? If not, what are next steps to make this happen?
** budget: $1000 for legal review
Conference check-in
1. Leadership Day: who will lead short update and pitch for participation? Monica (with guidance from Ken re: general parameters), with coaching (short conf call) with Sarah and Diane
2. skills workshop: Lorna Dwyer (Sarah's mother)= moderator
A. Latino perspective: Meredith: NCLR contacts unavailable but will put me in touch with contact at MALDEF, Jesus approach friend Veronica who is experience organizer in Latino communities. Backup: call someone at Salvadorean consulate or DC-based CBOs that serve the Latino community here.
Meredy: update on African Services Committee: “I can definitely call my ASC contact tomorrow with this request . . . sorry that I haven't yet! they'll be in town next Thursday for a protest against PEPFAR, if we want to think about sitting down with someone over coffee too. I'll let you all know after I chat with them.”
Betsy: invite Cynthia to be a speaker. MD will ask her
Niambi: will talk with Crickett re: contacts at local universities
Plus Crickett recruiting another youth activist/youth organizer?
3. board memo include specific requests (endorse mission statement, highlight during conference board report) and maybe
4. diversity task force table/materials for exhibit fair: Materials for table:
a. Short conference survey people can fill out onsite
- Sarah, Monica and Diane will draft (during their prep call for Leadership Day), have those in room fill out at Leadership Day
- and then incorporate deeper questions in the marketing survey
b. Sign up list
- Monica drafted and has made some edits.
- edits due by 6/27, Monica will then make/bring final copies
- NEEDED: 2 clipboards
c. Campaign fact sheets
- Betsy drafted POVERTY and EDUCATION in the United StatesFlyer for IC.doc; TB Flyer for IC.doc; AIDS flyer for IC.doc, struggled to draft microcredit
- MD will ask Gagan to create health one (focus on disparities), Alan to create microcredit and tax policy
- text edits due by 6/25, Diane will then format, MD will make final copies (final version due 7/2)
d. one page handout/brochure: mission, history. Diane will draft.
- Monica will create Spanish language version
- MD will make final copies (final version due 7/2)
Staffing the table — Monday, July 14 at Metropolitan East/West
- first shift (1-2): Diane, Monica
- second shift (2-2:45): Betsy, Sammie, Jesus?
Pilot project
- everyone give feedback to Diane by 6/20
- Diane will start implementing ASAP.
Getting information on our website
- put information up by July 25, include summary of work at the conference
- message/statement from the board?
NEXT call= Wednesday, July 23, 7 pm ET: (888) 955–5369; passcode: 197427
But, anyone feel like they can call for a call if needed to make sure we are ready before the Intl Conf
INTRODUCTIONS: name/something you'd be excited about taking on post-Intl Conf
Sarah: (DC): excited about training, maybe with Regional Coordinators and Diversity Task Force
Betsy (Miami): interested in joining domestic and global together (from marketing) as a way to reach more people may help build diversity [MD gave quick context for idea of "ONE RESULTS", possibilities for crossover in immigrant and other diverse audiences]. FL= top rates of AIDS, TB, etc. Our logo: DIVERSITY with RESULTS coming down perpendicular (a la Scrabble).
Diane (Cedar Rapids): training for new members targeted at new communities — ex. how adapt training for Native Americans so relevant culturally and spiritually. Especially see need in Faith in Action materials, community creating own training. [Betsy: by interacting with communities, ex. Haitian immigrants in FL, id what matters to them. What RESULTS is best at= training]
Meredy (DC): we've limited our efforts to outreach to communities of color, interested in perhaps train-the-trainer workshop for RESULTS Group Leaders, Regional Coordinators or staff: diversity training, anti-oppression. Great opportunity that Sarah's mother= trainer. [Betsy: base on Sam's group start workshops? Meredy: more audience participation].
Monica (Durham, NC): really likes train the trainers idea for within the organization or reaching out beyond the RESULTS network.
