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# OCF Monthly Community Forum - August 2022

## Agenda
**Intro/Check-In**
*[Who are you? Where are you from? What initiative are you with? What brought you to the forum? What is your favorite instrument or one that you want to learn more about?]*

* Lori - Civic Hacker Network - Joined to forum to learn more about other projects and has a cello which she would like to return to playing.
* Stephen - Concerts for Indigent Defense - Recently joined with one project and applied with another. Looking forward to meeting other people who are doing in OCF and loves tuba and sousaphone.
* Hannah - Black Banjo Reclamation Project - Joined today to share more about the project during the spotlight. Is a multi-instrumentalist, but the banjo has recently taken a prominent spot in her life.
* Lauren - Open Source Collective/12heartU - Part of a local group of musicians and organizers who are trying to rebuild a common space for musicians to gather. Her favorite instrument is marimba, xylophone, or vibraphone.
* Mike - Open Collective Foundation/The Kola Nut Collaborative - Joining from Vermont gathering and loves to hear about and spotlight projects at the forum. Favorite instrument is a kora which was purchased at a time when he did not appreciate the delicate nature of the instrument as much which he wants to learn to play in the future.
* Patrice - Black Banjo Reclamation Project - Came to support BBRP spotlight today. She wants to learn more about banjo and finds the instrument to be something precious or important to her.

**Review of [new updates](https://opencollective.com/foundation/updates) from OCF**

* [Solidarity School syllabus](https://opencollective.com/foundation/updates/ocf-solidarity-school-syllabus-phase-1-building-on-our-shared-capacity) has been published
* [Participatory Budgeting for Orgs 101 Training](https://opencollective.com/foundation/events/participatory-budgeting-for-orgs-101-14adac47) will be hosted in September

**Agile Check-Ins (What are your blockers?)**

**[Black Banjo Reclamation Project](https://opencollective.com/banjo-reclamation-project) Spotlight w/Hannah Mayree**

* Have you considered the work you do as related to your cultural in some way?
* What role do race and culture play in my work?
* How are we creating a culture of anti-racism, liberation and or abolition work into our organizations and roles?
* What positive attributes of my culture or heritage do I want to celebrate and share that can be supportive to our communities? 
* What stops us from seeing our work through these perspectives?
* How can my ancestral practice inform ways to make our world more habitable for the beings on this planet and maybe even beyond?


**Offers and Needs Market**

**Closing**
