MAAEA

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: ...

MAAEA Meeting Minutes February 22, 2016 Josiah Quincy Upper School 5:00PM - 7:00PM Attendees: Go Sasaki, Katie Li, Jianan Shi, Richard Chang, Lukas Dow, Laura Knuttenmen, Tuyet Dinh, Shelly Wen Agenda: Check-Ins Member Support Time Superintendent Event Follow-up BEJA? Charter Cap Discussion Superintendent Event Follow-up Join BEJA? - Do we have capacity to attend meetings? - What does it mean to be a member/ What obligations do we incur? Go will ask Jessica about what is involved Finalize decision at the next meeting Charter Cap Ballot Measure Is BCNC interested in continuing this discussion? What about VietAid? Go follow-up with Carro, BCNC There seems to be a need in the Asian community, particularly Vietnamese, to build networks and get knowledge to make better decisions for students. What resources does the district have that we can access? MAAEA possibly draft a statement about charters? not anti-charters, but pro education We want quality education everyw...

MAAEA Meeting January 11, 2016 5:00PM-7:00PM Josiah Quincy Upper 152 Arlington St. Boston, MA Members Attending: Go Sasaki, Katie Li, Marie Zhang, Suzanne Lee, Sarah Chang, Yujun Yun, Jianan Shi, Dzung Nguyen, Laura Knuttunen Agenda: Check-Ins Member Support Time Charter Cap Lunar New Year Social Charter Cap Discussion: 3 ways supporters are trying to lift the charter cap - legislation, lawsuit, and ballot questions Similar concerns: most people don’t know enough of what the impact will be. We need to be more informed and to educate ourselves about this issue. Charter cap will mostly impact urban schools.  Should MAAEA plan an event to raise awareness of this issue? Lunar New Year Social: Thursday, Feb. 11, 5:30-7:30 Chinatown BCNC? JQUS? Low Key, Take-Out Potluck  Superintendent Event Debrief: +/deltas/next steps Distill input from community - posters, etc. Send public recommendations, propose next steps Next...

October 2015 Meeting Minutes MAAEA Meeting 1 Parish St. Dorchester, MA 02122 October 5, 2015 5:00PM - 7:00PM Members Attending: Richard Chang, Tuyet Dinh, Daniel Nguyen, Go Sasaki, Andrea So, Jessica Tang Agenda: Check-Ins Member Support Time Superintendent Event Discussion Superintendent Event Discussion: Perhaps include History piece - History of Chinatown tells us about discrimination, and tell us how poorly the Chinese have been treated Chinatown was the red light district Bisected by the Mass Pike Cut by the central artery Gentrification District Contacts: Makeeba McCreary - Tommy Chang’s chief of staff Representation and Staffing: Garrity #’s do not reflect the current demographics of Boston AA students - 9% Black students - 33.6% Latino Students - 40.9% White - 13.8% MA DoE 14-15 statistics AA educators - 6% Black educators - 21% Latino educators - 10% White educators - 61% BPS 2013-2014 statistics Mather SE...