2011-10-20T08:32:43-05:00 2010-12-31 SHERRY D HEFFERNAN LTD 6650 HORSESHOE BEND DR CORCORAN MN 553409549 990 2010-01-01 201788275 THE MAIN STREET PROJECT MAIN 6128797578 PO BOX 80066 MINNEAPOLIS MN 55408 JIM BLAHA 6128797578 2011-08-03 true SHERRY D HEFFERNAN LTD 7634786518 2011-10-20 2010 2016-03-07 17:11:31Z JIM BLAHA PO BOX 80066 MINNEAPOLIS MN 55408 286278 false X MAINSTREETPROJECT.ORG X 2004 MN TO FOCUS ATTENTION ON ECONOMIC CHALLENGES FACING RURAL COMMUNITIES AND TO DEVELOP NEW AND INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO RURAL ECONOMIC POLICY. 5 3 0 9 0 468640 260970 86692 25289 243 19 0 555575 286278 0 0 0 0 21352 544902 511363 544902 511363 10673 -225085 179540 92960 22305 160810 157235 -67850 X TO FOCUS ATTENTION ON ECONOMIC CHALLENGES FACING RURAL COMMUNITIES AND TO DEVELOP NEW AND INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO RURAL ECONOMIC POLICY. false false 224459 4014 MAIN STREET PROJECT WORKS WITH PEOPLE IN INCREASINGLY DIVERSE RURAL AND URBAN COMMUNITIES, GIVING VOICE TO THEIR HOPES AND ASPIRATIONS, AND PROVIDING CREATIVE AND PRACTICAL TOOLS TO TURN POSSIBILITIES INTO REALITIES. THROUGH GRASSROOTS PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON THE NEED FOR (1) MEDIA JUSTICE, (2) ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN RURAL COMMUNITIES, AND (3) BROADER CIVIC PARTICIPATION, OUR COMMITMENT IS TO STRENGTHEN LOCAL CAPACITY FOR PROBLEM SOLVING - SO THAT ANSWERS TO CHALLENGES COME DIRECTLY FROM THE COMMUNITY. RURAL ENTERPRISE CENTER-THE RURAL ENTERPRISE CENTER PROGRAM OF MAIN STREET PROJECT IS LOCATED IN NORTHFIELD AND IS FOCUSED ON HELPING LATINO FAMILIES BREAK THE CYCLE OF POVERTY THROUGH HANDS-ON TRAINING AND MENTORSHIP IN A UNIQUE MODEL OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE - ALLOWING THEM TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN THE LIFE OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE RURAL ENTERPRISE CENTER HAS WORKED TO ASSEMBLE THE RESOURCES, COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND SYSTEMS THAT LATIN@ ENTREPRENEURS AND THEIR FAMILIES NEED TO SUCCESSFULLY BREAK OUT OF THE CYCLE OF POVERTY. THOSE EFFORTS CAME TOGETHER IN 2010 IN THE FORM OF A UNIQUE AND POWERFUL EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING APPROACH FOR ASPIRING LATIN@ FARMERS OR "AGRIPRENEURS." THE AGRIPRENEUR TRAINING PROGRAM CAPITALIZES ON STRENGTHS OF CULTURE, EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION, AND ADDRESSES CHALLENGES OFTEN TIED TO STRUCTURAL RACISM: THE LACK OF ACCESS TO LAND, WORKING CAPITAL, MARKETING AND BUSINESS SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, AND FOCUSED TRAINING. THE TRAINING APPROACH MOST DIRECTLY BENEFITS IMMIGRANT LOW-INCOME LATIN@ FAMILIES FROM MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA LIVING IN THE NORTHFIELD AREA OF SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA (RICE COUNTY PRIMARILY, BUT ALSO FAMILIES IN DAKOTA, DODGE, GOODHUE, AND STEELE COUNTIES). WE KNOW FROM OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND CONTACTS THAT MANY LATIN@ FAMILIES IN THE AREA HAVE ONLY ONE WAGE EARNER LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY AND THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS OFTEN WORK TWO TO THREE JOBS TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES - AND THAT ALL THE FAMILIES WE WORK WITH FALL BELOW THE MORE REALISTIC POVERTY MARKER OF 200 PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINE. BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE ASSETS SHARED BY MANY LATIN@ FAMILIES IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND BEYOND, AS WELL AS THE RECENT REGIONAL MARKET ASSESSMENTS, POINT TO SMALL-SCALE SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AS AN OPPORTUNITY: AT HEAVILY-ATTENDED COMMUNITY MEETINGS WE'VE HOSTED, MORE THAN 70 PERCENT OF LATIN@ ATTENDEES