The More Pie Initiative (MPI) met in the Division 17 suite at APA on August 22, 2002. Members of the Sections for Ethnic and Racial Diversity (SERD), LGB Awareness (SLGBA), and Advancement of Women (SAW) were present.

Following pie-themed introductions, Tania Israel provided a history of MPI and a summary of MPI-related activities since APA 2001. These included collaboration with other social justice efforts in Division 17 to present a roundtable at APA 2002, the progress of the More Pie Recipe project, and updates to the MPI website .

We spent most of the remainder of the meeting discussing our mission and structure. We agreed that MPI:

• is a forum for collaboration among SLGBA, SAW, and SERD
• addresses intersections among oppressions and identities
• can create spaces to talk about difficult aspects of intersecting identities (e.g., feminism and multiculturalism, ethnic minority LGBT issues, privilege)
• is a process rather than an entity -- thus, it will provide opportunities for discussion and collaboration among existing entities, but it will not take on free-standing projects
• may help students connect with SAW, SLGBA, and SERD

Representatives from each Section were identified:

SAW - Tania Israel (tisrael@education.ucsb.edu)

SERD - Gargi Roysircar-Sodowsky (g_roysircar-sodowsky@antiochne.edu)

SLGBA - Michael Loewy (michael.loewy@und.nodak.edu)

We plan to meet at APA next year to provide a forum to discuss a topic (to be identified prior to APA) related to intersections among gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and other identity and diversity issues. We hope you will join us in Toronto!

Here's how you can be part of More Pie:

• Join the listserve by contacting Sue Morrow at Morrow@ed.utah.edu
• Contribute to More Pie Recipes by sending a pie recipe with a personal story related to the pie to Erinn Tozer (etozer@sandiego.edu)
• Join SERD, SAW, and SLGBA
• Visit the MPI website at http://www.education.ucsb.edu/tisrael/morepie.html

Much appreciation to all who attended, and especially to Sheila Henderson for taking notes!

Tania Israel