September 2020 – FAB Meeting #29

Participants

• UB Backbone Staff (Kassa Belay, Danielle Augustine, Dionne Grayman, David Harrington, Athenia Rodney)

• 19 FAB Members

Takeaways

• UB will be taking steps to better include the FAB in administrative decisions

• Our Participatory Budgeting Contract with Rydehails to deliver food and goods to community members in being processed.

• UB will be partnering with the Brooklyn Library to fuse our curriculum with their CTLE course for the Learning Landscapes + Books for Brownsville Activity Kits

Meeting Notes

Objectives:

• Introduce and interview prospective intern Briona Clark

• Update on next iteration of Learning Landscapes, Books for Brownsville and Family Co-op, Supply Chain/ Home Delivery Project

• Continue the Community Care rubric conversation

• Discuss ways to further include the FAB in administrative decisions

Opening Reflection

• Reflect on the 19th Anniversary of 9/11

• Watch and discuss CBS video of black people discussing their experiences of racial bias in health care

  • Issues include financial burden of prescriptions, cavalier attitude/lack of empathy from doctors, self-advocacy necessary to receive treatment,

  • Solutions include public chain of command for complaints, accessible information

News and Updates

• A Participatory Budgeting Contract is being processed between Rydehails and Community Solutions

  • New food source options being explored, #1 prospect is Red Rabbit

  • UB is requesting help with logistics from Earnstin Young’s racial equity group

• Learning Landscapes + Books for Brownsville Activity Kits

  • Cards that can be easily placed in the home

  • Held roundtable with 13 FAB members on Wednesday 9/2

  • PAT members will be invited to be “trusted messengers”

  • UB will be partnering with Brooklyn Public Library to fuse our curriculum with their CTLE course

• Family Co-op Launch

  • Year 2 will be 10/2020 – 06/2021

  • 4 Cohorts are each 8 weeks long

  • Online and in person at Morris Koppelman Center

  • Link to sign up here: http://bit.ly/FC2021

  • 08/17-09/11 stipend will be processed on Monday. A link to our records was sent via email and WhatsApp. Please review our records and notify staff of any changes by Monday 09/14

Discussion Topics

•  Community Care Rubric

  • Last month FAB broke into small groups and created the Community Care Worksheet

  • Review exercise on how we measure the quality of care:

1. Ranking from 1-10

2. Checklist (Yes or No)

3. Rating checklist and numerical ranking scale combined

4. Qualitative review with no numbers

• Broke into 4 groups and reviewed Community Care Worksheet from last month

  • Asked what is missing?

  • Decided on how to measure care for each role and factor

  • Reviewed and edited comprehensive qualitative questions for providers

• Steps to further include FAB in administrative decisions

  • An Administrative Interim meeting will be held on 09/28 from 1pm-2pm to discuss how to set protocols for FAB to participate in decision making

  • Backbone staff will invite FAB members to feedback groups and include them in hiring and other decisions

  • Google doc templates will be created and shared over the next week to receive feedback about the FABs role in decision making

  • Values will be revisited to allow FAB members to hold backbone staff accountable to the proposed power dynamic within the organization

Next Steps

• Have PAT members use the care checklist as a self reflective tool in partnership with FAB members in the future

• How do we hold the PAT accountable?

  • Option: Have PAT members sign a commitment to follow through on FAB member feedback

• Family Co-op registration is open

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