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Network Organization Transition Timeline

Bill Silvia, Popular Education Working Group

National Gathering 2023

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2021

June

Three internal assessments conducted

    • Racial Justice & Equity survey
    • Assessment by staff
    • Ship & Sea exercise at Spring Board Meeting
    • All three assessments highlighted cohesion issues

August

Late Summer/Early Fall

October

December

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Sea and Ships

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2021

June

Three internal assessments conducted

    • Racial Justice & Equity survey
    • Assessment by staff
    • Ship & Sea exercise at Spring Board Meeting
    • All three assessments highlighted cohesion issues

August

Head, Hearts, and Hands assessment of network priorities

Late Summer/Early Fall

Racial Justice group pilots “representative meetings”

October

Work plan proposed by Staff to unify the network

December

National Gathering focused on Work Plan

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2022

May

Spring Board Meeting

Popular Education workgroup commitment to develop a proposal to modernize the network by National Gathering

Late Summer/Early Fall

Recruitment of new members to form Formación Team

In-person events and surveys to collect feedback from former and current network members

October

National Gathering

Results of data-gathering presented to network

Sistering Council structure proposed and approved

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Proposal at National Gathering 2022

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2023

Feb

Sistering Council forms for the first time

Mar

Member Meeting 1: Oscar Romero Campaign

Apr

Second meeting of the new Sistering Council

May

Member Meeting 2: Café en Español

Jun

Third Sistering Council Meeting; Spring Board Meeting successor

Jul

Coordinating Team structure proposal put forth

Member Meeting 3: International Solidarity: Lessons from the Zapatista

Aug

Coordinating Team membership determined

Sep

Member Meeting 4: Don't get angry, get organized!: Parallels of past and present

Oct

National Gathering!

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2023

Feb

Sistering Council forms for the first time

Mar

Member Meeting 1: Oscar Romero Campaign

Apr

Second meeting of the new Sistering Council

May

Member Meeting 2: Café en Español

Jun

Third Sistering Council Meeting; Spring Board Meeting successor

Jul

Coordinating Team structure proposal put forth

Member Meeting 3: International Solidarity: Lessons from the Zapatista

Aug

Coordinating Team membership determined

Sep

Member Meeting 4: Don't get angry, get organized!: Parallels of past and present

Oct

National Gathering!