INDICATED THAT THEY EITHER CAME FROM RURAL AREAS IN LATIN AMERICA OR MEXICO WHERE THEY WERE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN AGRICULTURE, OR HAVE WORKED AS LABORERS DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN PRODUCTION OF LIVESTOCK, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. LATIN@ IMMIGRANTS ARE MORE THAN TWICE AS LIKELY TO BECOME ENTREPRENEURS THAN ESTABLISHED POPULATIONS OF PREVIOUS IMMIGRANTS. A COOPERATIVE, FAMILY-FOCUSED AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS MODEL IS CULTURALLY FAMILIAR. SMALL-SCALE SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FUTURE REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH (PARTNERSHIP FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS PROJECT). OUR MODEL FOR AGRIPRENEUR TRAINING FOR LOW-INCOME RURAL LATIN@S WAS DESIGNED TO WORK WITH AND FOR "AT RISK FAMILIES" - LIFTING UP THEIR ENTIRE FAMILY'S ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SITUATION AND BREAKING THE CURRENT CYCLE OF POVERTY IN A WAY THAT'S CULTURALLY COMPATIBLE AND RELEVANT. THE PROCESS OF ENGAGING IN SUSTAINABLE, HEALTHY FOOD PRODUCTION AND ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT (AS A COOPERATIVE GROWER RATHER THAN EMPLOYEE) GIVES PARENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A HEALTHIER DIET FOR THEIR CHILDREN - AND MODEL THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTHY, NATURAL FOOD. WORKING PARTNERSHIPS ARE CRITICAL TO THE PROGRAM AND THE LONG-TERM SUCCESS OF AGRIPRENEURS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE PROGRAM HAS A CURRENT NETWORK OR SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE OF MORE THAN 3,000 INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS. 157121 6231 MEDIA JUSTICE: OUR MEDIA JUSTICE PROGRAM PROVIDES TRAINING TO ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS IN THE ART OF STORYTELLING AND THE USE OF NEW MEDIA TOOLS THAT CAN HELP ADDRESS ISSUES IMPORTANT TO RURAL RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. THE GOAL OF TRAINING AND OUTREACH IS TO BUILD MULTICULTURAL LEADERSHIP NETWORKS AND COALITIONS WITH CAPACITY TO ADVANCE MEDIA POLICY REFORM ON BEHALF OF MARGINALIZED RURAL COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. IN 2010 MAIN STREET PROJECT CONTINUED TO SERVE AS A REGIONAL HUB COORDINATOR AND ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE MEDIA ACTION GRASSROOTS NETWORK (MAG-NET), SUCCESSFULLY RECRUITING 20-MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS FROM MINNESOTA, AND LEVERAGING THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS OF PARTNER GROUPS. OUR ASSOCIATION WITH MAG-NET CONTINUES TO EXPAND OUR KNOWLEDGE AND AVAILABLE RESOURCES, HELPING US IDENTIFY MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INCLUDING HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED VOICES IN THE DISCUSSION OF OUR DIGITAL FUTURE. THE MINNESOTA DIGITAL JUSTICE COALITION WAS FORMED TO BUILD CAPACITY WITH MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS IN DIGITAL SKILLS AND INFLUENCE A DIGITALLY INCLUSIVE NATIONAL BROADBAND POLICY. WORKING WITH THE GROUP, WE ORGANIZED INTERNET DAY OF ACTION EVENT IN MARCH, WITH A KEYNOTE SPEECH BY THE MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE. WE ALSO COORDINATED, A NATIONAL 'DIGITAL JUSTICE COALITION MEET-UP" OF SIMILAR NETWORKS AT THE ALLIED MEDIA CONFERENCE IN JUNE. MAIN STREET PROJECT STAFF CREATED CURRICULUM AND DELIVERED DIGITAL STORYTELLING, MEDIA JUSTICE BASICS AND PODCASTING TRAINING TO MORE THAN 300 ADULTS AND YOUTH ACROSS MINNESOTA, ALBUQUERQUE, NM AND PHILADELPHIA, PA, AND CONDUCTED DIGITAL STORY TRAINING SESSION AT BOTH THE 2010 ALLIED MEDIA CONFERENCE AND U.S. SOCIAL FORUM. ORGANIZATIONS THAT PARTICIPATED IN TRAINING ARE INCORPORATING THESE SKILLS INTO THEIR OWN PROGRAMMING. FOR EXAMPLE, THE MINNESOTA