Meredith (DC): tangible, quantitative measures for our work to do outreach (as a way to measure success with other great things)
Niambi (DC): support short-term and long-term goals, what the vision is for diversity and inclusion across organization: higher level (ex. board) and grassroots, qualitative and quantitative. Could be 5- or 10-yr goals, or shorter
Longer term recommendations: where put attention after the International Conference
1. Diversity/anti-oppression training-- 2-stage plan (Monica)
A. identify people from specific regions amongst our groups to be a part of a leadership ("SWAT") team for 2-day training
B. they are then responsible for leading trainings in their own region including travel to local groups
** budget: $25,000 ($15,000 for travel/room/board for 15 participants + $5000 for trainer fees + $5000 for local travel). Note: does NOT include any staff time (though can use college interns for credit), limited funds for travel to local groups)
2. Diversity assessment of own organization (Meredy)
- for grassroots baseline: could roll into survey envisioned by marketing committee post-conference
- also identify baseline re: board, staff, etc.
- then identify next steps and make specific recommendations (Meredith: include goals)
** budget: $50,000 (guess, Sarah will research specific number)
3. Develop set of materials and best practices for our groups to use in their own outreach (Betsy)
- build on the work done by Betsy and others already to compile possible partners
- have specific staff time (or additional staff resources) devoted to managing this
** budget: TBD, must inc staff time, materials (Niambi will research)
4. As Marketing Committee moves forward, ultimately "re-brands" organization, make diversity issues a key component (Betsy)
- ex. on our website
** budget: none (absorbed by marketing)
5. Taking diversity to policy level in organization — institutionally support diversity through board policies (Sarah)
- then reflected in our work across organization
- QUESTION: what has the Board already adopted vis-à-vis diversity? If not, what are next steps to make this happen?
** budget: $1000 for legal review
Conference check-in
1. Leadership Day: who will lead short update and pitch for participation? Monica (with guidance from Ken re: general parameters), with coaching (short conf call) with Sarah and Diane
2. skills workshop: Lorna Dwyer (Sarah's mother)= moderator
A. Latino perspective: Meredith: NCLR contacts unavailable but will put me in touch with contact at MALDEF, Jesus approach friend Veronica who is experience organizer in Latino communities. Backup: call someone at Salvadorean consulate or DC-based CBOs that serve the Latino community here.
Meredy: update on African Services Committee: “I can definitely call my ASC contact tomorrow with this request . . . sorry that I haven't yet! they'll be in town next Thursday for a protest against PEPFAR, if we want to think about sitting down with someone over coffee too. I'll let you all know after I chat with them.”
Betsy: invite Cynthia to be a speaker. MD will ask her
Niambi: will talk with Crickett re: contacts at local universities
Plus Crickett recruiting another youth activist/youth organizer?
3. board memo include specific requests (endorse mission statement, highlight during conference board report) and maybe
4. diversity task force table/materials for exhibit fair: Materials for table:
a. Short conference survey people can fill out onsite
- Sarah, Monica and Diane will draft (during their prep call for Leadership Day), have those in room fill out at Leadership Day
- and then incorporate deeper questions in the marketing survey
b. Sign up list
- Monica drafted and has made some edits.
- edits due by 6/27, Monica will then make/bring final copies
- NEEDED: 2 clipboards
c. Campaign fact sheets
- Betsy drafted POVERTY and EDUCATION in the United StatesFlyer for IC.doc; TB Flyer for IC.doc; AIDS flyer for IC.doc, struggled to draft microcredit
- MD will ask Gagan to create health one (focus on disparities), Alan to create microcredit and tax policy
- text edits due by 6/25, Diane will then format, MD will make final copies (final version due 7/2)
d. one page handout/brochure: mission, history. Diane will draft.
- Monica will create Spanish language version
- MD will make final copies (final version due 7/2)
Staffing the table — Monday, July 14 at Metropolitan East/West
- first shift (1-2): Diane, Monica
- second shift (2-2:45): Betsy, Sammie, Jesus?
Pilot project
- everyone give feedback to Diane by 6/20
- Diane will start implementing ASAP.
Getting information on our website
- put information up by July 25, include summary of work at the conference
- message/statement from the board?
