On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Alex Stinson <stinsoad(a)dukes.jmu.edu> wrote:
2011/3/4 aude <aude.wiki(a)gmail.com>
2011/3/4 Steve P.
<verdianspursfan(a)gmail.com>
Fairfax County would be a good location, too - there are large Korean and
Vietnamese communities, and a big
Spanish-speaking population, too, who
would be great for outreach to South and Central America. There's also a
Mongolian community in Arlington County, and an Afghan presence in the area
generally. I'm all in favor of fostering involvement among them, too.
Good idea, definitely agree that we could do a lot of outreach around
Fairfax and other suburban areas (e.g. Falls Church).
Last Summer, I briefly talked to one of the chief administrators at the
Martin Luther King Memorial library and they said that they would be
interested in holding a workshop in their space as long as we made sure that
the space would be open to the public (they have a computer lab with
projector in their space). They also said that if we wanted to do meetings
there, as a chapter, we were more than welcome to reserve the space. I was
planning on continuing the activity there if we got a number of people
interested in the Smithsonian outreach
and we solidified as a chapter, which we didn't last summer. I have a card
for the person sitting on my desk back in Springfield,
however since I am in
England right now, don't have access too it. If you contact the person
responsible for reserving spaces, she is the executive assistant for the
directors there, and she may be able to put you in contact with him,
It's not a problem to contact them. I know a couple folks there and can try
her too. I think we'd want 3-4 volunteers to run each workshop or class.
We could try this out by doing 2 workshops, one at MLK and one in Fairfax.
I assume there are materials from the public policy initiative that could be
a starting point, and maybe an ambassador or two that wants to help (but not
required).
Cheers,
Katie
Alex Stinson