MAAEA

MAAEA Meeting January 2018 Meeting January 19, 2018 5-7PM Mather Elementary School Attendees: Go Sasaki, Tuyet Dinh, Kim Situ, Lieu Nguyen, Annie Le, Richard Chang Agenda: Check-Ins Member Support Time Possible Projects Announcements/Events: Tet Celebration Sunday, 2/18/18 10:30-5:00 Boston College High School 150 William Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA  Future MAAEA Meetings: March 9, 2018 April 6, 2018 May 11, 2018 June 8, 2018 Meeting Minutes: Advocate directly with the district for Lunar New Year as a day eligible for leave without loss of pay or personal leave, as it does for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Eidul-Fitr and Eidul-Adha. (We know the BTU is trying to get Lunar New Year on the contract.) Letter from MAAEA - Go will send letterhead to Richard, who will run it by the MAAEA core members. Petition from MA educators - Go will make rough draft of questions.  Could this also be a good way to identify possible people to join MAAEA?

MAAEA Meeting Friday, October 21, 2016 Josiah Quincy Upper School 152 Arlington St.  Boston, MA Attendees:  Laura Knuttunen, Jane Lee, Dzung Nguyen, Andrea So, Go Sasaki, Helen Shao, Marie Zhang Agenda:  Check-Ins Member Support Time Announcements/Events: Next Meetings: 11/18 5-7PM 12/16 5-7PM APIs4BlackLives Educator Group Work Time 11/19/16 Wah Lum Kung Fu  10th Anniversary Celebration Show/Program Celebrating the Warrior Spirit 11/12/16, 3-5 in Melrose, MA $25 No on 2 Rally  11/1/16 6:30PM on the Boston Common

MAAEA Meeting Friday, September 16, 2016 Josiah Quincy Upper School 152 Arlington St.  Boston, MA Attendees: Dzung Nguyen, Laura Knuttunen, Katie Li, Jessica Tang, Shelly Wen, Laura Le, Carol Wu, Andrea So, Helen Shao Agenda: Check In Member Support Time Announcements Announcements/Events: Oak Street (Chinatown Street Fair) Fair - Saturday 9/24 11-2  (Tabling 10-2),  At Josiah Quincy Elementary School Playground 885 Washington St., Boston MA Can anyone come and volunteer to table? 9/22 - 4-6:30 BPS ALANA get together at Meringue in JP APIs4BlackLives Educators Group Joint AARW MAAEA group Question 2 organized by CPA, BCNC and other groups In the evening of 9/30/16 Next Meetings:  10/21 5-7PM 11/18 5-7PM 12/16 5-7PM

MAAEA Meeting Friday August 19, 2016 Katie and Go’s House 5:00PM - 7:00PM Agenda Check-In Announcements Structure Goals for 2016-2017 Collaboration with DOT-i Announcements: Quincy August Moon Fest - Canvass for No on 2 (Sunday August 21 - lion dancing at 11) Vietnamese August Moon Fest - Fields’ Corner - Towns Field - August 27 MAAEA Structure for 2016-2017: Different members focus on different areas of work (see below) Core group of MAAEA members makes decisions Core members - should be willing to commit to more than just attendance Core members can make decisions outside of the monthly meeting To make decisions - e-mail core members To consult membership - e-mail list serve If a member wants to propose a project for MAAEA - need to be approved by more than 50% of the core. To become a core member - attend ~3-4 meetings in a school year, been active, reevaluate every 6 months; (question to be considered - how to account for very active

We hope you had a good summer!  During the summer some members participated in the CPA Bikeathon and canvassed for public schools.

MAAEA Meeting March 14, 2016 Josiah Quincy Upper School 5:00PM - 7:00PM Attendees: Laura Knuttunen, Katie Li, Go Sasaki, Jianan Shi, Andrea So Agenda: Check-Ins Member Support Time BEJA Charter School Discussion Meeting Minutes: MAAEA will join BEJA Charter Schools and our communities Reach out to Family Engagement - Laura - do they have bilingual materials?  Do they have any upcoming events? Reach out to Suzanne Lee - Katie Reach out to BCNC - Andrea - figure out who ran the BCNC compact meeting Katie - Talk to Karen about their strategy on contacting and mobilizing people Reach out to BEJA -  Possible outreach events - school centered - have a few teachers from a certain school, outreach, provide MAAEA educators to be there and support? Lots of need at BLA, exam schools. What does Office of Community Engagement Do? Family Services? Next Meeting: Monday, 4/25/2016 Meet at JQUS at Sarah Chang’s room 5-7 Agenda: Mission/