2012 - The Advocates for Human Rights

The Advocates for Human Rights
30 Years of Working for Dignity & Justice
Dear Friends,
The Advocates for Human Rights celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, and the world we live in needs our
work now more than ever. Requests to us for help continue to grow.
Our founding principles remain the same as they did when our doors first opened 30 years ago: implementing
international human rights standards, promoting civil society and the rule of law, and empowering volunteers to
do the work required to establish human rights as a reality locally and globally.
Together, our footsteps of change circle the globe, thanks to your generous support. Please consider a few of
last year’s accomplishments:
n Our work to stop domestic violence included fact-finding missions in Croatia and Moldova, as well as trainings
for lawyers, police, prosecutors, and judges in Latvia, Turkey, and the United States.
n The turmoil in North Africa and the Middle East brought more people seeking our help to obtain asylum.
n We published a new edition of our popular Energy of a Nation immigration curriculum. Our dedication to and
involvement in humane immigration reform continued on the state and national levels.
n Our
Sankhu-Palubari Community School in Nepal served almost 350 low-income students, providing an
alternative to child labor.
n Our International Justice Program worked with in-country organizations and diaspora communities to provide
accurate information to the United Nations, helping our partners hold their home countries accountable for
human rights violations.
n Our leadership in the One Voice Minnesota Network made our state a more welcoming place for Minnesotans
no matter where they were born.
You, our supporters, make our life-changing, world-altering work possible. We are deeply grateful to all of our
volunteers, donors, and sponsors. We are excited about another 30 years of meaningful work, helping individuals
realize their human rights in the United States and around the world. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Robin Phillips
Executive Director
Photo courtesy of The Advocates
C. Christopher Bercaw
Chair, Board of Directors
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Who We Are
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Students from The Advocates’
Sankhu-Palubari Community School, Nepal.
Photo courtesy of David Parker
The Advocates for Human Rights is an independent, nonpartisan,
nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization that investigates and exposes human
rights violations, represents immigrants and refugees seeking asylum
because of human rights violations; trains and assists groups that protect
human rights; and uses research, education, and advocacy to engage the
public, policy makers, and children in human rights work. The mission
of The Advocates for Human Rights is to implement international
human rights standards to promote civil society and reinforce the rule
of law.
The Advocates accomplishes this mission by involving volunteers
in research, education, and advocacy and building broad-based
constituencies in the United States and selected global communities.
The Advocates envisions a world in which every person lives with
dignity, freedom, justice, equality, and peace; and it believes that every
person has a part to play in building respect for human rights and
expanding the human rights movement in the United States and around
the world.
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“That was my life”
At the invitation of the Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation and
Autonomous Women’s House Zagreb, The Advocates traveled to
Croatia to assess how its government was implementing domestic
violence legislation.
It was during one of the many interviews The Advocates conducted that
Daphne, a domestic violence victim, recalled how Croatia’s Center for
Social Welfare treated her. “They said I should be patient and be a better
mother,” she recounted. “I told them, ‘I don’t have anywhere to go.’ They
wouldn’t say anything, but let me go home. That was my life.”
Around the globe, The Advocates documents governments’ responses
to violence against women, including work by police, prosecutors,
judges, and government institutions, and helps identify improvements
to keep women safe.
Women’s
Human Rights
Other highlights of The Advocates’ work for women’s human
rights include:
n assisting with drafting strong laws on violence against women in Croatia,
Kazakhstan, Iraq, Kiribati, Malaysia, and Moldova;
n training
prosecutors in Kazakhstan and police and court officials
in Latvia;
n serving
on the implementation group for Minnesota’s Safe Harbor Act.
Drafted by The Advocates, the Act will protect and provide services to
child victims of sex trafficking in Minnesota;
n training
law students and lawyers in Turkey to effectively represent
domestic violence clients, using curriculum authored by The Advocates;
participating in the 12th Association for Women’s Rights in Development
International Forum in Istanbul, Turkey with a delegation of 11 volunteers;
n working
with the United Nations to write the justice module for its
Women’s website. The United Nations declares The Advocates as the
“go-to organization” for legal reform on violence against women;
n training
Inter-Parliamentary Union members at a meeting in India on
drafting, implementing, and monitoring legislation to end violence against
women and girls;
n presenting
keynote addresses on domestic violence legal reform at
international meetings organized by the Council of Europe and the
United Nations; and
nfacilitating trainings for judges and law clerks on the issue of sex trafficking
in Minnesota.
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The Advocates works to keep women safe,
including in Tajikistan where CAPTION
this womanNEEDED
sells bread.
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Photo courtesy of Rose Parker
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A future without fear
Irfred Kaine was a prominent and outspoken journalist in his home
country of Liberia. He wrote extensively in 2005 on the Liberian
presidential election, including several candidate profiles. Following
the elections in 2006, he was attacked, dragged from his car, beaten, and
threatened with death. Kaine’s attackers claimed his stories cast their
candidate in a negative light.
Undeterred, he continued to write articles critical of the Liberian
government. He received many death threats from people claiming
to represent former and current government officials. Kaine received
no response or protection, despite regular complaints to the Liberian
Justice Ministry about the frightening threats.
Refugee &
Immigrant
Rights
Kaine fled to the United States and contacted The Advocates. With
the help of a volunteer attorney, Kaine was granted asylum in an
extraordinarily swift three months. With his long journey toward safety
and security realized, Kaine looks forward to a future without fear.
