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Equity and Inclusion Campaign 2011 Calendar of Activities
January
11	Healthcare Working Group Call*
13	Housing Working Group Call*
18	Education Working Group Call*
19	Environment Working Group Call*
21	Economic Development Working Group Call*
February
10	Housing Working Group Call
16	Education Working Group Call
18	Economic Development Working Group Call
24	Housing Working Group Call
May
25	New Orleans, LA: advocacy training
May 31 - June 2	Washington, DC meetings with Congress and Obama Administration officials
June
3	Prep Conference Call: advocacy training
6 - 7	Louisiana: in-district meetings w/ Gulf Coast delegation
8	Mobile, AL: advocacy training
9 - 10	Alabama: in-district meetings w/ Gulf Coast delegation
13	Debrief Conference Call: advocacy training/strategy check-in
28	Biloxi, MS: advocacy training
29 - 30	Mississippi: in-district meetings w/ Gulf Coast delegation
July
6	Debrief Conference Call: advocacy training/strategy check-in
18 - 21	Senators, AL, MS, LA: in-district meetings w/ Gulf Coast delegation
26	Debrief Conference Call: Next Steps
September
26-30	Grassroots & Congressional Leaders in-district meeting
October
	Washington, DC meetings with Congress and Obama Administration officials
17-21	Grassroots & Congressional Leaders in-district meeting
November
7-10	Grassroots & Congressional Leaders in-district meeting
21-25	Grassroots & Congressional Leaders in-district meeting
*Working Group calls take place every two weeks or as needed. To subscribe to one of the Working Group lists and join a meeting, please email: matthew@equityandinclusion.org. Working Group Calls will be confirmed at least 48 hours prior to scheduled time.

Equity and Inclusion Campaign 2010 Calendar of Activities
January
7	Obama Long-Term Disaster Working Group Convening (partnership with the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation) New Orleans, LA
27	Universal Periodic Review Convening (partnership with Gulf States Human Rights Working Group, the Greater New Orleans Organizer's Roundtable and the US Human Rights Network's UPR Project) New Orleans, LA

February

March
4	All-Campaign Conference Call: Updates (11 am central) Convening with homeless community, New Orleans, LA
23	Policy Briefing: Housing, New Orleans, LA
25	Policy Briefing: Health and Healthcare, Mobile, AL
26	Convening with homeless community, Biloxi, MS

April
12-13	Washington, DC Convening
20	Policy Briefing: Environment and Infrastructure, Biloxi, MS
22	Policy Briefing: Workers' Rights and Economic Development, Mobile, AL
23	Convening with homeless community, Mobile, AL
28	Policy Briefing: Education, Jackson, MS

May
May 19-21	Washington DC Oil Spill Convening
26-27	All-Campaign Regional Convening, Biloxi, MS

June
1	Start of Hurricane Season
15	Launch Hurricane Katrina 5th Anniversary Narrative Series

July
1-31	Faith Initiative - meetings with Faith Leaders in LA, MS, AL
July 12	Faith in Action: Faith Leaders Convening, New Orleans, LA
July 19	Faith in Action: Faith Leaders Convening, Biloxi, MS
July 26	Faith in Action: Faith Leaders Convening, Mobile, AL
July 27	Media Training in partnership with Steps Coalition, Biloxi, MS
July 27-29	Washington DC Oil Spill Convening

August
12-14	MS Policy Conference, Tunica, MS
23	Launch Student Mobilization and E & I College Chapters
25-27	LANO Conference, New Orleans, LA
28-29	Hurricane Katrina Anniversary Events, TBA
30	Regional Convening Biloxi, MS

September

October
15	Media and Communications Community Meeting, New Orleans, LA
18	Faith Community Meeting, New Orleans, LA Non-Profit Leadership Meeting , New Orleans, LA Grassroots Community Meeting , New Orleans, LA
19	Policy and Advocacy Community Meeting , New Orleans, LA Grassroots Community Meeting , Biloxi, MS
20	Faith Community Meeting , Jackson, MS Policy and Advocacy Community Meeting , Jackson, MS
21	9:30am - Faith Community Meeting , Montgomery, AL 1:30pm - Policy and Advocacy Community Meeting , Montgomery, AL
22	9:30am - Non-Profit Leadership Meeting , Mobile, AL 4:00pm - Grassroots Community Meeting , Mobile, AL

November
5	Strategic Planning Committee Meeting, Hattiesburg, MS
8	Student Leaders Meeting, Birmingham, AL
9	Student Leaders Meeting, Jackson, MS
10	Student Leaders Meeting, New Orleans, LA
16-17	Strategic Planning Retreat, Biloxi, MS

December