Fwd: * NYSDAC * 1/5 Meeting Notes, Strategy Meeting & January Events

[Natalia Aristizabal]

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From: Arelis Tavares <atav...@nysaflcio.org>
Date: Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 1:19 PM
Subject: * NYSDAC * 1/5 Meeting Notes, Strategy Meeting & January Events
To: "nys...@googlegroups.com" <nys...@googlegroups.com>, Arelis Tavares <atav...@nysaflcio.org>

Coalition Members:

Thank you to those that were able to participate on out call last Monday.  I have attached the meeting notes and pasted below for your convenience.

There are a few pressing items I wanted to highlight on this email; please reply back as soon as possible so we can get started:

1. Strategy Meeting - We agreed to have a strategy meeting this week; I propose either Wed (1/14) or Thur (1/15) at 3:00 PM.  Please respond with your availability and if you can host at your office.
2. January Kick-off Event -  We are looking to reserve the steps of NYC City Hall on Monday, January 26th, time pending for our 2015 Kick-off Event; please let us know if you have any conflicts or suggest a different date in January.
3. Twitter Rallies - Will send information out with sample tweets and timeframe for Twitter rallies on the day of the State of the State (1/21) and the day the budget is announced (1/27).
4. SOS Event - In addition to the Twitter rally, NYIC and CUNY DREAMers have proposed doing an event immediately following the State of the State on 1/21 in Albany and some of the LI groups would like to host something in Long Island as well.  Please let us know if you'll be in either of these areas or can help coordinate the Albany press conference.

Many have mentioned conversations they've had with state legislators on the bill but we are still missing "point-of-contacts" on the legislative tracker we shared.  PLEASE take at look at the tracker and add your notes so that we all have the latest information.  The link is here.

Also, if you have members you'd like to add to the coalition lest have them fill out the enrollment form here.

See you soon!

-Arelis

Arelis Tavares│Community Outreach Director

New York State AFL-CIO

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NYDAC Meeting Notes

*Please send all note corrections to atav...@nysaflcio.org

*Conference Call*

Monday, January 5th, 2015

11:00 AM

Coalition Members Joined by Phone *please send note if you joined & are not listed*

Ahram Kim, Minkwon (AK)	Kate Pfordresher, PSC CUNY (KP)
Manny Castro, NYIC (MC)	Kevin Douglas, UNH (KD)
Diane Steinman, NYS INIR (DS)	Laura Lemus, LI WINS (LL)
Elizabeth Olsson, Internationals Network (EO)	Lucia Gomez, La Fuente (LG)
Farouk Abdallah, NYPIRG (FA)	Mateo Tabares (MT)
Jazmin Chavez, LatinoJustice (JC)	Monica Sibri, CUNY DREAMers (MS)

Updates from Coalition Members

• (MS) Good chance of mention of DREAM at State of the State (SOS)

• (MS) NYIC & CUNY DREAMers looking for a location to have DREAMers’ event on day of SOS; mtg Thurs/Fri

• (MC) Planning SOS event statewide; need help from coalition members in different areas of the state

• (LL) LI WINS & LIDAC planning watch party for SOS

• (MS/MT) 20-30 students need a bus to attend SOS/action

• (KP) Debrief of Glick Assembly hearing & press conference; good energy, all went well

• (KP) NYSDAC Coalition members welcome to attend TAP Reform meeting Friday (1/9)

Proposed Strategy Meeting for 2015 TBD week of 1/12 (See proposed strategy per 12/2/14 meeting below)

• Implement a dual strategy focusing mainly on the Gov including the DREAM Act in the budget & solidifying Senate support

• Target non-traditional (business sector Cuomo supporters) allies to put out statements/op-eds

• Get Lt. Gov on board & publicly taking this on as a priority

• Focus on base building statewide by region (LI, Hudson Valley, Capital, Western NY, NYC)

• We need to focus on compelling stories and steer away from having the issue be political and make it more community

Upcoming Events

• 1/21 - Something around Governor Cuomo’s State of the State (TBD)

• January NYS DREAM Coalition Kick-off Press Conference/could be same as SOS? (TBD)

• Coalition strategy meeting (TBD)

• January #NYDREAM15 Twitter Rally (TBD)

• Other ideas?  Twitter rally, op-eds, actions, etc.

Action Items: Please contact Arelis at atav...@nysaflcio.org if you can be helpful

• Sign up to be the point person for a Senator in your area (on google doc “Legislative Tracker” shared)

• Mobilize members to come out to upcoming events

• Review coalition list and send names of organizations missing

• If you’re driving to SOS on 1/21 please send Arelis email to coordinate carpool

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