Other highlights of The Advocates’ work with refugees and
immigrants this year include:
n providing service to clients in over 500 matters, from full representation in
asylum cases to brief service and advice at clinics and detained court. The
Advocates saw increasing numbers of asylum seekers fleeing persecution
as a result of the change and unrest of the Arab Spring;
n conducting
trainings for lawyers who volunteer to represent asylum
clients, including a discussion with students and attorneys representing
clients in LGBT asylum cases from various parts of the world;
n conducting
presentations on immigration, asylum law, and refugees to
diverse audiences of lawyers, law students, educators, youth, and other
non-governmental organizations, including presentations through The
Advocates’ One Voice Minnesota Network; and
n working
to improve human rights conditions for people in immigration
custody detained in the Ramsey County jail.
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Irfred Kaine looks forward to a future without fear since the U.S. granted him asylum.
Photo courtesy of Robert Painter
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As they listened, the women quietly celebrated
In a small conference room at the United Nations in Geneva, a group
of women from Morocco sat listening intently as the United Nations
Committee Against Torture (CAT) questioned representatives of the
government of Morocco about the government’s failure to protect
women from domestic violence.
The women were representatives of nongovernmental organizations
working in Morocco to stop domestic violence—organizations
coordinated by Global Rights that collaborate with The Advocates.
Months before the hearing, The Advocates’ staff worked with its
partners in Morocco to submit a joint shadow report to the CAT—a
report criticizing the government’s compliance with the Convention
Against Torture’s obligation to protect women from domestic violence.
The Advocates’ staff also counseled the women in Geneva on how to
brief the CAT members on the issues identified in the joint report.
As they listened, the women quietly celebrated when the Committee
members asked questions that the women had submitted.
International
Justice
Other highlights of The Advocates’ work on international
justice include:
n making submissions to the United Nations on the treatment of
Oromos
and other minorities in Ethiopia, violence against women in Bulgaria and
Turkey, impunity for mass rapes in Russia, rights of non-citizens in Ghana,
and the use of the death penalty in Cameroon, Iran, Jamaica, Japan,
and Morocco;
n submitting
a List of Issues to the United Nations Human Rights
Committee for Croatia’s review on its compliance with the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The Advocates used the
information gained from its fact-finding work in Croatia to bring to the
committee’s attention the domestic violence issues it should ask Croatia
to address during its review;
n participating
in the United Nations Universal Periodic Review of India,
in partnership with the Indian American Muslim Council, by submitting
a joint stakeholder statement on the treatment of religious minorities
in India;
n authoring
the national submission to the United Nations Special
Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants relating to immigrant
detention in the United States, highlighting systemic failures of the
United States to protect their human rights and outlining priority
recommendations; and
n presenting
at the General Assembly Meeting of the World Coalition
Against the Death Penalty in Morocco. At the meeting, The Advocates was
elected to the 20-member World Coalition’s steering committee.
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The United Nations in Geneva, where women from Morocco
worked to prevent violence against women in their country.
Photo courtesy of The Advocates
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“I gained from this school my life”
Kanchi was six years old in 1999. She lived with her family in a village
in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal. Her parents were poor farmers, and
she and her brother and sisters helped in the fields. When Kanchi heard
that a new school was opening in the Sankhu-Palubari community — a
school for children from families who couldn’t pay to send their little
ones to school — she was very excited and wanted to enroll. But her
parents, who had never themselves been educated, were not as excited
as Kanchi.
Research,
Education, &
Advocacy
Kanchi, a smart and determined little girl, cried for a month and begged
her parents to let her go to school. One day, the school’s teachers came
to visit Kanchi’s parents and explained that it would help the whole
family if Kanchi could read and write. They explained the reasons why it
is important for girls to go to school and that all children have a right to
an education. Kanchi’s older sisters, who had never had the opportunity
to go to school, took her side. Finally, their parents agreed.
Kanchi started in the first kindergarten class at the Sankhu-Palubari
Community School. She faced many obstacles. To get to school, she had
to walk 1-1/2 hours each way. There were times her parents wanted her
to stop school and help them farm. But she stayed in school and worked
hard. She was one of only two girls in the first class to graduate from
eighth grade.
Not only is Kanchi the first in her family to go to school, she is also the
first girl from the Sankhu-Palubari Community School to graduate
from 12th grade. Because the school changed the family’s lfe, Kanchi’s
sisters made sure that their own children went to school.
Now a young woman, Kanchi plans to study agriculture in college and is
hoping to bring organic farming techniques back to her village. “I want
to live a healthy life and give a healthy life to others,” she said.
When asked what the school meant to her, she said, “I gained from this
school my life.”
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Kanchi at her 8th grade graduation from the
Sankhu-Palubari Community School.
Photo courtesy of The Advocates’ staff
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Other highlights of The Advocates’ research, education, and
advocacy work include:
n publishing
the training manual Discover Human Rights: A Human Rights
Approach to Social Justice and providing human rights education and
training for community members, teachers, students, non-governmental
organizations and the general public;
n growing the One Voice Minnesota Network and conducting community
conversations on making Minnesota more welcoming as part of The
Advocates’ ongoing commitment to achieving greater equity for refugees
and immigrants in our communities;
Research,
Education, &
Advocacy
n reaching
more than 5,000 people at the Minnesota State Fair. Visitors
to The Advocates’ booth learned about human rights, spun the Human
Rights Quiz wheel, picked up resource materials, and contributed a
drawing to the Human Rights tapestry;
n leading
a team of volunteers to Nepal to monitor the Sankhu-Palubari
Community School, which serves over 300 low-income children. The
school expanded this year, offering a pre-kindergarten program and
grades 9 and 10;
n publishing
the third edition of Energy of a Nation, an internationally
recognized curriculum for middle school to adult learners about
immigration in the United States;
n facilitating
service-learning projects that allowed students to take action
on human rights issues in their communities;
n partnering
with Somali Action Alliance to screen and discuss the film
Hawo’s Dinner Party to facilitate positive relationships between Muslim
and non-Muslim community members; and
n playing
a key role in launching Human Rights Educators USA, a new
national network dedicated to promoting human rights education in the
United States.