CENTER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZING IS WORKING WITH HMONG YOUTH TO CREATE A PODCAST CAMPAIGN ON THE NEED FOR HMONG POLICE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS; CENTRO CULTURAL (FARGO-MOORHEAD) IS HELPING IMMIGRANT PARENTS CREATE DIGITAL STORIES TO HELP BUILDING UNDERSTAND IN THEIR COMMUNITY; TWIN CITIES COMMUNITY VOICE MAIL AND CROSSING BARRIERS ARE USING THE POWERFUL DIGITAL STORIES PARTICIPANTS CREATED IN ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS AND FUNDRAISING EFFORTS. EARLY IN THE YEAR WE FACILITATED SSRC RESEARCH COMMISSIONED BY THE FCC ON BARRIERS TO BROADBAND ADOPTION IN LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES. IN AUGUST, MAIN STREET PROJECT'S MEDIA JUSTICE TEAM WORKED WITH FREE PRESS AND THE CENTER FOR MEDIA JUSTICE TO HOST AND CO-SPONSOR THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET PUBLIC HEARING FEATURING FCC COMMISSIONERS CLYBURN AND COBBS, THE MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE, AND SENATOR AL FRANKEN IN AUGUST. THE EVENT WAS ATTENDED BY MORE THAN 700 PEOPLE (STANDING ROOM ONLY) AND BY ANOTHER 1,100 WHO WATCHED THE LIVE STREAM VIA THE INTERNET. MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE EVENT WAS EXTENSIVE. STAFF CONDUCTED PRE-EVENT TRAINING FOR TWENTY MINNESOTA DIGITAL JUSTICE COALITION MEMBERS WHO TESTIFIED AT THE HEARING. 67339 14000 COMMUNITY BUILDING: A MAJOR FOCUS IN 2010 WAS CENSUS OUTREACH WITH IMMIGRANT, LOW-INCOME AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. WE PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED NEARLY 33,000 FOUR-LANGUAGE COMMUNITY CENSUS GUIDES TO NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND SCHOOLS AND COLLABORATED ON DOZENS OF COMMUNITY-BASED TRAININGS AND EVENTS THROUGHOUT MINNESOTA. WE CONTINUED TO SUPPORT THE COMMON THREADS PROJECT IN FARGO-MOORHEAD, WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS, PEOPLE ESCAPING POVERTY PROJECT (PEPP) AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY RESOURCES TO BUILD CONNECTIONS BETWEEN IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES AND AREA ORGANIZATIONS, AND THE CAPACITY OF ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS TO ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES. 448919 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 8 0 true 0 false false false false false false X 5 3 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true false false false X KENT FORDYCE 6128892959 6371 BARTLETT BLVD MOUND MN 55364 X JIM BLAHA 4.00 X X 0 0 0 E NIEL RITCHIE 4.00 X X 0 0 0 AMALIA ANDERSON 2.00 X 0 0 0 EDYAEL CASAPERALTA 2.00 X 0 0 0 PAUL DESAI 2.00 X 0 0 0 false false true LEAGUE OF RURAL VOTERS 2104 STEVENS AVENUE S MINNEAPOLIS MN 55404 PROGRAM SERVICE 277733 1 260970 260970 PROGRAM SERVICES 900099 25289 25289 25289 19 19 286278 25289 19 703 607 96 15782 15782 405944 372785 15581 17578 31754 29529 1379 846 34427 30743 1826 1858 12581 10297 1689 595 2554 2554 2806 2470 153 183 1346 1198 67 81 MISCELLANEOUS 3466 1897 1454 115 511363 448919 41092 21352 68635 76159 103550 10000 1500 3600 1758 1910 17119 15828 4097 1291 179540 92960 22305 160810 22305 160810 X -83117 -263658 240352 195808 157235 -67850 179540 92960 -225085 X false false X 178000 161850 426708 468640 260970 1496168 178000 161850 426708 468640 260970 1496168 670784 825384 243 19 262 945 945 1497375 111981 0.55120 0.53270 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false false false false false false false false false 17119 15828 1291 1291 false false false false false false false false false E NIEL RITCHIE OTHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SCHEDULE J, PART III PAYMENTS OF 38,906 WERE MADE TO E. NIEL RITCHIE, FOR CONTRACT SERVICES PERFORMED FOR MAIN STREET PROJECT (MSP), FROM LEAGUE OF RURAL VOTERS (LRV), A C4 ORGANIZATIION. THE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE