Blueprint 4 a Community Liberation
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Sponsorship Levels
My Brother/Sister's Keeper: $1,000
Soldier: $500
Advocate: $250
Ally: $100
#Woke: $50
Supporter: $25
Friend: 1 share on Social Media
Justification:
The impetus behind this community event has been based on an observation of the existing climate of racial relations in America - on a societal level as well as within and between urban communities of color. As we look at the injustice and inequality in this country as it pertains in particular to Black and Brown communities in relation to society as a whole, it is evident there are fundamental issues with the Economic, Political and Social systems in place. To begin to address, critique and ultimately change these systems, we must begin with understanding them.
Thus with this proposal we seek to create an educative opportunity for the entire community, a space established to explain and engage with the issues of how the system engages with the community, how history has affected that engagement, and how we all can create and support pathways for a real change in America.
Action:
Without the opportunity to be educated, we’re withheld the ability to be empowered. Thus sprung the idea of an opportunity for a Community Teach-In featuring the following courses/activities:
Keynote Speaker: (Prominent Women of Color TBD) - This individual will be able to welcome the attendees and set the foundation and tone for the event.
Building a Community Economy: This course will address the economic position Black and Brown communities and provide a blueprint for how to establish an economic foundation for these communities here in Providence, Rhode Island.
Establishing a Community-Responsive Political System: This course will address the legislative and political steps to establishing all members and groups within the community as essential constituencies in Providence, and explain how the community can hold this political system accountable to it.
The Roots of Community Organizing: This course will address the history of Community activism, centered on Black political activity and community organizing in the past as it pertains to its effect on present conditions as well as the foundation it’s laid for underrepresented communities.
Community Resource fair - Non- and for-profit entities that represent the Community will be present and made aware to attendees in order to take steps towards building bridges for the opportunity for the establishment of more supportive organizations and increased awareness around those that already exist.
Methodology:
Outreach will be a community effort with a strong emphasis on the engagement and involvement of civically engaged high school age youth. These youth will be empowered and entrusted to engage the community and bring information on the Teach-in to community centers in Providence’s most impacted communities, as well as take to the streets of Providence to ensure the word is spread throughout the community. Established organizations working with the community will also be engaged and asked to support the efforts and spread the message to members of the community.
Coordinators and volunteers will aid and support the flow of the event and ensure people are being guided, supported and assisted as necessary. With the expected number of 500 community members we expect to have 20 day-of volunteers and coordinators.
15 college students will support the break out sessions following each course lecture as facilitators to create opportunities for open dialogue and discussion based off the content presented.
Following the teach-in, the content documented will be compiled and produced in the form of a Report, photos, and a mini-documentary that captures the efforts and outcome of this event.
Agenda:
This Teach-In would be designed to be facilitated on a Saturday afternoon from 12-5 PM.
12 - 12:30 Registration Period (Refreshments Provided)
12:30 - 1:00 Keynote Speaker
1- 1:30 The Roots of Community Organizing
1:30 - 2 Breakout Session
2 -2:30 Establishing a Community-Responsive Political System
2:30 - 3 Breakout Session
3 - 3:30 Building a Community Economy
3:30 - 4 Breakout Session
4 - 5 PM Community Fair (Refreshments Provided)
Location:
The exact venue is TBD and dependent upon number of RSVP's and affordability of venue.
Audience:
This community teach-in is intended to be inclusive of all individuals seeking to learn more about how we can ALL support Providence’s low-income communities of color.
Outcomes:
· A Turnout of over 500 members of Providence’s Community.
· A Turnout of over 50 for- and nonprofit entities at the community fair
· A Commitment from over 70% of participants on specifically how they will uphold the following community building necessities;
· Economic: I will commit to investing at least 10% of my income in the local/community economy.