NEXT call= Wednesday, July 23, 7 pm ET: (888) 955–5369; passcode: 197427
But, anyone feel like they can call for a call if needed to make sure we are ready before the Intl Conf
DTF Call April 23, 2008
Present: Ken, Sammi, Julie, Betsy, Meredy, Cecile, Meredith, David, Diane and Niambi.
1.) We all started with a brief explanation of why we are contributing to the Diversity Task Force.
· Empowering those directly impacted by policies to speak with their own expertise/make our advocacy more effective
· Coming from a multi-ethnic family and community, and want to focus on how we are all one people
· my RESULTS chapter is all white women
· Would like to see RESULTS priorities/campaigns shaped by numerous backgrounds
· We would have a greater impact on Congress if we represented a more diverse group.
· Reach diverse groups – help empower people to use their voice to advocate for legislative change
2.) Reviewed action items from last call:
· Has there been better communication from RESULTS national to GR partners?
Betsy: could be helpful to put a sentence about the DTF on the website
Diane: in Cedar Rapids is here as a result of the blurb in the Domestic Weekly Update
· Goals: increasing diversity and number of RESULTS partners.
3.) Priority Actions for ourselves:
· How to reach out to diverse communities – best practices based on initial pilot program? Have tested how-to’s to present at IC
· What happened to our previous brainstorm of diverse organizations/HBCs, etc.? How can we follow-up on that resource and use these organizations to broaden our efforts?
· Find diverse organizations/community groups interested in partnership. Picking pilot communities; Where does on-the-ground interest match on-the-ground opportunity?
· Can individuals in pilot project receive anti-oppression training at IC?
· Let’s look for groups who are interested in being supported in reaching out/building out their group to more diverse communities.
· Can there be a diversity month? One month that may be slow legislatively, to help remind people what RESULTS is really all about?
· Ken suggests that we take concrete actions and accomplish something before (ie. Pilot project)
· What are the skills, cultural competencies, tools that we need to provide to our members?
4.) Formation of two working groups . . .
A. Diversity Pilot project:
-Select and reach out pilot areas, determine measurable goals, provide support throughout
B. Framing/ Messaging & IC
- Work with FrameWorks messaging on Race and other resources to determine how we want to frame our efforts to communicate with our grassroots;
-determine how we will present ourselves and try to integrate our message organizationally via the IC,
-what we would want to contribute to part of a skills session
Next all DTF call 5/21 7PM ET
In an effort to support a diverse leadership how about we take turns facilitating? What do people think? Anyone want to facilitate the next call?
Working group Calls week of May 5th. Please let me know what working group you’d like to be a part of; and if the assigned time works for you. I can set up and be a part of both; please let me know if you’d like to facilitate the working group as well.
Pilot Project Call: Cecili, Diane, others? Wednesday May 7th 7pmET?
Framing/Messaging&IC: Meredy? Others? Thursday May 8th 7pmET?
Does 7PM ET work for West Coasters? Does it work for staff and other DC folks who work past 6 and might need more down time before the call? How about everyone else?
1.) We all started with a brief explanation of why we are contributing to the Diversity Task Force.
· Empowering those directly impacted by policies to speak with their own expertise/make our advocacy more effective
· Coming from a multi-ethnic family and community, and want to focus on how we are all one people
· my RESULTS chapter is all white women
· Would like to see RESULTS priorities/campaigns shaped by numerous backgrounds
· We would have a greater impact on Congress if we represented a more diverse group.
· Reach diverse groups – help empower people to use their voice to advocate for legislative change
2.) Reviewed action items from last call:
· Has there been better communication from RESULTS national to GR partners?
Betsy: could be helpful to put a sentence about the DTF on the website
Diane: in Cedar Rapids is here as a result of the blurb in the Domestic Weekly Update
· Goals: increasing diversity and number of RESULTS partners.
3.) Priority Actions for ourselves:
· How to reach out to diverse communities – best practices based on initial pilot program? Have tested how-to’s to present at IC
· What happened to our previous brainstorm of diverse organizations/HBCs, etc.? How can we follow-up on that resource and use these organizations to broaden our efforts?
