10 min
1. Welcome & Icebreaker
- Introductions. New people? Guests? Welcome.
- Need help getting here? We reimburse MARTA, gas, rideshare →
Who do you want to CHALLENGE this year?
One round. A person, an institution, a lie, a law, a habit, yourself. One sentence. You just named why you're here.
15 min
2. Policy Roundtable
- Opening reading: Host picks one short piece, reads aloud. 2–3 minutes. Sets the room. Select a reading →
- Recent actions: what's happening right now:
- Georgia: Coalition fighting mega-jail expansion in Fulton County (In These Times / Waging Nonviolence, June 2026)
- National: Citizens Bank boycott over ICE detention financing (Democracy Now!, June 1, 2026)
- Global: World Cup coalition building an ICE-free vision of the US (Waging Nonviolence, June 3, 2026)
- Discussion: What are the stakes? What connects to Atlanta? Where do we fit?
- Statements on deck: ICE statement (drafted), conflict resolution policy (draft), essay queue.
- Submit a resolution for next month →
10 min
3. Records & Accounting
- Tax & registration: DONE.
- Budget: Balance: [FILL]. Dues: [FILL]. Recurring: ink, mailbox, Google Workspace, transportation, $40/mo printing (Perimeter Printing).
- Banner: "Fight the Power, Free the People." Design is done and it's lovely. Is it printed? Has anyone gone to the printer?
- CRM migration: Joinit → FluentCRM. Dues on our own site.
Our strategy is strength in numbers.
Records is step one because Records knows who those numbers are. Membership isn't a subscription. It's a consistent commitment of time. Here's what that means: listen to others, make decisions, communicate consistently with our voice, develop tools to take action, present those tools to local networks in neighborhoods across the city, bring people to work with us.
If you're not here to do that work, if this is just a social stop, you'll be better off somewhere else. No hard feelings. But we don't pretend this is a party, and we're not going to waste your time.
Think about it while we go through the rest. Transport help → · Join a committee →
If you're not here to do that work, if this is just a social stop, you'll be better off somewhere else. No hard feelings. But we don't pretend this is a party, and we're not going to waste your time.
Think about it while we go through the rest. Transport help → · Join a committee →
5 min
4. Research
- Ideas grounded in the working class. We talk to people systematically: canvasses, events, surveys.
- Research into root causes and strategy. People and companies to confront. Systems to understand. The why behind the what.
- Ten-point plan: synthesizing what we've learned into action. Update from June 3 meeting.
- Housing justice: Housing Justice League, tenant organizing.
- ICE defense: KYR materials refresh, rapid response.
- Take the barriers survey →
10 min
5. Outreach
- We don't plan on doing this alone. We're part of many coalitions that work for justice. But this is the one that best honors their time, helps them onboard other people, has systems that create actions, helps people take action, publish, and reach others. Anyone can do it and have it.
- Some recent progress. We've been active with many orgs across the city. Institutional outreach is underway and drafts are written.
- Social media guidelines: drafted, under review. Our voice, our words, our systems.
- Standing presence: flyering/tabling with ICE self-defense zines. Doraville MARTA? 2×/week?
- Submit an event →
10 min
6. Wellness
- The system wants you exhausted, isolated, and out of the fight. This committee exists so you don't quit.
- Conflict resolution policy: draft in progress. Conflicts are inevitable. How we handle them is a choice. We choose to solve problems before they blow up.
- Proposed activities: ready to lead:
- Canvassing training: door-to-door basics, script, safety, de-escalation.
- Critique group: review progress, accountability, group feedback.
- Propose an activity →
5 min
7. Join
- You've now heard from every committee.
- Records counts us and moves the money.
- Research asks why, finds who, builds the plan.
- Outreach represents us in public.
- Wellness keeps us in the fight.
- Pick a group that fits the kind of work that makes you feel strongest and most whole. Please dial in: just choose one or two of these meetings and choose to be there, so that you can share your passionate leadership with others.
- Join a committee → (NDA required)
5 min
8. Next GM & Closing
- Our goal is to be one of the most prepared organizations in this city. We set the agenda. We don't just respond to events: we decide what happens next.
- Next GM: first Sunday next month, 3 PM. Same room, same link. Come ready to move.
- Coming up: June 11 Records · June 18 Wellness · June 19 Juneteenth · June 20 Intl Convention Against War
- You came. You spoke. You signed up for something. The door stays open.
- RSVP for next month →
Potential Action Items
🗓️ To the Calendar: next GM · committee meetings · Juneteenth
✍️ To Publishing: Newsletter send · ICE statement · social posts · next Mosaic LIVE
📣 To Outreach: Allied-org sends · member-activation asks · standing flyering crew
💪 Wellness: Schedule canvassing training. Launch critique group. Vote on conflict resolution policy.
🔍 Research: Complete barriers survey. Finalize ten-point plan. Refresh KYR materials. Connect with Housing Justice League.
