6-16-22 Meeting Notes

• Attendees

• • • Lindy Wagner – SIUE Hub
    • Jamal, Jesse

• Discussion

• • • Will bring volunteers
    • Will have own booth (to be confirmed)
    • Will introduce more student group/performers
    • Diversity Day will take place in mid Oct
    • Welcome reception at SIUE, EU welcome to participate
    • Is participation with Lindy’s division or the Hub in general? TBD

• Next steps

• • Fill out booth application form (Lindy)
  • share our performers (Jesse)
  • Schedule late summer meeting (early aug)
  • Share flier for printing as needed (jamal)
  • Confirm how to articular Equity & Inclusion involvement (Lindy) – meeting next Wed
    • Share specific SIUE branding rules
  • Share Chancellor office manager contact info after meeting next week (Lindy)

 

• 6:30PM Pre-meeting (Jamal, Jesse, Lisa)

• • Official participation:
    • Center for Sustainability & Spirituality
  • Pending involvement
    • L&C Community College (Mya)
    • PFlag & United Methodist
    • Edwardsville NAACP
    • Edwardsville YMCA
    • Edwardsville Human Relation Community

 

7PM library

Attendees: Amy (PFlag), Lisa, Roger, Peg (1st Unitarian Church in Alton), David (immanuel Methodist), Ash (Druid Circle), Jarian (Wesleyan Church), John Craig (Baha’i faith)

• Director’s Report

• • • PFlag event – multiple schools showed up, community support
      • Artisan 222, Maud Pizza, Annie’s, Happy Up
      • Supporting biz had a plaque by their donations
    • Grant writing in progress
    • First vendor returned application (Center for Spirituality & Sustainability)
    • Edwardsville Human Relations Committee
      • Anya is chair
      • 1st Monday of each Month, July 11 since June 4th
    • Human2human Title IX celebration
      • Women participate in sports
      • Sunday, June 26th
    • Glen Ed Food Pantry – added as partner
    • Panamania Dancers confirmed – 15 min performance, QA
    • First business sponsor – State Farm in Fairmont City
    • Reached out to Fairmont City village clerk to ask about food truck
      • Must be approved by Madison County Health Department
    • Chamber of Commerce
      • Dieterich Bank – Shannon Paddock interested in being involved

• Discussion

• • • Potential representative of Jewish Faith
    • Difficulty in getting Naitive American representation
      • Can do a “land ownership” acknowledgement 
    • Juneteenth event
      • Art project
    • IHP
      • Ask for a booth (John Craig)
    • Budget discussion

• To-do’s

• • Sign up for DUNS (Jamal)
    • https://www.dnb.com/duns-number/get-a-duns-number-registration.html
  • Provide supplies to Jesse for Juneteenth
    • Tent
    • Stakes
    • Art supplies
    • Banner
    • Bungee cables
    • Donation box

 

Donation Call Script

“We live in a time of increasing polarization, but we believe that many people in our community share important values.

We’re planning a Unity Fest in October to bring people together to celebrate the values of unity and diversity.

The event will be free. We’re bringing together local religions congregations, families with children, inspirations speakers and culturally diverse performers in a one-day celebration that will feature culturally diverse performers in a one-day celebration that will feature food, non-alcoholic beverages, family-friendly activities, and panel discussions about diversity and unity.

We’re asking for your support to underwrite the costs of this event. Would you [your organization] be willing to give [$1,000] to support these values?”