We started the meeting with introductions and the ice-breaker, "most awkward elevator story."
We discussed the change in language from "gender neutral housing" to "gender inclusive housing", and how gender neutral housing sounds very specific and not as encompassing as gender inclusive housing. We discussed some details of the upcoming campaign, such as getting parents of our members to write supportive letters about gender inclusive housing that we can attach to our proposal.
We then split up into 3 groups: a handout group, a petition group, and a website group, all centered on the gender inclusive housing campaign.
The handout group worked on handouts to give out when StandOut tables on West Mall next week. The handouts include a logo, a brief description of the campaign, and a tinyurl to the gender inclusive housing tab on our website.
The petition group worked on creating a petition for UT students to sign, and how to best ensure that the petition will be easy to access while making sure that only UT students are able to sign it (so as to have realistic stats on student support).
The website group worked on adding a new tab to StandOut's blogspot for gender inclusive housing, and worked out what information to include and how to organize it within the post. They also made a tinyurl for the new tab: www.tinyurl.com/inclusivehousing.
StandOut provides a platform for positive queer political activism and an inclusive environment for LGBTQ individuals and allies throughout the University of Texas at Austin.
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Meeting Recap 9/13/11
The meeting began with this video:
Introductions:
Name, major, year, and which famous person you'd like to have dinner with.
Highlights included:
As part of our awareness campaign we have broken up the work into 4 groups covering different areas of action.
Demonstrations Group:
Mark Bingham was a gay man on flight 93 on 9/11 and helped lead a charge against the hijackers and prevented the plane from reaching its intended destination.
Introductions:
Name, major, year, and which famous person you'd like to have dinner with.
Highlights included:
- Einstein
- Schrödinger
- Harvey Milk
- Bayard Rustin
- Lady Gaga
As part of our awareness campaign we have broken up the work into 4 groups covering different areas of action.
Demonstrations Group:
Direct Action workm so they focus on sit-ins, sleep-ins, die-ins, rallies, protests, etc.
Our first action of a "Campaign Kickoff Celebration" will be on Sept. 26th!
Our first action of a "Campaign Kickoff Celebration" will be on Sept. 26th!
- We decided to hold a carnival event from 11-3pm at Gregory Plaza
- The goal would be to kick off our awareness campaign
- We would try to get tons of random people to attend
- We would like 3 tables with:
- Ally face paint
- Ally pictures booth
- Fliers on both StandOut and other queer orgs
- We would additionally like music and will be looking to the MEC for speakers, possibly working with QPOCA
- We need to develop a way for people to sign up for times
Advertising Group:
Makes flyers, covert chalk operations, other means of advertising
We discussed the most effective methods of advertising on and around campus. Ideas included:
Video Group:
Working on filming different people about queer issues in a variety of contexts.
The date we are going to film our first video is now Friday, September 23rd from 12-5 in the afternoon!
Makes flyers, covert chalk operations, other means of advertising
We discussed the most effective methods of advertising on and around campus. Ideas included:
- Posting fliers weekly on kiosks
- Having the "Ally" colored signs or something similar for us to distribute online and at events so that people can post it on their dorm windows or doors
- We want to concentrate on posting in high traffic areas such as Welch, Jester, RLM, the PCL and other libraries, and also reaching out to typically "heteronormative" pockets of campus, such as the engineering/non-liberal arts buildings
- We want to get approval from as many stores on the drag as we can to allow us to post our campaign fliers in their windows
- We will begin flyering immediately after the "Campaign Kickoff Celebration" that the demonstration group is organizing
Working on filming different people about queer issues in a variety of contexts.
The date we are going to film our first video is now Friday, September 23rd from 12-5 in the afternoon!
- We decided that we are going to have a second video asking people to define what it means for them to be an ally or queer individuals, and ask them for their defining moments in either respect
- We would like to film around three during coming out week and post them to the StandOut Youtube page and ask for submissions which we can put all together as a coming out as an ally or queer individual video series
Web Group:
Sets up the website to coordinate all the action and getting people to visit the site.
The Web group started their project this meeting with everyone making their own Ally Sign!
The meeting ended with everyone participating in the Web Groups project and making an Ally sign and taking a picture.
Sets up the website to coordinate all the action and getting people to visit the site.
The Web group started their project this meeting with everyone making their own Ally Sign!
- Our first project is to create a stop-motion video of people holding an Ally sign
- We also discussed future plans for how to get more people to make one
- We were small this meeting, come join us!
The meeting ended with everyone participating in the Web Groups project and making an Ally sign and taking a picture.
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| Torsten Knabe - Secretary |
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| Ashley Hall - Co-Director |
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