A PROJECT SUPPORT AGREEMENT WHEREIN MSP UTILIZES THE EMPLOYEES OF LRV AND PAYS BY PROJECT AND AS AGREED TO BY BOTH BOARDS OF THE ORGANIZATIONS. MR. RITCHIE IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LRV. MS. AMALIA DELONEY, A BOARD OF DIRECTOR FOR MSP, WAS PAID 3,600 FOR SERVICES PERFORMED FOR MSP AS A CONTRACTOR. FIRST ACHIEVEMENT DESCRIPTION FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A UNIQUE MODEL OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE - ALLOWING THEM TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN THE LIFE OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE RURAL ENTERPRISE CENTER HAS WORKED TO ASSEMBLE THE RESOURCES, COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND SYSTEMS THAT LATIN@ ENTREPRENEURS AND THEIR FAMILIES NEED TO SUCCESSFULLY BREAK OUT OF THE CYCLE OF POVERTY. THOSE EFFORTS CAME TOGETHER IN 2010 IN THE FORM OF A UNIQUE AND POWERFUL EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING APPROACH FOR ASPIRING LATIN@ FARMERS OR "AGRIPRENEURS." THE AGRIPRENEUR TRAINING PROGRAM CAPITALIZES ON STRENGTHS OF CULTURE, EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION, AND ADDRESSES CHALLENGES OFTEN TIED TO STRUCTURAL RACISM: THE LACK OF ACCESS TO LAND, WORKING CAPITAL, MARKETING AND BUSINESS SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, AND FOCUSED TRAINING. THE TRAINING APPROACH MOST DIRECTLY BENEFITS IMMIGRANT LOW-INCOME LATIN@ FAMILIES FROM MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA LIVING IN THE NORTHFIELD AREA OF SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA (RICE COUNTY PRIMARILY, BUT ALSO FAMILIES IN DAKOTA, DODGE, GOODHUE, AND STEELE COUNTIES). WE KNOW FROM OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND CONTACTS THAT MANY LATIN@ FAMILIES IN THE AREA HAVE ONLY ONE WAGE EARNER LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY AND THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS OFTEN WORK TWO TO THREE JOBS TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES - AND THAT ALL THE FAMILIES WE WORK WITH FALL BELOW THE MORE REALISTIC POVERTY MARKER OF 200 PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINE. BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE ASSETS SHARED BY MANY LATIN@ FAMILIES IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND BEYOND, AS WELL AS THE RECENT REGIONAL MARKET ASSESSMENTS, POINT TO SMALL-SCALE SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AS AN OPPORTUNITY: AT HEAVILY-ATTENDED COMMUNITY MEETINGS WE'VE HOSTED, MORE THAN 70 PERCENT OF LATIN@ ATTENDEES INDICATED THAT THEY EITHER CAME FROM RURAL AREAS IN LATIN AMERICA OR MEXICO WHERE THEY WERE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN AGRICULTURE, OR HAVE WORKED AS LABORERS DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN PRODUCTION OF LIVESTOCK, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. LATIN@ IMMIGRANTS ARE MORE THAN TWICE AS LIKELY TO BECOME ENTREPRENEURS THAN ESTABLISHED POPULATIONS OF PREVIOUS IMMIGRANTS. A COOPERATIVE, FAMILY-FOCUSED AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS MODEL IS CULTURALLY FAMILIAR. SMALL-SCALE SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FUTURE REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH (PARTNERSHIP FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS PROJECT). OUR MODEL FOR AGRIPRENEUR TRAINING FOR LOW-INCOME RURAL LATIN@S WAS DESIGNED TO WORK WITH AND FOR "AT RISK FAMILIES" - LIFTING UP THEIR ENTIRE FAMILY'S ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SITUATION AND BREAKING THE CURRENT CYCLE OF POVERTY IN A WAY THAT'S CULTURALLY COMPATIBLE AND RELEVANT. THE PROCESS OF ENGAGING IN SUSTAINABLE, HEALTHY FOOD PRODUCTION AND ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT (AS A COOPERATIVE GROWER RATHER THAN EMPLOYEE) GIVES PARENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A