Community speakers this month:



• Dr. Eric Irizarry, Director of Equity, School, Family, and Community Relations
• Dr. Irizarry collaborates with schools to cultivate school-family partnerships, strengthen school-community/business partnerships, and volunteer programming. He assists with the implementation of the Culturally Responsive Teaching Model and provides leadership around equity-related policies, serving as the project manager for the Anti-Racism Policy.
• Heidi Gilman Bennett
• Share about Donors Choose and Potential Coat Drive
• Raymond Kline, Love Inc. 
• Work to mobilize people in churches to help people in need.

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Next Meeting: January 24, 2023

We had some great conversation around holiday initiatives at schools during this month's meeting. As requested, here is a link to our current rep list so that you can connect with each other between meetings to share information to support families.

As mentioned at the meeting, we are coordinating with the African American Pastor's Council/Ebenezer Church to meet a need identified in our Fall Survey for cleaning supplies. We could use help packing pre-purchased supplies into bags for schools, if you have time to volunteer next Monday, click here.

Also, we are putting together a list of holiday community supports. Please chat with folks in your community and take a moment to share any resources with us in this month's survey and we'll make the full list available on our website.