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The Advocates worked hard to defeat the Anti-Marriage and Voter
Restriction Amendments that were before Minnesota voters in 2012.
Photo courtesy of Ellen Van Iwaarden
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The Advocates
for Human Rights
Growing from a small group of Minnesota lawyers to an international
network of volunteers, board members, partners, supporters, and staff,
The Advocates for Human Rights continues to impact human rights
locally and globally.
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Where
We
Have
Worked
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30 Years of Working for
Dignity & Justice
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Turkey
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A. Catherwood
Libby Caulum
Julie Causey
Harlan Cavert and Linda Odegard
David Cerveny
Carol Chomsky
Andrew Christensen
Laura Christensen
Bradley and Mary Louise Clary
Margaret Clay
Peter Rachleff and Beth Cleary
Stephen Clemens
Linda and Roy Close
Mary Elizabeth Cochran and
Hiram Dee Cochran Jr.
Neena Cohen
Martin Cohen and Wendy Leisenring
Susan Colby
Ann and Jack Cole
Communications Systems, Inc.
Emily Cooper
Kathleen H. Corley
Nan Corliss
Catherine Courtney
Rita Coyle DeMeules
Margo Coyle
Laura and John Crosby
Justin Cummins and Valerie Tremelat
Marilyn Cuneo
Carol Daly
Laura Danielson
Pat and Jack Davies
Abby Dawkins
Chuck Dayton and Sara Evans
Laura Dees
Georgiana and Bill DeForge-Ahrens
Mary Delaney
Kim Deprenger
Staff and volunteers at AWID conference in Istanbul
Kim Dewey and Shelly Regan
Manpreet Dhanjal and Preeti Batra
Allen and Sharon Dickstein
Thomas Dickstein
Dennis and Nickie Dillon
Joseph Dixon
Rev. Dr. Beth Donaldson
Linda Donaldson
Deborah and Michael Donnelly
Anna Donnelly
Mary Dooley
Peter Dross
Charles and Andrea Duddingston
Mary Ann Dunham
Nancy Dunlap
Sybil Dunlop
Donna Dunn
Trevor Dunn
Kay and Jack Dunne
Dave Dvorak
Bruce and Nancy Earnley
David Easwaran
Beth Ebersole
Jeff and Dena Ehrich
Marjorie Eisenach and Michael Kuskowski
Mary Kay Elling
Mary Ellingen
Meghan Elliott and David Eldred
Sharon Elmore
Ami ElShareif
Terri Elton
Suzanne and James Elwell
Rebecca Erdahl
Karen and Bill Erickson
Nancy Erickson
Richard Erickson
Bonnie Esposito
Marion Etzwiler
Nancy Etzwiler and Daniel Oneill
Joan and Gary Farell
Jay and Georgianne Farness
Cecy and Wally Faster
Nancy Feldman
Barry Fernald
Lisa Fink
Patrick Daniel Finnegan
Julianna Finzen
Jerry and Judy Fiola
Beverly FitzGerald
Pam Wandzel and Jim Dorsey
Debra Ann Fitzpatrick
Joseph Fletcher
Buzz and Karen Flolid
Katherine Flom
Susan Flygare
Kyle and Angela Fogt
Tom Foley
KC Foley and Jon Neuse
Katharine and Richard Fournier
Larry Frankel and Martha Whitman
Donald and Arvonne Fraser
Donna and Jim Fredkove
Carol Freeman
Kathryn Frommer and David Schanfield
Nancy Fushan
Susan Galatowitsch
Jane Galbraith
Rosa Garcia-Peltoniemi and Eric Peltoniemi
Tom Garvey
Judith Gavin
B. Geisman
Anne F. Geisser
Kerri Gemar
John and Janet Gendler
Teddy Gesell
Ojashwi Ghimire
Wilson Gibbins and Ellen Silva
Sarah M. Gibbs
Donna Gies
Holly Gimbel
Joline Gitis and Steven Miles
Elyse B. Glazer
Elizabeth Glidden and Eric Pusey
Gwendolyn and Thomas Gmeinder
Melkamu Gobosho
Rose Goldman
Milton and Rosalie Goldstein
B. J. Good
Mary Goodwin
Lucille Goodwyne and Richard Lundy
Christine Mack Gordon
Leah Graf
Wesley Graham
Mary Grau
Ken and Ellen Green
Jean Greenwood
Lindsey Greising
Lisa Grell
Seymour Z. Gross
Joyce and James Grotta
Groves Performing Arts Company Boosters
Joan Growe
Dr. and Mrs. Jack Grundfest
Sara Gurwitch and Horacio Devoto
Earl and Donna Gustafson
Lesley M. Guyton
Ann Haase
Lorie Haddad
Susan McCormick Hadley
Annelies Hagemeister
Harlene Hagen
Andrea Halverson
Bryce and Donna Hamilton
Alexis Hamilton and Christian Larson
Ellie Hands
Nancy L. Hanna
Justin Hansen
Gail and Stuart Hanson
Kent and Judith Harbison
Theresa Harich and Paige Gamet
Shawn Hartfeldt
Bruce Hartigan
Jon Harvey
Betsy and Ed Hasselman
Robert V. Hassen
Susan Hasti and Michael Friedman
Tom Hatch
Robert J. Hauer, Jr.
