NEWSLETTERS 2024

  • April 2024

    In this issue:

    • Government Team: Strong Community Support Fails to Save Marin Human Rights Commission

    • Police Team: Civilian Oversight Commission Update

    • Arts and Recreation Team: Permanent DEI Art Gallery Opening Up in Mill Valley’s Recreation Center State

    • MVFREE Meetings and Events

    • Community Meetings and Events

  • January 2024

    In this issue:

    MVFREE Acknowledgements (Martin Luther King Jr., Day

    Community Events

    Police Team

    — Supervisors Approve Expansive Surveillance Technology

    — Facts About Racial Profiling in Marin
    — Supervisors Approve Sheriff’s Military Arsenal

NEWSLETTERS 2023

  • November 2023

    In this issue:

    Housing Team

    • Hamilton Affordable Housing Update:

    • Private Club at 60 Throckmorton?

    • Opposition to Development at 825 Drake in Marin City

    Police Team

    • Race Based Calls to Police in Mill Valley: Update

    Parks and Recretion Team

    • DEI Training for Coaches of Youth Sports in Mill Valley is now mandatory

    MVFREE in the News: Sheriff’s Military Arsenal

    Stories We Are Following

    MVFREE Meetings and OutingsDescription goes here

  • September 2023

    In this issue:

    • Coordinating Team Meeting: Thurs., October 12, 2023, 7:00 p.m. ALL MEMBERS WELCOME! Agenda will be sent out by separate email.

    • Save the Date:MVFREE Outing: An Evening with Emory Douglas, Thursday, October 26, 2023, 5-8 pm, James Dunn Theater, College of Marin

    • MVFREE Outing: Kehinde Wiley Exhibit

    • Police Team

    — Facts About Racial Profiling in Marin
    — Supervisors Approve Sheriff’s Military Arsenal

    • City Government Team

    — DEI Consulting Firm Hired to Help Guide City’s DEI Process

    • Housing Team

    — Local Rent Control Hot Topic

    • Community Events

    — Cascada de Flores in Concert on Saturday, October 7 from 3 - 4 pm in Marin City: oes here

  • July 2023

    In this issue:

    • Housing Team

      — MVFREE Supports Save Our City

    • Police Team

      — Next Steps for Civilian Oversight of Marin Sheriff’s Office

      — MVFREE Joins in Supporting SB 474

      — Police Team’s Eye on What’s Happening in the County and the State

    • City Government Team

      — MVFREE Expresses Concerns About Full Transparency and Seeks to Engage More Fully with City DEI Initiatives

    • MVFREE Meetings and Events

  • May 2023

    In this issue

    • Housing Team Update

    • Police Team Update

    • MVFREE Events and Meetings

    — All members invited to attend the monthly Coordinating Team meetings.

    • ANNOUNCING: MVFREE Outings!

  • March 2023

    In this issue:

    • Education Team Update

    • Police Team Update

  • January 2023

    In this issue:

    • Police Team

    — Weigh in on Civilian Oversight Of Marin Sheriff’s Office - Take Action - Complete the Survey!

    — MVFREE Partners with Mill Valley to End Race-Based Calls to Police

    • Housing Team

    — City Council Gives “OK” for 1 Hamilton Drive

    • City Government Team

    — Update on City Manager’s Working Group

    • Education Team

    — Lunar New Year Event at Tam Valley Elementary on Tuesday January 31

    — Edna Maguire and Bayside MLK Academy Host MLK Jr. Day of Service

    — Other News: DEI Workshops and New School Board Members

NEWSLETTERS 2021 - 2022

  • November 2022

    In This Issue:

    • Police Team
    — MVFREE Confronts City’s Denial of MVPD Racial Profiling
    — Board of Supervisors Rubberstamps Sheriff’s Military Arsenal

    • Housing Team
    — MVFREE Joins in Support of Golden Gate Village Residents’ Council Plan; Board of Supervisors Meeting on Tuesday, November 15, 2022
    — Richardson Terrace Project
    — 1 Hamilton Drive Project, Public Hearing on November 30, 2022

    • Education Team
    —MVSD Hires Tenisha Tate-Austin to Facilitate DEI Efforts
    —Play Marin’s 2nd Annual Walk-A-Thon Supports Diversity and Inclusion
    — MVMS Inclusion Pilot Brought to MVMS Through Dedication to Special Education
    — Heart of the Village Presented Discussion on Teens in Mill Valley

    • Recreation and Arts
    — Update from the Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Committee

    • Community Events
    — Mill Valley United Against Hate Week, November 13-19, 2022
    — Mural Installation in Marin City, Saturday, November 19, 2022 from 1-3 pm

  • September 2022

    In This Issue:

    • Meet Jamillah Jordan, Marin County Director of Equity

    • Police Team - Racial Profiling

    • October 3, 6:30 p.m. City Council Meeting

    • Housing Team - Desegregate Mill Valley?

    • Community Events

  • June 2022

    In This Issue:

    • Juneteenth Events

    • MVFREE Celebrates Asian History Month

    • Buffalo and Uvalde: Acknowledgement of Those Slain

    • Police Team

    • MVFREE Battles Harms From On Campus Police

    • Housing Team Update

    • EducationTeam Update

    • Parks and Rec Team Update

  • April 2022

    In This Issue:

    • Education Team (Events and Training for DEI Chairs)
    • Housing Team (Golden Gate Village Resident Council Revitalization Plan, Mt. Tam Community Land Trust)
    • Police Team (MVPD Stop Data Underscores Urgency of MVFREE Police Team)
    • City Government Team (MVFREE and MVCAN Host City Council Candidate Forum)
    • Parks and Rec Team (Contracts for MV Sports Clubs Require Coach DEI Training, New Swim Instruction Program and Adaptive Play Structure, Development of Tam Transportation Loop)
    • Upcoming Community Eventson goes here

  • November 2021

    In This Issue:

    • City Council Meetings

    • Walk-A-Thon

    • Housing Team Update

    • Police Team Update

    • World Cafe Recap

    • “Spread Love” Pop Up

    • Renaming Building at Tam High

    • Tiburon City Council Election

  • October 2021

    In This Issue:

    • City Council Meetings

    • World Cafe Update

    • Housing Group Update

    • Police Group Update

    • Police and Education

    • Other News

    • News at MVSD

    • News at Tam High School

  • September 2021

    In This Issue:

    • City Council Meetings

    • Housing Group Update

    • Police Group Update

    • Police and Education

    • Mill Valley News and Events