· Political: (if over 18) I will register to vote, and vote in the upcoming election
· Historical: I will read and keep a copy of the selected critical reading piece
Budget:
Keynote Speaker (Ideally a Woman of Color) Honorarium: $5,000
Travel and Stay costs for Keynote: $1,000
The Roots of Community Organizing Instructor: This stipend would cover an individual's time and effort committed to developing and delivering a curriculum around the history of community activism and community organizing globally: $1500
Building a Community Economy Instructor: This stipend would cover an individual's time and effort committed to developing and delivering a curriculum around the reasoning behind and strategy for creating a true Community Economy: $1500
Establishing a Community-Responsive Political System
Instructor: This stipend would cover an individual's time and effort committed to developing and delivering a curriculum around the legislative and political steps to establishing the entire community as a constituency that can hold the political system accountable to it: $1500
Advertising and Marketing - This would cover the cost of printing 1,500 4.5" x 5" Double-Sided, Cardstock, Colored flyers: $750
Project Management: This stipend would cover the time and effort an individual would commit to coordinating, supervising, and administrating the various components of this project: $1500
Outreach Coalition: This would provide 10 $100 stipends to 10 high school aged youth who would distribute 150 flyers each within the Providence community: $1000
Venue Rental: This would cover the cost to rent a space that can hold up to 500 people for 5 hours on a Saturday; $1000
Venue Equipment Rental: This would cover the cost of all media and other technology needs for the venue: $750
Event Staff : This would provide $100 stipends to 10 event coordinators that would work with volunteers to support day-of coordination and logistics: $1000
Photo and Videography: This would cover the costs of hiring a photographer and videographer to capture photos of the outreach efforts, day-of event photos, as well as capture the entire process of the project via video to be published and shared. $750
Food and Refreshments: To provide refreshments and beverages for 500 people $750
Graphic Designer: Flyer, T-shirt, Website and other Graphic Needs: $500
T-Shirts - For Event Day Staff as well as Outreach team: $500
GoFundMe Percentage: $1000
Total: $20,000
This Teach-In will serve as a Minimum Value Product (MVP) used to develop the basis for the creation of a space dedicated to Mobilizing, Educating, Creating, Collaborating and Advocating on behalf of the Community. This space will be The MECCA Learning Center.
My Brother/Sister's Keeper: $1,000
Soldier: $500
Advocate: $250
Ally: $100
#Woke: $50
Supporter: $25
Friend: 1 share on Social Media
Justification:
The impetus behind this community event has been based on an observation of the existing climate of racial relations in America - on a societal level as well as within and between urban communities of color. As we look at the injustice and inequality in this country as it pertains in particular to Black and Brown communities in relation to society as a whole, it is evident there are fundamental issues with the Economic, Political and Social systems in place. To begin to address, critique and ultimately change these systems, we must begin with understanding them.
Thus with this proposal we seek to create an educative opportunity for the entire community, a space established to explain and engage with the issues of how the system engages with the community, how history has affected that engagement, and how we all can create and support pathways for a real change in America.
Action:
Without the opportunity to be educated, we’re withheld the ability to be empowered. Thus sprung the idea of an opportunity for a Community Teach-In featuring the following courses/activities:
Keynote Speaker: (Prominent Women of Color TBD) - This individual will be able to welcome the attendees and set the foundation and tone for the event.
Building a Community Economy: This course will address the economic position Black and Brown communities and provide a blueprint for how to establish an economic foundation for these communities here in Providence, Rhode Island.
Establishing a Community-Responsive Political System: This course will address the legislative and political steps to establishing all members and groups within the community as essential constituencies in Providence, and explain how the community can hold this political system accountable to it.
The Roots of Community Organizing: This course will address the history of Community activism, centered on Black political activity and community organizing in the past as it pertains to its effect on present conditions as well as the foundation it’s laid for underrepresented communities.
Community Resource fair - Non- and for-profit entities that represent the Community will be present and made aware to attendees in order to take steps towards building bridges for the opportunity for the establishment of more supportive organizations and increased awareness around those that already exist.
Methodology:
Outreach will be a community effort with a strong emphasis on the engagement and involvement of civically engaged high school age youth. These youth will be empowered and entrusted to engage the community and bring information on the Teach-in to community centers in Providence’s most impacted communities, as well as take to the streets of Providence to ensure the word is spread throughout the community. Established organizations working with the community will also be engaged and asked to support the efforts and spread the message to members of the community.