Cathy Haukedahl
Terri and John Hawthorne
Barbara and Mark Hayden Haugen
Diane and John Hayden
Ed and Ellinor Hayward
Dana Hazel and Mike Vespasiano
Sarah Hearn
Nathan Thomas Heegaard
Cynthia Heelan
William Hefner and Julie Rohovit
Jerry Helfand and Joan Cleary
Mary and Thomas Heller
Kay Hempel
Gary and Linda Hendlin
Deborah Hendricks
Nancy and Edward Hennen
Joseph and Susan Herder
Sarah Herder
John and Diane Herman
Ellen Herman and Chris Shelton
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Donations Received | July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012
Amanda Heyman and William Orgeman
Connie and Larry Hickle
Arthur Higinbotham
Sheryl Hill
Cam Hoang
Jordanka Hodzic-Tomas
Alan and Judith Hoffman
Linda Hoffman
Sara and Steven Hoge
James and Gail Hogg
Terry Holmgren
Marjorie Hols
Heidi Holtan
Laura and Jordon Honeck
Marita and Terry Hopmann
Harriet Horwitz
Takeena Hoskins
Coral and John Houle
Lucy Hulme
Mary Hunt
Syed and Tabassum Husain
Erik and Gail Ibele
Pearl Jackson
Josh Jacobson
Kathleen Jaglo-Joseph
John and Thelma James
Jim Jaranson, MD
Carolyn Jasperson
Sylvia Johanneson
Carol and Edward Johnson
Emily and David Johnson
Cliff and Betty Johnson
Robert and Joy Johnson
Barbara Kerstin Johnson
Kari Johnson
Michael Johnson
Sandra Johnson
Terri Johnson
Michelle E. Jones
Tyres M. Jones
Kathleen Joyce and John Burke
Ann Juergens and Jay Weiner
Dave and Trudi Juncker
Joyce Juster
Christine Kaehler
Marion Kagan
Gerald D. Kahlert
Janet Kampf
Canan Karatekin
Avigya Karki
Tom and Claire Kayser
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Kathy Lenzmeier
Donations Received | July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012
Alexander Keith
Miriam Kelen
Tasya Kelen
Steve Kelley
John Kelly
Rose Kelly
Amy and Daniel Kenzie
Sara Kershner
Erin Keyes
Carol Keyes-Ferrer
Janet Keysser
Hussein Khatib
Sarah Kilibarda
Beth Kinyua-Gathetu
Helen Kivnick and Gary Gardner
Robert and Alexandra Klas
Louise Klas
Duke Klassen and Lades Glanzer
Nancy Kleeman
David and Doreen Kloehn
Callie Knaeble
Lisa Knazan and Dennis Levendowski
Mary Lou Knipe
Jean and Eric Knox
Diane Knust
John Koneck
Jane Korn and Robert Madoff
Luanne Koskinen
Kay Kramer and Sally Johnson
Dora and Karthik Kripapuri
Mark and Sara Kronholm
Barbara Kueppers
Margaret Kuo
Beth Kuzzy
Ann Ladd
Mark Laliberte
Peter Lancaster
Amy Lange and Jane Newman
Kerry A. Lao
Faith Latimer
George Latimer
Meg Layese
Chuck LeGros and Karen Heegaard
Brad and Karee Lehrman
Helga Leitner
Chris Lenhart and Audra Williams
Charles Lentz and Barbara Rose
Tim and Mary Beth Leone-Getten
Claire Leslie
Dr. John and Rachel Levitt
Joe and Lenore Lewis
Mary B. Lewis and Bruce L. Wilson
Amy and Tom Lieberman
Gretchen and Robert Lieving
Phyllis Lindstrand
Daniel Linehan
Colleen and Serge Litkewitsch
Mary Sue Lobenstein and John Sellen
L. Lockett
Greer and Mary Lockhart
Sam and Sarah Lockner
Joanne Lockner
Dustin and Amanda Loge
Kathleen Lohmar Exel
Jim and Anne Long
Migdalia Loyola-Melendez
Dean and Janet Lund
Lurie Besikof Lapidus & Company LLP
Wendy Lutter
Cindy and David Lutz
Robert Lyman
Markus and Mary Lynn-Klimenko
Joyce Lyon
Nan Madden
Deb Mague
Anne Mahle and David McCarthy
Laurence and Karen Mandelbaum
Margaret Manderfeld
Ann Manning
Zhen Mao
Candace Margulies
Jill Ann Marks
Mary Marsden
David Martin
Tim Martinson
Laura Matson
Pat Maxwell
Mary Jo Maynes and Don Aminzade
Lohini Mayo
Lynn McClung
Mary McClung
Kathryn M. McDonald
Marsha McDonald and Amos Rosenbloom
Kelly McHugh
Thomas McHugh
Michael McHugh and Tammy Schroeder
Nancy and John McIntyre
Michele Garnett McKenzie
Malcolm and Wendy McLean
