The Main Street Project

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2012 to Dec 31, 2012

Signed

Oct 17, 2013

Return Version

2012v2.1

Gross Receipts

$1,436,644

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Our media justice program works to address issues of equity and access in today's increasingly corporate-dominated media and communication systems. We do that by developing the capacity of community partners to create and shape their own media, and by working to expand access to media - on a local and national level. In 2012 our program accomplished the following:-co-facilitated and supported the phillips neighborhood mural project (with waite house and hope community); mentored four youth participants in media production and communication strategies, including arranging for them to be interviewed on air by the youth new initiative at kfai community radio.-co-sponsored and facilitated one-day workshop with community action against racism (c.a.a.r.) called "racism in the media: a community conversation."-co-hosted a "gathering for media justice" with 70 attendees and represenation from 19 community organizations and local independent media outlets. The group adopted a pledge for equity in local media drafted by main street project, calling for inclusive and accurate journalism.-facilitated local efforts to engage in both the state and national prison phone justice campaign. -partnered with the community justice project at st. Thomas university law school. -with community justice project, participated in the washington, d.c. Strong families, safe communities rally and press conference where fcc commissioner mignon clyburn announced that the fcc would act on the wright petition. -with community justice project, met with minnesota public utility commissioner to explore potential for changing minnesota's prison phone contracts. -shared action alerts and media coverage of campaign through social media networks and newsletters.-program director, danielle mkali co-created and taught a minneapolis community and technical college course entitled "politics, media and organizing with indigenous perspectives and applications." mctc plans to offer the course again. -organized and facilitated the twin cities community radio collaboration and others interested in the community radio opportunity. -organized a 10-person delegation to attend the 2012 grassroots radio conference in urbana/champaign, il -hosted and facilitated community podcast production trainings in september, october and april -led a media justice workshop for mujeres en liderazgo (women in leadership) connected to their interest in community radio. -facilitated community planning meetings and outreach in phillips and frogtown neighborhoods, building capacity in key organizations in each neighborhood -co-led a community radio workshop at the 2012 national alliance for media arts and culture (namac): "art on air."

Activity 3

Msp works to increase civic participation by under-represented communities. We do this by collaboratively producing language-accessible and culturally compatible civic education resources, and distributing and organizing through a broad network of community-based partners. In 2012, msp produced and distributed 25,000 copies of a 4 language (hmong, somali, spanish, english) non-partisan guide to minnesota elections. The guides contained easy to use information about eligibility, registration and voting. The guides were distributed by over forty community-based partner organizations in the following minnesota communities: minneapolis, st. Paul, brooklyn park, rochester, northfield, willmar, winona, and moorhead.

Filer

EIN

20-1788275