· Find diverse organizations/community groups interested in partnership. Picking pilot communities; Where does on-the-ground interest match on-the-ground opportunity?
· Can individuals in pilot project receive anti-oppression training at IC?
· Let’s look for groups who are interested in being supported in reaching out/building out their group to more diverse communities.
· Can there be a diversity month? One month that may be slow legislatively, to help remind people what RESULTS is really all about?
· Ken suggests that we take concrete actions and accomplish something before (ie. Pilot project)
· What are the skills, cultural competencies, tools that we need to provide to our members?
4.) Formation of two working groups . . .
A. Diversity Pilot project:
-Select and reach out pilot areas, determine measurable goals, provide support throughout
B. Framing/ Messaging & IC
- Work with FrameWorks messaging on Race and other resources to determine how we want to frame our efforts to communicate with our grassroots;
-determine how we will present ourselves and try to integrate our message organizationally via the IC,
-what we would want to contribute to part of a skills session
Next all DTF call 5/21 7PM ET
In an effort to support a diverse leadership how about we take turns facilitating? What do people think? Anyone want to facilitate the next call?
Working group Calls week of May 5th. Please let me know what working group you’d like to be a part of; and if the assigned time works for you. I can set up and be a part of both; please let me know if you’d like to facilitate the working group as well.
Pilot Project Call: Cecili, Diane, others? Wednesday May 7th 7pmET?
Framing/Messaging&IC: Meredy? Others? Thursday May 8th 7pmET?
Does 7PM ET work for West Coasters? Does it work for staff and other DC folks who work past 6 and might need more down time before the call? How about everyone else?
DTF Call March 26, 2008
Introductions (15min)
Why you are a part of this taskforce. What do you hope it accomplishes?
Update/Touch base with committees (15min)
Nominations:
o An area that needs attention, but Board in the process of transitioning and restructuring, so there is reduced interest in inviting an outside person to join.
o Right now there is stagnation, we’ll see what comes out in the next couple of months.
Fundraising:
o An area that needs attention; group has not had recent activity
o Expansion/Best Practices:
o To build diversity in grassroots network in group starts and within existing groups
o Last meeting in October
o Betsy’s work can pilot ideas that have come forward; to set an example for other efforts…
People of Faith Outreach:
o Interest but less activity
o Sammi has many good ideas and could generate additional awareness and support
Student Groups Outreach
o Youth taskforce has a significant amount of committees with energy and action, but have not considered diversity within its structure
Translation
o Incredible work: people were very engaged and dedicated many hours which culminated in the pages were posted in November
o Since the pages were posted, however, the activity has diminished. How to encourage them to get involved? Who can look over the page and get it going live?
Touch-base on taskforce structure; How should we work and communicate? (15min)
· There seems to be a lack of interest lately in the Taskforce…what efforts can we take to regenerate interest? Should we alter the structure?
· Amelia: Logistical issues…people are committed in spirit but not in time. We have to structure this to make the most of people’s time.
· Chris: Communities of color are much harder hit with poverty than white people. Maybe we need to step back and do research and presentations about the dire effect of poverty in these communities. Many people are afraid of venturing out of their comfort zone. People don’t always want to venture into other communities and have had group starts in areas where people of color don’t feel welcome, or don’t have transportation access or childcare.
· Betsy: how can people of color “let me in” in my work to reach out to all communities to end suffering?
· Sammi: educate people so their voice has value on both domestic and non-domestic issues; we all have one legislative voice and we need to empower people
· Amelia: our capacity is reduced; we need to think about practical issues, such as raising awareness, promoting information/statistics for fact-sheets and policy briefs. We should structure the task-force to work all together instead of subcommittees.
· Julie: diversity training, “train the trainer,” anti-oppression training
· Meredith: fundraising first? Limited staffing and capacity
· Chris: youth outreach (which started at the same time as diversity taskforce) has been successful and has grown, has become more engrained in the roots of the organization, regardless of funding. diversity taskforce has not grown the same way. Consider how they are successful and why? Can we utilize those skills and resources for regenerating our taskforce?