Bryan Mechell and Erin Ropes
Joanne Meehan
Steve Meili and Leigh Payne
Anne Lockner, Amy Slusser, and Andrea Yang
Jerome Meites
Luke and Janice Melchert
Laura Melnick and Mark Dahlager
Roberta Merryman and Dwight Fellman
Raymond Meyer
Susan R. Miles
Michelle and Albert Miller
Anne K. Miller
Anne Miller
Mark Miller
Mary Miller
Minnesota Women Lawyers
Jean Moede
Jennifer Bouta Mojica
Joan and Larry Molenaar
Judith Mollerus
Carol Mollner
Jo Montie and Carl Besser
Jim Moore and JoAnn Verberg
Julia Morgan
Miranda Morgan
Lydia Morley
Sheila and John Moroney
Bob and Ancy Morse
Virginia Morse
Dr. Michal A. Moskow
Kathleen Murphy
Jamie Nafziger-White
Amy Nagaj
Kristen C. Nelson
Lynn Nelson
Paula J. Nessa
Stu Neville
Cuong Nguyen
Venny Ngwanyia
Sally Nichols
James and Deborah Nicholson
Richard and Joan Niemiec
Tony Noble
Beryl Nord
Nora Novic
Connie Nowacki and Reino Paaso
John Nyongkah
John L. O’Brien
Mary O’Brien
Shannon O’Brien
Kate O’Connell
Stephanie Odegard
Becky and Mark Odland
Oluwagbenga Ogungbe
Gamakel Mesesi Oketch
Sarah Herder and Ted Irgens
Yvette and John Oldendorf
Dorothy and Robert Ollmann
Jennifer Olson
Steven Olson and Ann Byers
Patricia and Marvin Onken
Oracle Corporation
Matching Gifts Program
Tonja Orr
Hilary Otey Wold
Vanna Ouzounova
Connie Overhue
Laurel Paller-Rzepka
Caroline Palmer
Sarah H. Paoletti
Sandra Pappas
Manju Parikh
Hong and Young Park
Rosalyn Park
Lee Parker
Shirley Parker
Michael Parr
Jill Pearson
Nancy Pearson
Mary Pendergrass
Michael Perkins
George and Connie Perpich
Phillip and Karin Peterson
Curt Peterson
Emily Peterson
Laura Peterson
Nancy Peterson
Naomi I. Peterson
Story Stick Marketing
Chanida Phaengdara
Gabrielle Pillmann
Jane Pinkerman
Helen M. Plourde
Gregory and Mary Beth Poferl
Sally B. Polk
Ann and John Pollack
David Potter
Megan Powers
Nancy Powers
Tamara Pozos
Becky Prasek
Colleen Press
Perry and Cynthia Prestholdt
Jennifer Prestholdt and Charles Weed
Lora and Igor Princ
Lorraine Prindle
Julia Prohaska
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Lawrence Pry
Elizabeth Putzier
Jiang Qiao
Quaker Hill Foundation
Marsha Qualey
Naomi Quillopa
Bruce Rabb
Mark Rabogliatti
Shirley and Alvin Rackner
Denise Rahne and T. J. Reinartz
Ann Rainhart and Jason Digman
Marian and Peter Rainville
Erin Randall
Karen Rappaport
Jeanne T. Rasmussen
Lynne Ravenel
Nancy Ray
Mindy and Peter Rechelbacher
M. Jacqueline Regis
Karen Reierson
Eric Richard
Sharon Richards
Kate and Mike Richardson
N. Matthew Richardson
Paige Riehl
Jay C. Ritterson
Rup Rizal and Shashi Dahal
George Robbins
Robichaud, Anderson & Alcantara, P.A.
Calvin and Caroline Roetzel
Jeff Rogers
Dora Marie and Barbara Rohl
Michael Rohowetz
Christopher and Helen Roland
Kristine and James Rollwagen
Johanna Ronnei de Avila
Andreas and Elisabeth Rosenberg
Judith Rosenblatt
Vic Rosenthal
Alexandra Rossi
Dorothy Rossing
Betty Roth
Edward and Janice Rowley
Kristi and Eric Rudelius-Palmer
Pearly Rudin
Beth and Forrest Russell
Douglas and Lorene Rutherford
R. T. Rybak and Megan O’Hara
Susan Sanger
Sharon Sayles Belton
Lori Schaefer
Robin Phillips, Jim Smart, and Cindie Smart
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Lawrence Schaefer and Toni Halleen
C. Scharber
Jeremiah and Juli Schimp
Kristi Schlangen-Lindquist and Mark Lindquist
Malinda and Nathan Schmiechen
Debbie Schneider and Ronald Noren
Mary Ann Schoenberger and Darrick Hills
Jamie and Marty Schrero
Paul Schroepfer
Ann Schuler-Ackerberg
Anthony and Judy Schumacher
Jane and Roger Schumaker
Judith and Steven Schumeister
John Schuster
Bonnie and Thomas Schwalbe
Eric Schwartz
Joanne Schwebach
