Time/Date/Connection: 6:30 pm, 5/3/23, by zoom
Attending: Jim Bigelow, Mark Bussolini, Eric Cullen (cullenew@yahoo.com), Linda Secretan,
Agenda:
- April meeting notes
- Plate Partners
- 2022-2023
- June – The Community Center – Ahley Newman
- July – PIFF
- August – Brown Like Me – Racial Justice Ministry
- 2023-2024
- Results of the vote
- # votes, name of nominee, # times they’ve been a plate partner before
- Racial Justice
- 17, Black History Museum, 3
- 48, Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation, 1
- 18, Brown Like Me, 2
- Reproductive Justice
- 49, Planned Parenthood, 8
- 35, Idaho Abortion Rights Mutual Aid, 0
- Refugee & Immigrant Justice
- 55, Bare Roots Collective, 0
- 15, Refugee Speaker’s Bureau, 0
- 14, PODER of Idaho, 1
- Climate Justice
- 37, Interfaith Power and Light – Boise Chapter, 0
- 37, Citizens Climate Lobby – Boise Chapter, 4
- 10, Project Drawdown Treasurer Valley, 0
- LGBTQ+ Justice
- 28, Add the Words, 1
- 25, The Community Center, 4
- 28, Boise Trans Collective, 0
- Housing/Hunger Justice
- 29, Interfaith Sanctuary, 7
- 22, CATCH, 6
- 34, Jesse Tree, 2
- Disability Justice & Mental Health
- 41, Living Independence Network Corporation (LINC), 1
- 43, Idaho Suicide Prevention Hotline, 2
- Women/Family/Youth Support
- 30, giraffe laugh, 2
- 14, Boise Bicycle Project, 1
- 27, WCA, 5
- Comments:
- 45 – like
- 13 – did not like it
- liked to be able to assign multiple votes to one organization
- didn’t care about some areas
- wanted to pick two organizations in one area
- felt grouping was limiting/restrictive/different
- Finalize list of plate partners
- Choosing remaining 2 plate partners
- What to do with the ties?
- Pick the 2 that tied for the 2 the council has at our discretion?
- Since both reproductive rights and trans-rights are under attach right now , focus the 2 Social Justice Council discretionary choices on these justice areas
- Decision:
- add Idaho Abortion Rights Mutual Aid & Boise Trans Collective
- make the CCL the plate partner rather than Idaho Chapter of the Interfaith Power & Light
- Rationale: since the CAT’s Carbon Neutral project is so tightly associated with IP&L and can donate some of the special appeal to help IP&L as needed.
- Final list of Plate Partners for 2023 – 2024
- Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation
- Planned Parenthood
- Idaho Abortion Rights Mutual Aid
- Bare Roots Collective
- Citizens Climate Lobby
- Add the Words
- Boise Trans Collective
- Jesse Tree
- Idaho Suicide Prevention Hotline
- giraffe laugh
- Need to have a conversation in the council about how to use the plate partner process. do this in September
- how to run the nomination process
- ask people to rank their top three areas of concern
- could we pick an organization every year.
- Consider the Social Justice Council a plate partner
- how to run the nomination process
- Results of the vote
- Round Table
- Mark
- Spring clothing drive for Corpus Christi
- boots/clothing
- running shoes are coming
- Head start
- getting books for them – Mark
- Monthly Meatless Monday – potluck. – Mark
- Mark is planning a fall clothing drive for the unhoused
- 2 Neighborhood drop site centers for clothing collection centers
- spill over to Duck Valley as they request.
- collecting clothing from Ski Areas
- Mark wrote a letter to Burlington Coats to be a partner for surplus clothing
- There is a list of books that Duck Valley folks are looking for.
- Spring clothing drive for Corpus Christi
- RJM – Linda
- June 16th event – Rise Collins will do a reading from her own works
- Mark
- Social Justice Budget
- 2022-2023
- $1,000: Budget
- $1,000: Used
- $300 – Duck Valley Winter Coats
- $500 – Carbon Neutral
- $200 – Assist undocumented person with rent
- 2023 – 2024
- Requests
- $300: Assist w/ speaker for Indigenous People’s day, Racial Justice Ministry
- Requests
- 2022-2023
- Social Justice Budget 2023-2024
- funding from GrUUb Club – $500
- Assist with the Indigenous peoples day speaker – RJM uses remainder of their $6,000 from the 2022 Social Justice Special Appeal & social justice budget as needed.
- 2022 Social Justice Special Appeal
- $12,915: 2022 Social Justice Special Appeal
- $12,834: Used/Allocated:
- $6,000, Racial Justice Ministry
- $2,642.46 – spent
- $3,100.00 – allocated for programs June – Dec 2023
- $ 357.54 – remaining
- $5,000, Reverend Sara & Reproductive Justice Ministry
- $1,500, Climate Action Team
- $ 334, Duck Valley Winter Coats & Gloves
- $6,000, Racial Justice Ministry
- $ 81: Remaining
- Next Meeting
- Sep 6, 6:30 pm
- Fall planning retreat — Rev. Sara
- social justice “just deserts”,
- 1/2 day meeting w/ deserts
- 2022-2023