April 2014 Potluck Notes

April 2014 Potluck
Jobs With Justice
3353 Washington St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
1:00 p.m. - 3:25 p.m.

Google Group: maaea@googlegroups.com

Attendees: Kristina Buenafe, Richard Chang, Catherine Chiu, Chris Day, Katie Li, James Liou, Grace Liu, Tim Nagaoka, Go Sasaki, Cynthia SooHoo, Jessica Tang

Welcome
  1. Introductions + Rose/Thorn/Bud

MAAEA Mission/Purpose

Current Mission Statement (to be revisited and perhaps revised over the coming months)
MAAEA is a network of educators, administrators, and community workers seeking to meet the educational needs of the Asian American community.

Our mission is to:
  • Identify and meet the needs of Asian American educators in Massachusetts
  • Bring together Asian American educators of different backgrounds to create a support network
  • Identify and advocate for the educational needs of the Asian American community
  • Work together with other educational groups of color both locally and nationally
  • Collaborate with other sectors of the Asian and Asian American community to address issues of common concern
  • Encourage members of the Asian American community to enter the field of education

2014 Areas of Work (developed at March potluck)
  1. Outreach + recruitment
  2. Advocacy + increasing awareness of APIA educator and student challenges
  3. Educator support space
  4. Curriculum + teaching resources

Norms (Meeting)
  • Agree to Disagree
  • Step Up / Step Back
  • Confidentiality (What Happens at MAAEA Stays in MAAEA, i.e., the “Vegas Rule”)
    • Intent is to share helpful content without attribution (unless otherwise granted permission). Speakers should specify if what they say should be kept confidential. Share the plot, not the characters (names/schools). Ask permission before sharing. It is important to have a safe space for venting or for working through issues.
  • Assume Best Intent

Norms (Organization)
  • Shared leadership structure
  • Consensus model
    • Fist to Five
  • Unified front
    • Group vision, not individual
    • Visible
    • Respond to APA issues
    • Need to determine role for spokesperson
    • Need to figure out how to address who is included
    • Need to figure how to to include non-APA folk who want to participate
  • Meeting regularly
    • note: adjust for times of year such as summer, allow for flexible modes of participation
  • Support built into meetings
    • social unplanned time
    • meals

May 31, 2014 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Josiah Quincy School
885 Washington St, Boston MA
  • New changes: time from 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
  • Focus: history of education for APIA students in Boston and challenges faced by APIA immigrant students. The distinction between Asian-American and APIA immigrant issues will be addressed.
  • Title Ideas
    • Asian Immigrants in BPS: An Interactive Historical Overview and Community Discussion
    • The Hidden Side of Boston Public
    • Stakeholders
    • The Quiet History
    • The Untold Story
    • Breaking the Silence (or Interrupting the Silence): Telling the Untold Story of Asian Immigrants in BPS
  • Goal: 150 attendees (APIA teachers, non-APIA teachers of APIA students, admin, community partners, teacher prep grad students)
  • Headmasters will send official invitation, point people will follow up
  • Future events will expand to other areas in Massachusetts and other issues (e.g., World Languages)
  • Future event for superintendent
  • Future: freebies? MAAEA t-shirts or other merchandise? resources for teachers?
  • Future: PDPs?
  • MC: Chris, Moderator: Katie, Technology/Information: Kristina, Point Person: NEEDED

Organization
Point Person
Goal
Mather
Jessica
2-3
Holland
Jessica
2-3
Kennedy
Jessica
2-3
JQS
Cynthia
15-20
Harvard-Kent
James
10
Excel
James
10
BLS
James
10-15
O’Bryant


Charlestown
Chris
15-20
JQUS
Kristina
10
Edwards
James

McCormack
Tim
5
VietAid
Dzung

Tufts
Kristina

BCNC
Chris, Kristina

CPA


RYSE


CYI
Katie

Summer Search


AARW
Katie

CHS
Cynthia

BCEC
Richard

YES
Cynthia

All Principals
Richard

Central Office
Catherine


Next Steps
  • Contact school personal (All assigned)
  • Draft email to headmasters (Richard)
  • Create Facebook event (Go)
  • Update flyer (Pam)
  • Contact Boston Interpreters Collective re: headphones for May 31 event (Jessica)
  • Publicize on MyLearningPlan

Next Steps
  1. Post meeting notes to Google Group and MAAEA blog (Kristina)
  2. Members should keep posting to Google Group to encourage sharing (All)
  3. Send mission statement to Google Group for comments (Kristina)
  4. Make MAAEA Wikipedia page and send to Google Group (Kristina)
  5. Make MAAEA LinkedIn group and send to Google Group (Kristina)

Upcoming Events
  1. May Potluck will be on Sunday, May 4, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. at Jobs With Justice (facilitated by Tim and Cynthia)
  2. Model Minority Myth Workshop @ Educators for Social Justice Conference May 9-10 (Katie to present with guidance/resource sharing from Jessica & Pam)
  3. APIA Heritage Month event (May 31, 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. at Josiah Quincy School)



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