Sally A. Scoggin
Mark and Lindsey Scott
Mary A. Scott
Lisa B. Segal and Arthur Strimling
Jackson and Susan Sell
Julie and David Sellergren
Mary and Robert Seng
Jennifer Service
Ann and Faison Sessoms
Gregory Shaffer
Susan Shakman
Jan Shannon
Williard Shapira
Brian Shapiro and Susan Ranney
Renate M. Sharp
Ames Sheldon
Apeckchya Karki
Donna and Steve Sherlock
Michael Shifrin
Adaline and Brad Shinkle
Elizabeth Shippee
Postak Shrestha - Highland Asia Travel
Sofia Shrestha
Darrell R. Shreve
Mariana and Craig Shulstad
Rhona Shwaid
Zafar Siddiqui
Carol and Ronald Siegel
Marjorie Siegel
Dunee Silga and Joseph Aga
Sally Silk and Thomas Wolfe
Miriam Simmons and James Schenz
Cathleen Simons
Rajinder and Neena Singh
Rajdeep Singh
Bonnie Sipkins
Eileen and John Sivert
Maryellen Skan
Ann Skoglund
Katherine Skrief
Amy Slusser
Nick Smaby
Jim and Cindie Smart
Eve and Connell Smith
Mariah Snyder
Marion Soman
Daniel Soneson
Amy Sonke
Christopher Soper
Dorothy Sorenson
Sarah Jane Sorenson
Andrea Specht
David Stamps
Tim Staum
Cynthia Steinke
Benjamin and Angela Stenzler
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Leo Stern
Sally Stern
Sonya Christensen
Emily Stewart
Carol Stoddart
Karla Stone and William Gramowski
Emily Stout
Steven Stovitz and Rebecca Skoler
Dr. Susan Strauss
Boriana and David Strzok
Jack Stuart
Sheila Stuhlman
Lori Sturdevant and Martin Vos
Keiko L. Sugisaka
Bridget Sullivan
Elizabeth Sumpton
Jon and Jean Sutton
Andrew Swammi
Valerie Swenson
Jessica Tam
Katherine and Jeffrey Tane
Marshall Tanick
PacoTello
William C. Thal
Ella Thayer
Mark Thieroff and Rhona Wilson
Brian Thomas
Rich Thomas
Wendy Thomas
Earl and Beverly Thompson
Peter Thompson
Susan and Dean Thomson
Evelyn Thomson
Becky Thorson and Joe Donnelly
Sue Tjaden
Heidi Simpson Tjeltveit
Jocelyn Tober
Eliza Tocher
Carolyn Hewes Toft
Heather Tracey
Jill V. Trescott
Paul Tripathi
Tom Triplett
Beth and Jerry Trout
Mike and Doreen Trucano
Elizabeth Trumble and Darcy Knight
Bob and Maggie Turner
Sara Turner
Shannon Turner
John and Nina Tuttle
Dr. Onder Uluyol
UnitedHealth Group
Robert Vaaler
Lawrence Valley
Dawn Van Alstine
Mary Ann Van Cura
Stacie and Mark Vandermyde
Ashleigh Varley
Amy Vatne Bintliff
Sharon Rice Vaughan
Angus Vaughan and Grace Hayden
Amy and Raul Velasquez
James and Kathleen Vellenga
Nancy Ver Steegh
Rebecca Voelkel and Maggie George
Herward Vogel
Steve Wagenheim
Mary Wagner and William Moore
Pauline Wahl
Rosalie Wahl
Mark Walbran
Julia Wallace
Kevin Walli
Donations Received | July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012
Janet Walsh
Megan Walsh
Caroline Wanstall
Carrie Wasley
Ann and John Watson
Robert and Kathleen Wedl
Michael Wedl
Barbara and Neil Weikart
James Weissbrodt
Joan Weissman and Michael Nutkiewicz
Betty Welch Williams
Steve Wells and Jane Scallen
Kathleen and Daniel West
Anne West
Cherie Weston
Chris Whitaker
William and Shirley Whitlock
Barbra Ellen Wiener
Luke Wilcox
Donna Wilkens
James Wilkinson
Gwen Willems
Patricia Williams and Julia Wear-Jackson
Charles Williamson
John W. Windhorst, Jr.
Brandon Winston
Carol Wirtschafter
Alex Wise
Christine and Steve Wold
Allison Wolf and Jerry Wilhelm
Gregory and Linda Wright
Cathy Wright
Kristin Wyeth
Marilyn Yahr
Samuel Yamin
Joshua Yanapa
Charles B. Yancey and Janet D. Greenlees
Andrea Yang
Steve and Cheri Yasgur
Craig Yolitz
Roxanne Young
Janis Zeller
Lynn Zentner
Elizabeth Zerby
Michelle Collins Zhao
John and Kathleen Ziegenfuss
Dick and Woo Zonneveld
David Zook and Laurel Larsen
Jeff Zuckerman and Lisa Pogoff
Phyllis Zumach
The Advocates would also like to thank our
anonymous donors.
