Cancelled: Policy Committee Meeting for Upstream Investments
Date: August 21, 2020
Time: 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Registration Required: No
Agenda
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Meeting ID: 821 1379 9811
Password: 918737
All supporting documents are available at www.UpstreamInvestments.org. For accommodation requests, accessibility assistance with this agenda or supporting documents, please contact Helen Simi at hsimi@schsd.org.
- 8:00
Welcome, Agenda, Minutes - ACTION ITEM - Elece Hempel
Additions, Announcements and Check-in - 8:15
Building Synergy Around Racial Equity, Inclusion and Diversity - Oscar Chavez
- Why now, why Upstream?
- Alignment with the Board’s Pillar of Racial Equity and Social Justice
- 8:35
Creating Change Using an Equity and Inclusion Perspective – Elece Hempel
Presentations from Policy Committee Members- An Equity Framework in Early Childhood Education and School Readiness - Angie Dillon-Shore, First 5 Sonoma County
- The Power of Positive Policies in our School Systems - Diann Kitamura, Santa Rosa City Schools
- Disparities within our Child Welfare System - Susan Fette, TLC Child and Family Services
- 9:10
What Now? - Kellie Noe
- Group Share: Which policies within our own organizations create inequities?
- Group Discussion: What are the barriers and challenges to creating changes to these policies?
- 9:40 What’s Next? - Elece Hempel
- Recommendations: Identify ways for Upstream to implement an equity framework into our workplan.
- Commitments to Action: What is our pledge to turn thoughts into action?
- 9:55 Public Comment
- 10:00 Adjourn
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