9/4/2008
- Saffron Circle and AAPIP Networking Event
Saffron
Circle and AAPIP jointly hosted a back-to-school/beginning
of Fall social at Mantra on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008.
3/26/2008
- General Meeting
A general membership meeting took place on Wednesday, 3/26 from 6pm-7:30pm at Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center.
The meeting featured presentation updates by our 2007 grant recipients Angkor Dance Troupe and Odaiko New England. In addition, the grantmaking committee provided an update on the current 2008 grant cycle, including potential site visit opportunities for interested members.
2/12/2008 - General Meeting
A general membership meeting took on Tuesday, February 12, 6pm at the offices of BCNC. Two Saffron Circle grant recipients were present to provide updates:
- Jacob Smith Yang and Melinda Sharma of MAP for Health presented their research to better understand the health needs of the Asian community, barriers, and opportunities for action.
- Michael Chen of the Asian Community Development Corporation, spoke about the Speakeasy Project, a pilot program that provides on-demand Asian language translation service that is now being integrated into the city of Boston's 24-hour services hot-line.
In addition, Yasmin Shah, Chair of the Grantmaking Committee, presented and led a discussion on the 2008-2009 Grantmaking Process. Yasmin shared with the group that about twenty submissions were received in response to our request-for-proposals.
11/28/2007 - General Meeting
A general membership meeting took on Wednesday, November 28 at 6pm. It was held at the offices of Philanthropic Advisors. Present at the meeting were representatives from two Saffron Circle grant recipients to provide updates:
- Sophia Kim from Asian American Resource Workshop
- Hema Sarangapani from Matahari: Eye of the Day
5/10/2007
- AAPIP Annual Funders Briefing and Saffron Circle Awards
The
Massachusetts chapter of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
in Philanthropy (AAPIP) and the Saffron Circle held a joint
event to learn about immigration in the Asian community and
to celebrate the first Saffron Circle grantees.
The
topic of the AAPIP Annual Funders Briefing this year was immigration
– patterns of immigration for Asian communities in Massachusetts,
as well as an overview of immigration policy at local and
federal levels and its impact on our state.
Guest speakers included:
Following
the briefing, Saffron Circle held a reception with light refreshments
and the announcement of the first set of grant awards. The
award recipients were:
More
information about each of the grant award recipients may be found
here.
4/23/2007
- General Meeting
A Saffron Circle general meeting was held on Monday, April
23 from 5:30pm at the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (BCNC)
at 38 Ash St. Boston, off Oak Street.
This was an important meeting as it will was
our last meeting before the May 10 announcement of the first
set of grant awards from the Circle.
3/12/07
- General Meeting
A general membership meeting of Saffron Circle took place
on March 12 at 5:30pm at The Boston Foundation on 75 Arlington
Street, 10th Floor.
The
meeting agenda included:
-
Report outs from committees
- Discussion
of recent site visit and schedule of future site visits
- Discussion
of May announcement/cultivation event
1/18/07
- General Meeting
A general membership meeting of Saffron Circle took place
on January 18 at 5:30pm at the offices of Asian Community Development
Corporation (ACDC) on 38 Oak Street, Chinatown. The Grantmaking
Committee provided an excellent overview of giving circles, the
grantmaking process, and presented its recommended slate of applicants
for full proposal invitations.
Members
may access minutes from the January 18th meeting via the Members
Access section.
12/15/06
- SAMPAN Newspaper highlights Saffron Circle
SAMPAN
Newspaper, New England's only bilingual Chinese-English publication
since 1972, interviewed steering committee members Yasmin Shah
and Miki Akimoto. Read the article here: "New
Group Aims to Give"
11/15/06
- General Meeting
A general membership meeting of Saffron Circle took place
on November 15 at 5:30pm at the offices of Associated Grant Makers
on 55 Court Street, Suite 520, Boston MA.
Members
may access minutes from the November 15th meeting via the Members
Access section.
10/17/06
- By-Laws Approved
The
finalized governance document was presented to the membership
for approval as the Saffron Circle
By-Laws. Unanimous approval of a quorum of the membership
was obtained on October 17, 2006.
9/12/06
- General Meeting
A general membership meeting of Saffron Circle took place
on September 12 at 5:30pm at the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood
Center at 38 Ash Street, Boston MA. Part of the meeting was devoted
to learning about and discussing the demographics of Asian Americans
in Massachusetts. We wish to once again thank Professor Michael
Liu of the Asian American Institute at UMass Boston for leading
this engaging discussion.
During
the meeting, members also reviewed the working governance document,
and reviewed plans and timelines for making grants.
7/20/06
- General Meeting
A general membership meeting of Saffron Circle took place
on July 20 at 5:30pm at the Boston Foundation. The majority of
the meeting was devoted to working committee progress reports
and membership feedback. One of the recommendations from attendees
was to establish a standard meeting schedule, with monthly general
meetings beginning in September. There will be no general membership
meeting in August in order to give the committees more time to
work.
Members
may access minutes from the July 20th meeting via the Members
Access section.
6/15/06
- First General Meeting
The
first "official" Saffron Circle meeting was held on
June 15 at 5:30pm at the Boston Foundation. A key outcome of the
meeting was the establishment of five
working committees to coordinate discussion and consensus
decision making with regard to major formative issues.
Members
may access minutes from the June 15th meeting via the Members
Access section.
5/24/06
- Inaugural Launch Event
THANK
YOU to everyone who came to the Saffron Circle launch event and
helped to make it a tremendous success! We hope you enjoyed getting
to know us a little better.
Some
of you have already made the wonderful decision to become members,
and many more of you have expressed interest in joining. Please
do not hesitate to contact
us if you have any questions or comments. For those who have
already decided to make a commitment to bring positive social
change in the greater Boston Asian community, instructions for
making your contribution may be found here. |
