[Tsa] REMINDER: COALITION BUILDING MEETING TUESDAY

[Joshua Kenneth Truitt]

Hi all,

Reminder: The next coalition meeting is Tuesday at 7 in the FPH Faculty Lounge.
We've started discussing some important work - let's keep the momentum!

Thanks!


-- 
Joshua Truitt


Quoting Michael Erick Boles-Friscia <mieb06 at hampshire.edu>:

> Hello Hampshire students,
>
> Its time for all of us to step up. there are many organizations active on
> campus
> working on various social justice issues, and while each is valuable in
> changing
> our community and this institution, we have the opportunity to create
> tangible,
> lasting change by acting in solidarity. it is time to for student groups to
> come together -  with our pooled ideas, actions, and resources we CAN (and
> must) affect change here.
>
> IF YOU ARE A SIGNER, MEMBER OF A LISTSERVE, OR JUST A STUDENT CONCERNED ABOUT
> THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THIS CAMPUS, PLEASE FORWARD THIS EMAIL WIDELY.
>
> We need to continue meeting to discuss these issues and plan action. THE NEXT
> COALITION MEETING WILL BE HELD TUESDAY, MARCH 4TH @ 7PM IN THE FPH FACULTY
> LOUNGE (just after the CLPP meeting).
>
> Tuesday (feb 19th) night a group of students met in FPH to discuss and plan
> strategic actions to respond to both "isolated" incidents and systemic
> oppression in the Hampshire community. Below is a list outlining the ideas we
> came up with. If you would like to get involved in any of these plans or
> others
> related to these goal please e-mail me and I'll take down your contact
> information for future meetings.
>
> Our goals broke down into four main categories:
>
> 1. Consequences/responses/protocol for individual incidents that violate
> community norms
> 2. Specific responses to the recent Facebook group, the Hampshire
> Reservation System
> 3. Multiple and general consciousness-raising efforts
> 4. Strengthening student groups
>
> Our list of ideas is loose and follows the chronology of the meeting:
>
> 1. Take over the Magic Board -- must be event related / $5 per day
> 2. Doing more with Disorientation Guide -- displays, promotion, discussion
> 3. Institutionalized protocol for students violating community norms  --
> disciplinary actions? fishbowls? meeting with HRS students? **must not
> conflate education with punishment**, possible loss of student signer/housing
> lottery privileges, three strikes you're out/zero tolerance (pros, cons)
>
> **it is important to check ourselves in how we approach both individuals and
> the
> larger community around these "incidents" - or symptoms of systematic
> oppression
> at hampshire. we need to make sure we don't attack and alienate the very
> people
> we are trying to open up dialogue with. when these incidents do arise there
> is
> a tendency to lecture, attack, and preach in the academic anti-oppression
> jargon, which can be inaccessible and ineffective. we need to discuss ways to
> avoid this tendency and come up with more effective ways of addressing these
> issues and educating the community safely.**
>
> 4. Budget/timeline/official proposal for this group
> 5. take from ARC action on Valentine's/Holmquist report day and plan more
> similar actions, general education of the community on history, issues,
> definitions, etc.
> 6. coalition building / allies network: - zine for signers, allied groups,
> support networks for immediate responses to violent incidents, *what is an
> ally?* (community needs better definition)
> 7. outreach idea from the white allies group last spring (on posters) "has
> someone called you a racist, but you weren't sure why? come to our group" --
> general education (from allies) -- business cards to direct people to more
> productive conversations
> 8. Work with Community Partnerships for Social Change
> 9. How to reach signers? Use Hampedia, signers zine, word of mouth to
> build a network
> 10. "(how to be an?) Ally Day" (in the style of cut-out appropriation day
> discussion that happened last year) some kind of large event for networking
> among groups for education for larger community - celebration of social
> justice
> student groups - each holding workshops on their own speciality? coordinated,
> sustainable annual event?
> 11. sustainability for student groups -- training within the group for next
> year's signers, keeping groups in check for
> drama/welcoming/exclusion/relationships to other groups/use of spaces, how
> to avoid burn-out/exhaustion
> 12. is hampshire truly a safe space?
> 13. CLPP support?
>
> want to discuss these issues? have other ideas? everyone is welcome - come to
> listen and be heard!
>