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# OCF Monthly Community Forum - Mar 2022

## Agenda
**Intro/Check-In**
*[Who are you? Where are you from? What initiative are you with? What brought you to the forum?]*

* Hannah - Black Banjo Reclamation Project - Wanted to connect with offerings from Ebony and Robin. Currently working on cultural reclamation project out of Oakland. Heard about OC from them originally.
* Mike - OCF - Program Manager who holds the monthly space. Supports User Learning Journey and capacity building for collectives.
* Caroline - OCF - Glad to be here and connecting from Germany with son.
* Nan - Sustainable Progress and Equality Collective - Service learning organization which provides a lot of upskilling, mentoring, and hands-on job opportunities for recent grads and career changers. Also, DEI focused research and publications.
* Ebony - OCF Artist-Fellow & Cooperative Journal - Sharing more during the spotlight feature with Robin.
* Sebastian - Proofing Future - Solopreneur who is plugged into Open Collective 
* David - New Mexico Health Equity Partnership - New to OCF as a hosted project and wanted to tune in to listen and learn. Based out of Sante Fe and works around New Mexico on various social justice and environmental projects.
* Nathan - OCF - Does background policy and operations work.
* Robin - OCF Artist-Fellow & Cooperative Journal - Grew up in Massachussetts and currently on Ohlone land in Oakland.
* Tim - Housing Alternatives Network - In Portland, Oregon and creating new spaces to fund, support, and peer network housing innovation (policy, advocacy, houselessness response).
* Dylan - Art Profs America - Joined forum to check out the forum
* Niki - OCF Artist Fellow - From Miami and living in Miami. Community and youth organizer who also does decarceral work.
* Clara - Originally from Los Angeles and living in Chicago. Part of Northwestern Music & Medicine program.

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

* Releasing new [Expense Policy Guidance](https://www.loom.com/share/4560bf2a7ee142ebb0c1b8b1f463e562) to support initiatives communicating publicly how they review and approve expenses to improve internal group process and reduce potential for conflict
* Monthly Forum is an opportunity to spotlight initiatives and inviting any initiatives to share more about their work each time in the space
* Hosting a [Solidarity Economy 101](https://opencollective.com/foundation/events/solidarity-economy-101-36185f27) on April 11th at at 12 pm PT/3 pm ET which is open to the public and will help to engage more people in the framework we have adopted as part of our core strategy

**Cooperative Journal Story-Into-Action**

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

**~~Offers and Needs Market~~**

**Closing**
