Education Committee / Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council

Below you will find the key parts of last night's discussion around the budget

DLANC EDUCATION COMMITTEE BUDGET DISCUSSION 04.28.09

PROJECTS IN THE WORKS:

1. Gather information on schools and related programs

2. Partnered small projects with Central City Outreach Center

3. Developing work with 9^th Street Elementary to bolster their own efforts

The mission of the Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council Education Committee is to empower and uplift community members of all ages by facilitating opportunities to both teach and learn from each other.

- Collective and Personal Responsibility—We share responsibility for each other, just as we are responsible for our selves. We respect one another unconditionally. The strength of our community depends on the tenacity and cohesiveness of its people. We know it is up to us to make it happen and we know we need to do what it takes.

- Excellence and Value—We strive for achieving excellence in all we do and aim to add identifiable value to the lives of those around us.

- Possibility—We are optimistic in our approach of known and unknown challenges.

- Voice—We embrace the opinions of one another and take ownership over ensuring that the wide variety of voices of our community are heard and if not they are sought out.

PROJECTS MAIN FOCUS: EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS

- Opportunities for (k-12) students living on skid row

- Opportunities for (k-8) students living in/near downtown

RATIONALE: Per the discussion at our outreach meeting we have found that the needs of the (k-12, but particularly the k-8) children living in/near downtown are not being met. Given our previously tackled projects have had an adult education and empowerment focus, we are looking to engage a new pocket of our community. At the same time we know that if we impact younger members of our community at an earlier time, they are more likely to be increasingly empowered later. We will of course maintain our legacy projects, but are excited to expand on our impact overall.

INITIAL PROPOSAL FOR 09-10 FISCAL YEAR

BUDGET FROM FY 08-09

Education Committee		Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
	Peace in the Hood Coloring Book	$1,500				$1,500
	3 on 3 Basketball outreach/ T shirts		$1,000			$1,000
	Skid Row Photography Club	$500	$500			$1,000
	PHC Van & Misc Used Book give away		$200			$200
	LAPD Boosters Field trip			$300		$300
							$4,000

FOCUS QUESTIONS:

- WHAT WORKED AND WE SHOULD CONTINUE? WHAT DIDN’T WORK AND WE SHOULD CUT

- WHAT WOULD WE LIKE TO SEE DIFFERENT BASED ON THE LAST 6 MONTHS?

- CITY BUDGET CUTS OF 10%-- HOW SHOULD WE KEEP THIS IN MIND?

COMMENTS ON PROPOSED FUNDING INVOLVEMENT FOR 09-10

REPEAT--OG: Peace in the Hood Coloring Book (2nd print)	Project went well last year, may be a need for a 2nd print
REPEAT--OG/Vito: 3 on 3 Basketball outreach/ T shirts	Successful program, should continue support
REPEAT--DBullock/MBlaze: Skid Row Photography Club	Successful program, should continue support
REPEAT--Owner?: PHC Van & Misc Used Book give away	Successful program, should continue support
NEW--Cmte Chair: Field trip for 9th St Elem or CCCOC	Want to start/strengthen k-12 involvement in community
NEW--RCrockett: Dictionaries/Books for Huntington Reading Club	Successful program, should support further
NEW--Cmte Chair: Project with 9th Street Elementary School	Want to start/strengthen k-12 involvement in community
NEW--Cmte Chair: Volunteer dinner or working day project- CCCOC	Want to start/strengthen k-12 involvement in community
NEW--Cmte Chair: Educational Resources project- admin/outreach	Want to start/strengthen k-12 involvement in community
NEW--Cmte Chair: partner committee project	Want to facilitate collaboration with other committees

PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FY 09-10 à to be submitted to Executive Committee for approval on 05/05

Education Committee		Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
		Jul-Sep	Oct- Dec	Jan- Mar	Apr-Jun
	OG: Peace in the Hood Coloring Book (2nd print)	$500
	OG/Vito: 3 on 3 Basketball outreach/ T shirts		$1,000
	DBullock/MBlaze: Skid Row Photography Club	$500	$500
	Owner?: PHC Van & Misc Used Book give away		$200
	Cmte Chair: Field trip for 9th St Elem or CCCOC		$200	$300
	RCrockett: Dictionaries/Books for Huntington Fun Zone Reading Club	$500
	Cmte Chair: Project with 9th Street Elementary School		$500	$300
	Cmte Chair: Volunteer dinner or working day project- CCCOC			$500
	Cmte Chair: Educational Resources project- admin/outreach	$200
	Cmte Chair: partner committee project			$300
	TOTAL	1700	2400	1400	0	55550000

TOTAL