Coordinators and volunteers will aid and support the flow of the event and ensure people are being guided, supported and assisted as necessary. With the expected number of 500 community members we expect to have 20 day-of volunteers and coordinators.
15 college students will support the break out sessions following each course lecture as facilitators to create opportunities for open dialogue and discussion based off the content presented.
Following the teach-in, the content documented will be compiled and produced in the form of a Report, photos, and a mini-documentary that captures the efforts and outcome of this event.
Agenda:
This Teach-In would be designed to be facilitated on a Saturday afternoon from 12-5 PM.
12 - 12:30 Registration Period (Refreshments Provided)
12:30 - 1:00 Keynote Speaker
1- 1:30 The Roots of Community Organizing
1:30 - 2 Breakout Session
2 -2:30 Establishing a Community-Responsive Political System
2:30 - 3 Breakout Session
3 - 3:30 Building a Community Economy
3:30 - 4 Breakout Session
4 - 5 PM Community Fair (Refreshments Provided)
Location:
The exact venue is TBD and dependent upon number of RSVP's and affordability of venue.
Audience:
This community teach-in is intended to be inclusive of all individuals seeking to learn more about how we can ALL support Providence’s low-income communities of color.
Outcomes:
· A Turnout of over 500 members of Providence’s Community.
· A Turnout of over 50 for- and nonprofit entities at the community fair
· A Commitment from over 70% of participants on specifically how they will uphold the following community building necessities;
· Economic: I will commit to investing at least 10% of my income in the local/community economy.
· Political: (if over 18) I will register to vote, and vote in the upcoming election
· Historical: I will read and keep a copy of the selected critical reading piece
Budget:
Keynote Speaker (Ideally a Woman of Color) Honorarium: $5,000
Travel and Stay costs for Keynote: $1,000
The Roots of Community Organizing Instructor: This stipend would cover an individual's time and effort committed to developing and delivering a curriculum around the history of community activism and community organizing globally: $1500
Building a Community Economy Instructor: This stipend would cover an individual's time and effort committed to developing and delivering a curriculum around the reasoning behind and strategy for creating a true Community Economy: $1500
Establishing a Community-Responsive Political System
Instructor: This stipend would cover an individual's time and effort committed to developing and delivering a curriculum around the legislative and political steps to establishing the entire community as a constituency that can hold the political system accountable to it: $1500
Advertising and Marketing - This would cover the cost of printing 1,500 4.5" x 5" Double-Sided, Cardstock, Colored flyers: $750
Project Management: This stipend would cover the time and effort an individual would commit to coordinating, supervising, and administrating the various components of this project: $1500
Outreach Coalition: This would provide 10 $100 stipends to 10 high school aged youth who would distribute 150 flyers each within the Providence community: $1000
Venue Rental: This would cover the cost to rent a space that can hold up to 500 people for 5 hours on a Saturday; $1000
Venue Equipment Rental: This would cover the cost of all media and other technology needs for the venue: $750
Event Staff : This would provide $100 stipends to 10 event coordinators that would work with volunteers to support day-of coordination and logistics: $1000
Photo and Videography: This would cover the costs of hiring a photographer and videographer to capture photos of the outreach efforts, day-of event photos, as well as capture the entire process of the project via video to be published and shared. $750
Food and Refreshments: To provide refreshments and beverages for 500 people $750
Graphic Designer: Flyer, T-shirt, Website and other Graphic Needs: $500
T-Shirts - For Event Day Staff as well as Outreach team: $500
GoFundMe Percentage: $1000
Total: $20,000
This Teach-In will serve as a Minimum Value Product (MVP) used to develop the basis for the creation of a space dedicated to Mobilizing, Educating, Creating, Collaborating and Advocating on behalf of the Community. This space will be The MECCA Learning Center.
Organizer
Aiyah Josiah-Faeduwor
Organizer
Providence, RI