In Honor of Ajeeta Deuja
Saleem Ghani
In Honor of David Parker
Rose Goldman
Karen Rappaport
In Honor of Amy Bergquist
Ashley Bennett Ewald
In Honor of David Weissbrodt
James Weissbrodt
In Honor of Apeckchya Karki
Anonymous
Rashmi Bhattachan
Ojashwi Ghimire
Michael Perkins
Prapti Sherchan
Postak Shrestha - Highland Asia Travel
In Honor of David Woodward
Rup Rizal and Shashi Dahal
In Honor of Deb
Susan Colby
In Honor of Deb Fowler
Nancy L. Hanna
In Honor of Avishi Shah
Anonymous
Margaret Kuo
Jiang Qiao
Alexandra Rossi
In Honor of Debra Olson
Sally Silk
In Honor of Diane & Steve Arenson
Lisa Knazan and Dennis Levendowski
In Honor of Aviva Breen
Jim and Andrea Rubenstein
Lisa B. Segal and Arthur Strimling
In Honor of Diendonne Monhoulo
Roberta Merryman and Dwight Fellman
In Honor of Ayan Akbar
Gail Olson and Stephen Hopkins
Honorary
Gifts
In Honor of Earl Thompson
John and Eleanor Yackel
In Honor of Carolyn Chalmers
Ann Juergens and Jay Weiner
In Honor of Eddie Bahadir-Williamson
Anonymous
David Zook and Laurel Larsen
In Honor of Cheryl Thomas
Greg and Lisa Buck
The Ekdahl Hutchinson Family Fund
Rolf and Nancy Engh
Andrea Halverson
Zehra Avsar Keye
John L. O’Brien
Marlene Pauley and Glen Lacher
In Honor of Elizabeth Anne Walsh
and Jefferson Ramon
Marlene Kayser
In Honor of Ellen Sampson
Marita and Terry Hopmann
In Honor of Chris Bercaw, Mary McKelvey,
& family
Deb Mague
In Honor of Chris Bercaw
Jose O. Calderon
Jamie Nafziger-White
In Honor of courageous survival women
Helen M. Plourde
In Honor of Dameon & Lola Borders
Kerry A. Lao
In Honor of Daniel & Liz Kok
Buzz and Karen Flolid
In Honor of David & Mary Parker
Janet Archer
Neena Cohen
Lee Parker
In Honor of Emily Good
David and Kathleen Good
In Honor of Eric Janus
Leah Graf
In Honor of Herschell & Margo Lewis
Sharon Link and Robert Lewis
In Honor of Hung Nguyen
Anonymous
In Honor of Iqbal Masid
Stephanie Odegard
In Honor of Jane & Dobby West,
their children, & grandchildren
Jean Thomson and John Sandbo
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In Memory of Anne Rutherford
Fred and Kay De Sam Lazaro
In Memory of Leslie Carole Johnson
Williard Shapira
In Memory of Bill Wilde
Elizabeth Sumpton
In Memory of Lois M. Johnson
Carol Daly
In Honor of Mike Walsh
& Maureen Kucera Walsh
Marlene Kayser
In Memory of Carol Daley
Amy Crawford
In Memory of Margaret D. Ball
Christopher Soper
In Honor of my Mom
Tamara Pozos
In Memory of Carol Whitteker
Kim Rose
In Memory of Marge Driscoll
Kay and Jack Dunne
In Honor of Nancy Holmberg
Mary B. Lewis and Bruce L. Wilson
In Memory of Carolyn Leete
Dawn Baker
In Memory of our parents, Norbert J. &
Harriet Hennesey-Rohl
Dora Marie and Barbara Rohl
In Honor of Nate Blumenshine
Amy Blumenshine
In Memory of Cary Herz
Joan Weissman and Michael Nutkiewicz
In Honor of Judy & Steve Emmings
Daniel and Vicki Olson
In Honor of Our Grandchildren Sevrin, Simon, & Eliza Weed
Perry and Cynthia Prestholdt
In Memory of Cliff & Ann Johnson
Barbara Kerstin Johnson
In Honor of Justice Sam Hanson
Jeff and Dena Ehrich
In Honor of our Wedding Guests
Emily Stewart
In Honor of Karen Ohta
Anonymous
In Honor of Peter Skrief
Katherine Skrief
In Honor of Lauren Schrero
Jamie and Marty Schrero
In Honor of Priya Jain, Sonali Garg,
Sonya Garg, & Meera Jain
Sangeeta Jain and Rajiv Garg
In Honor of Jan Conlin, Gene Goetz,
& Aviva Breen
Anonymous
In Honor of Jason Digman
Ann Rainhart and Jason Digman
In Honor of Jean Thomson & of Jim Dorsey
Richard Thomson
In Honor of Jim Dorsey
Jim and Anne Long
In Honor of John Guttermann, Jr.
Rev. Dr. Beth Donaldson
Edward and Janice Rowley
Dawn Schilling
John and Eleanor Yackel
Honorary
Gifts
In Honor of Lisa Wersal
Louis Asher
In Honor of Luc Oliver Nguyen
Cuong Nguyen
In Honor of Luke Wilcox
Stephen Clemens
In Honor of Lynn Marie Buehler
Emily Buehler
In Honor of Maria Andrade
Angela Bortel
In Honor of Marlene & Tom Kayser
Fran and Barb Davis
Maureen Kucera-Walsh and Michael Walsh
In Honor of Marlene Kayser
Gail and Richard Bohr
Tom and Claire Kayser
Lohini Mayo
In Honor of Marlo Byram
Loretta Frederick and Don Holmquist
In Honor of Mary Ellingen
Becky and Mark Odland
Barbara and Neil Weikart
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Donations Received | July 1, 2011– June 30, 2012
In Honor of Mary O’Brien
Nan Madden
Amy Schroeder Ireland
Robert and Rebecca Sicoli
In Honor of Rachel Hamlin
Amy and Tom Lieberman
In Honor of Robin Phillips
Mary C. Niehaus
In Honor of Rosalyn Park
Steve Wagenheim
In Honor of Sharon Rice Vaughan
Judith Gavin
In Honor of Students at Macalester College
Anonymous
In Honor of Terese Pritschet
Amy Lange and Jane Newman
In Honor of The Advocates for Human Rights
John Castellanos-Molina
In Honor of Thomas Dickstein
Shawn Monaghan
In Memory of Paul Wellstone
Barbara Byers
In Memory of Sally Flax
Anonymous
In Memory of David Brody
Groves Performing Arts Company Boosters
Memorial
Gifts
In Memory of Deena Green
Aviva Breen
Lois Libby Juster
Shirley and Alvin Rackner
Ellen and Martin Sampson
In Memory of Thomas Bloss, MD
Anonymous
In Memory of Tim Carlson
Luke Wilcox
In Memory of Todd Martin
Ann, Ron, and Ethan Bolinger
In Memory of Doreen Berenbom
Lois Libby Juster
In Memory of William Weyland
Jean Andrews
In Memory of Dorothy Black
Bert and Judy Black
In Memory of George Spencer
Claire Leslie
In Memory of Hector C. Zeller
Janis Zeller
In Memory of Janet Eisenach
Marjorie Eisenach and Michael Kuskowski
In Memory of Josephine Nunn
Joan and Larry Molenaar
In Memory of Joyce Barrett
Jack Rendler and Ruth Barrett-Rendler
In Memory of Kari Ann Koskinen
Luanne Koskinen
In Memory of Dr. Ken Strauss
Dr. Susan Strauss
In Honor of Whitney Shinkle Rider
Adaline and Brad Shinkle
In Honor of women world wide!
