- Attendees:
- Peg, ash, jessie, jamal, john
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- Director’s report
- 501C3 status – August 4th is 90 days from application
- Attended Collinsville Juneteenth
- Group art project participation
- Good weather
- Passed out info on event, nice conversations
- 3 tentative booths
- Black student union – collinsville high school
- New Beginnings Counseling
- Director of SIUE East St Louis
- Attended Esic Baptist Juneteenth
- Pray service
- Mt Joy Dancers
- Meet with D7 Superintendent – Dr Shelton
- Asked for official participation
- Asked for student participation for volunteer hours
- Said we could reach out to each school principals
- Meet with Liberty School – Dr Duncan
- Central Reform Congregation – Jewish Faith
- Rabi Randy agreed to say prayer
- Bank visited for participation
- Busey Bank
- SIUE Credit Union
- Scott Credit Union
- Dieterich Bank
- US Bank
- Edwardsville Police
- Submitted request, will have a booth
- Police chief meeting scheduled in late july
- Porta Potties
- $125/each for weekend
- Applying for $2,500 community grant
- Would require a park application
- Illinios Humanities grant submitted on june 23
- $5k requested
- YMCA
- Met with director and program director
- Officially on-board with event
- Offered Zumba instructor
- Offered martial arts demonstration
- Family Yoga
- On other side of pond for sound
- Might need to append Park application
- Edwardsville Community Foundation
- Use as an umbrella for 501C3 organizations for funding requests
- Grant cycle opens in July
- Will review available grants for Edwardsville Unity
- First promotional video on FB
- Made $1,400 in a week
- Combine into a single promotional video
- 90 seconds
- Who you are
- What org/group do you represent
- Why it’s a good idea for others to participate
- Send checks or Venmo
- Director’s report
- Discussion
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- Recycling service
- Large containers for paper, plastic, cans
- Welcome booth
- Name tags – pronoun info
- Program
- Prayer, speaker and performer
- Should they be related in sequence or be varied?
- Naitive American prayer
- Or territory acknowledgement, resources for info, next steps to support
- Setup at 10am
- Prayer, speaker and performer
- Recycling service
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- Next steps
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- Post meeting notes to our website
- Attending Central Reform Congregation Friday service
Marketing Plan
- Print material
- – Small fliers
- Distributed by hand to individuals
- Shared with organizations to distribute to members
- – Letter size posters
- Main Street business
- Corporate partner display
- – Donation/corporate partner form
- Various donor levels with corresponding branding opportunities
- District 7 virtual backpack
- Church distribution
- – Small fliers
- Canvas tote bags
- For purchase prior to event at sponsors businesses
- Event shirts
- For purchase prior to event at sponsors businesses
- PR
- Written releases and interviews with:
- Intelligencer
- Alestle
- Alton Telegraph
- Greater St. Louis news outlets
- Written releases and interviews with:
- Email marketing to subscribers
- Social media
- Individual video messages from participants – social sharing
- Collecting videos into a single summary
- As a grassroots organization, we’ll be relying in part on organic sharing on social media.
- Boosting event postings to target area
- Park signage
- Posting where/when allowed
- Paid Search
- Targeted to neighborhoods near the event space