HEALTHIER DIET FOR THEIR CHILDREN - AND MODEL THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTHY, NATURAL FOOD. WORKING PARTNERSHIPS ARE CRITICAL TO THE PROGRAM AND THE LONG-TERM SUCCESS OF AGRIPRENEURS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE PROGRAM HAS A CURRENT NETWORK OR SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE OF MORE THAN 3,000 INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS. SECOND ACHIEVEMENT DESCRIPTION FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4B MINNESOTA, AND LEVERAGING THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS OF PARTNER GROUPS. OUR ASSOCIATION WITH MAG-NET CONTINUES TO EXPAND OUR KNOWLEDGE AND AVAILABLE RESOURCES, HELPING US IDENTIFY MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INCLUDING HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED VOICES IN THE DISCUSSION OF OUR DIGITAL FUTURE. THE MINNESOTA DIGITAL JUSTICE COALITION WAS FORMED TO BUILD CAPACITY WITH MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS IN DIGITAL SKILLS AND INFLUENCE A DIGITALLY INCLUSIVE NATIONAL BROADBAND POLICY. WORKING WITH THE GROUP, WE ORGANIZED INTERNET DAY OF ACTION EVENT IN MARCH, WITH A KEYNOTE SPEECH BY THE MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE. WE ALSO COORDINATED, A NATIONAL 'DIGITAL JUSTICE COALITION MEET-UP" OF SIMILAR NETWORKS AT THE ALLIED MEDIA CONFERENCE IN JUNE. MAIN STREET PROJECT STAFF CREATED CURRICULUM AND DELIVERED DIGITAL STORYTELLING, MEDIA JUSTICE BASICS AND PODCASTING TRAINING TO MORE THAN 300 ADULTS AND YOUTH ACROSS MINNESOTA, ALBUQUERQUE, NM AND PHILADELPHIA, PA, AND CONDUCTED DIGITAL STORY TRAINING SESSION AT BOTH THE 2010 ALLIED MEDIA CONFERENCE AND U.S. SOCIAL FORUM. ORGANIZATIONS THAT PARTICIPATED IN TRAINING ARE INCORPORATING THESE SKILLS INTO THEIR OWN PROGRAMMING. FOR EXAMPLE, THE MINNESOTA CENTER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZING IS WORKING WITH HMONG YOUTH TO CREATE A PODCAST CAMPAIGN ON THE NEED FOR HMONG POLICE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS; CENTRO CULTURAL (FARGO-MOORHEAD) IS HELPING IMMIGRANT PARENTS CREATE DIGITAL STORIES TO HELP BUILDING UNDERSTAND IN THEIR COMMUNITY; TWIN CITIES COMMUNITY VOICE MAIL AND CROSSING BARRIERS ARE USING THE POWERFUL DIGITAL STORIES PARTICIPANTS CREATED IN ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS AND FUNDRAISING EFFORTS. EARLY IN THE YEAR WE FACILITATED SSRC RESEARCH COMMISSIONED BY THE FCC ON BARRIERS TO BROADBAND ADOPTION IN LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES. IN AUGUST, MAIN STREET PROJECT'S MEDIA JUSTICE TEAM WORKED WITH FREE PRESS AND THE CENTER FOR MEDIA JUSTICE TO HOST AND CO-SPONSOR THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET PUBLIC HEARING FEATURING FCC COMMISSIONERS CLYBURN AND COBBS, THE MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE, AND SENATOR AL FRANKEN IN AUGUST. THE EVENT WAS ATTENDED BY MORE THAN 700 PEOPLE (STANDING ROOM ONLY) AND BY ANOTHER 1,100 WHO WATCHED THE LIVE STREAM VIA THE INTERNET. MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE EVENT WAS EXTENSIVE. STAFF CONDUCTED PRE-EVENT TRAINING FOR TWENTY MINNESOTA DIGITAL JUSTICE COALITION MEMBERS WHO TESTIFIED AT THE HEARING. ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990 FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B A COPY OF FORM 990 IS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD FOR ITS REVIEW AND APPROVAL PRIOR TO FILING. ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICTS POLICY FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C THE ORGANIZATION'S BOOKKEEPER/ACCOUNTANT MONITORS THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY COMPLIANCE. GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 UPON REQUEST THE ORGANIZATION WILL PROVIDE COPIES OF ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.