· Meredith: we need to learn how to prioritize the diversity taskforce.
· Sammi: are there people of color in RESULTS meetings that we already have that people aren’t aware of? We could do a survey across the board to find out our diversity numbers and then learn how to build on them.
· Meredith: recruitment; we need to reach out to our grassroots network, make announcements on conference call
· Betsy and Chris: it has to become part of the agenda, an inherent part of RESULTS
Next steps:
· Marketing/messaging to incorporate into our campaign
· Sammi: do research project to frame global campaign in connection with issues of diversity; bring out how race and diversity is relates to our current campaigns
· Betsy: important for folks to hear from RESULTS volunteers, so spread the word and help articulate on listserv and inspire people.
· Meredith: will incorporate in conference calls, weekly updates, etc.
· Amelia: culling statistics for racial wealth gap nationally…
Why you are a part of this taskforce. What do you hope it accomplishes?
Update/Touch base with committees (15min)
Nominations:
o An area that needs attention, but Board in the process of transitioning and restructuring, so there is reduced interest in inviting an outside person to join.
o Right now there is stagnation, we’ll see what comes out in the next couple of months.
Fundraising:
o An area that needs attention; group has not had recent activity
o Expansion/Best Practices:
o To build diversity in grassroots network in group starts and within existing groups
o Last meeting in October
o Betsy’s work can pilot ideas that have come forward; to set an example for other efforts…
People of Faith Outreach:
o Interest but less activity
o Sammi has many good ideas and could generate additional awareness and support
Student Groups Outreach
o Youth taskforce has a significant amount of committees with energy and action, but have not considered diversity within its structure
Translation
o Incredible work: people were very engaged and dedicated many hours which culminated in the pages were posted in November
o Since the pages were posted, however, the activity has diminished. How to encourage them to get involved? Who can look over the page and get it going live?
Touch-base on taskforce structure; How should we work and communicate? (15min)
· There seems to be a lack of interest lately in the Taskforce…what efforts can we take to regenerate interest? Should we alter the structure?
· Amelia: Logistical issues…people are committed in spirit but not in time. We have to structure this to make the most of people’s time.
· Chris: Communities of color are much harder hit with poverty than white people. Maybe we need to step back and do research and presentations about the dire effect of poverty in these communities. Many people are afraid of venturing out of their comfort zone. People don’t always want to venture into other communities and have had group starts in areas where people of color don’t feel welcome, or don’t have transportation access or childcare.
· Betsy: how can people of color “let me in” in my work to reach out to all communities to end suffering?
· Sammi: educate people so their voice has value on both domestic and non-domestic issues; we all have one legislative voice and we need to empower people
· Amelia: our capacity is reduced; we need to think about practical issues, such as raising awareness, promoting information/statistics for fact-sheets and policy briefs. We should structure the task-force to work all together instead of subcommittees.
· Julie: diversity training, “train the trainer,” anti-oppression training
· Meredith: fundraising first? Limited staffing and capacity
· Chris: youth outreach (which started at the same time as diversity taskforce) has been successful and has grown, has become more engrained in the roots of the organization, regardless of funding. diversity taskforce has not grown the same way. Consider how they are successful and why? Can we utilize those skills and resources for regenerating our taskforce?
· Meredith: we need to learn how to prioritize the diversity taskforce.
· Sammi: are there people of color in RESULTS meetings that we already have that people aren’t aware of? We could do a survey across the board to find out our diversity numbers and then learn how to build on them.
· Meredith: recruitment; we need to reach out to our grassroots network, make announcements on conference call
· Betsy and Chris: it has to become part of the agenda, an inherent part of RESULTS
Next steps:
· Marketing/messaging to incorporate into our campaign
· Sammi: do research project to frame global campaign in connection with issues of diversity; bring out how race and diversity is relates to our current campaigns
· Betsy: important for folks to hear from RESULTS volunteers, so spread the word and help articulate on listserv and inspire people.
· Meredith: will incorporate in conference calls, weekly updates, etc.
· Amelia: culling statistics for racial wealth gap nationally…
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