Hey!
Here are some of our notes from the last meeting we had. We are planning a Dream for Darfur event for November in Central Oregon. Please contact me if you wish to get involved! Please spread the word!
con paz,
sarah


Central Oregon Dream for Darfur Meeting Notes from Wednesday August 28, 2007

WHEN: SOMETIME BETWEEN NOVEMBER 10-12, 2007

1) Get people involved!!
We need to get others involved in the early stages of planning--how will we get people involved?
--Hand out flyers at high-traffic events: farmer's markets, art walk, etc.
--contact people we know, friends and family
--create a MySpace account
--add info about it in blogs
--post in church bulletins, event bulletins, etc.
--spreading the word…we all need to get the word out!

2) Our vision of the event so far:
--Art walk of some sort involving artwork done by kids…theme to be focused on Children Helping Children…their "Dream for Darfur;" also have art by local artists. These may be up in coffee shops, art galleries, hopefully for First Friday in order to spread the word about the big event
--Camp Darfur: possibly on a Sunday or Monday, at a school, park, or highly visible or easily accessible location
--Torch rally/speech-type event

3) Fundraising: if we raise funds, we want to be transparent about where the money goes, and what the organizations will use the money for. We want to find 2-4 good organizations that we can recommend people donate to--the organizations we choose should have information about them and exactly what the organizations use the money for. One of those should be an organization that focuses on helping children in Darfur (possibly with education, etc.). We prefer people to write checks directly to the organization of their choice, but we will accept cash donations. We must be good stewards of their money and make sure it gets to the right place.

4) Permits: an assembly permit costs $124 and should be filed 30-90 days in advance. We would also need liability insurance for events in public places. The Bend code lists places they prefer events to be held. One of those is Mirror Pond.
--Danielle will be the point person for logistics and permits. If we get any info or help in this area, we should contact Danielle.
--As we continue to plan, we can figure out what our expected number of participants will be.

5) Media: Sarah will be the point person for media. If you want to help with contacting media outlets, doing press releases or flyers/brochures, please contact her.
--Sarah will start working on putting together an information packet, flyer, and other info that we can give to people
--We want to involve the Unitarian Universalist group that plans to go to Darfur in the coming year. We think this will help their group spread the word about their work, upcoming trip, etc. We also think it will help to highlight the work, effort and passion for Darfur in Central Oregon.

6) People to contact:
EVERYONE CAN CONTACT: Schools, COCC groups, churches, other
organizations and businesses, our representatives
--SMART of Redmond (Bill)
--Rise Up, Inc. (Danielle will contact)
--Famous Bullrider in Prineville (Danielle will contact)
--Code Pink (Danielle)
--Rise Up (Danielle)
--the Unitarian Universalist group that plans to go to Darfur (Phil will contact)
--First Presbyterian Church (Phil)
--Devore's (Phil)
--Spiritual Awareness Center (Phil)
--Backporch Coffee (Phil)
--Peace Center of Central Oregon (Phil)
--Human Dignity coalition (Phil)
--Jewish Community in Central Oregon (Phil)
--Starbuck's (Sarah)
--Bellatazza (Sarah)
--Balay (Sarah)
--Art Station (Sarah)
--Nicholas Kristof (Sarah)
--Boys and Girls Club (Sarah)
--Society of Friends/Quakers (Sarah)
--Relief workers, relief orgs., survivors, NW Medical Teams (Sarah)
**There are others that aren't listed!

7) Point People:
--Bill will post on blogs and other web-related media
--Phil will keep track of Outreach contacts. If we contact someplace or someone, let him know!
--Sarah: media
--Danielle: logistics/permits, MySpace and other internet outreach
**Hopefully we can get point people to fill in other roles as needed.

8) Art Walk info:
*Submissions done by mid-October
*Focus on children helping children. Theme: Dream for Darfur
*Sarah could hold PeaceTiles workshops for youth and adults for art submissions
*Get schools and local artists involved
*Hang for public to see for around three weeks: last week of October and first couple weeks of November
*Have them for First Friday