Annelies Hagemeister
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Board & Staff
as of June 30, 2012
Board, Staff
& Interns
C. Christopher Bercaw, Chair
Eddie Bahadir-Williamson
Carolyn Chalmers
Amy Crawford
James E. Dorsey
Wood R. Foster, Jr.
Susan Hols
David Kistle
Mark W. Lee
Kathy Lenzmeier
Anne Lockner Bernat
Alan Maclin
John Mandler
Howard “Sam” Myers
Hung Nguyen
Mary Parker
Hon. M. Jacqueline Regis
Jonathan Sage-Martinson
Ellen Sampson
Max J. Schott, II
Jean Thomson
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Statement of Activities
Assets
Support and Revenue
Year Ended June 30, 2012
Robin Phillips, Executive Director
Amy Bergquist
Sarah Brenes
Mary Ellingen
Emily Farell
Emily Good
Sarah Herder
Kelsey Johnston
Kay Kautio
Madeline Lohman
Deepinder S. Mayell
Michele Garnett McKenzie
Beatríz Menanteau
Mary O’Brien
Rosalyn Park
Chanida Phaengdara Potter
Jennifer Prestholdt
Helen Rubenstein
Mary A. Scott
Ahmed Sirleaf
Tim Tennant-Jayne
Cheryl Thomas
Ellen Van Iwaarden
Luke Wilcox
Interns
July 1, 2011 - May 1, 2012
Osman Ahmed
Oana Alexan
Molly Beebe
Jessica Belt
Maggie Brunk
Lucia Callizo
Megan Crawford
Lisa Dailey
Lena Deissler
Chris deLaubenfels
Evan Druce
Victoria Dutcher
Tammi Etheridge
Anne Feuss
Colin Frederick
Heather Goodlett
Drew Grover
Katie Heaney
Devin Hogan
Kati Hollis
Mark Jacobson
Statement of Financial Position
Matthew Jobe
Britt Johnson
Marko Kananen
Tamar Kaplan
Max Kaufman
Caitlin Kelly
Bassam Khawaja
Yolande Klutse
Bobby Koneck
Katie Long
Megan Manion
Sam Manning
Barbara Marchevsky
Dragana Marinkovic
Ryan McLaughlin
Tessa Monaghan
Amanda Mortwedt
Christopher Motz
Josh Nelson
Zack Payne-Meili
Abby Peterson
Current Assets
Cash
Investments
Grants Receivable
Pledges Receivable
Total Current Assets
Property and Equipment - Net Other Assets - Security Deposit
Total Assets
Year Ended June 30, 2012
$312,905
2,400
198,000
37,984
551,289
$10,667
$10,132
$572,088
Liabilities and Net Assets
Support
Foundation and Corporate
Individual Contributions
In-Kind Donations
Others
Special Events, net of direct benefits
Program Service Fees
Sales of Publications
Interest Income
Miscellaneous
Total Support and Revenue
Expenses
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable
Accrued Vacation
Payroll Liabilities
Deferred Lease Incentive
Total Current Liabilities
Long-Term Liabilities
Deferred Lease Incentive
Total Liabilities
Net Assets
Unrestricted Net Assets
Temporarily Restricted Net Assets
Total Net Assets
(118,800)
525,643
406,843
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
$572,088
$30,410
54,901
2,258
10,132
97,701
67,544
165,245
Program Services
Management and General
Fundraising
Total Expenses
Change in Net Assets
Net Assets, Beginning of Year
Net Assets, End of Year
$756,689
497,550
3,736,718
9,416
53,992
29,493
579
178
31,455
$5,116,070
5,017,252
119,119
120,992
$5,257,363
(141,293)
548,136
406,843
Amanda Peterson
Leah Rogotzke
Grace Rybak
Abby Schanfield
Rebecca Schenk
Alison Schmidt
Ami Schneider
Elena Siegel
Paige Starkey
John Sullivan
Smarika Thapa
Ellen Toobin
Liz Troolin
Matt Wandzel
Emily Weiner
Lauren Woodbury
Ruxi Zhang
Nolberto Zubia
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The Advocates
for Human Rights
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The Advocates
for Human Rights
envisions a world in
which every person
lives with dignity,
freedom, justice,
equality, and peace;
and it believes that
every person has a
part to play in building
respect for human
rights and expanding
the human rights
movement in the
United States and
around the world.
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30 Years of Working for Dignity & Justice
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