Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO ENGAGE INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES IN INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES THAT PROMOTE EQUALITY, REPAIR HARM, AND PREVENT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
MAKING EQUAL GENDERS AWESOME (MEGA) ENCOURAGES HEALTHY MASCULINITY AT EARLY AGES THROUGH SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING, RACE AND GENDER EQUITY CURRICULA, AND NONVIOLENT CONFLICT RESOLUTION TARGETED TOWARDS 4TH - 6TH GRADE BOYS. MEGA SURVEY DATA SUGGESTS THAT BOYS PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM HAVE A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR PEERS' EMOTIONS ACROSS THE GENDER SPECTRUM, AND BOYS HAVE DEMONSTRATED THIS UNDERSTANDING WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF PROGRAM. 100% OF PARTICIPANTS SURVEYED IN 2019 AGREED THAT "GIRLS DESERVE THE SAME RESPECT AS BOYS." THESE RESULTS PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT THE PROGRAM IS DEVELOPING A STRONGER UNDERSTANDING OF EQUITY AMONGST YOUNG BOYS.
THE GIRLS' RESTORATIVE PROGRAM (GRP) IS AN INTENSIVE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM THAT EDUCATES GIRLS ABOUT ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL WELL-BEING, HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, COMMUNITY INTERCONNECTEDNESS, AND PROMOTES YOUTH-LED ORGANIZING AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. PARTICIPANTS ARE LARGELY GIRLS OF COLOR IN 7TH - 12TH GRADE. IN 2019, GRP PARTICIPANTS GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL AT A RATE OF 85%, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN THE DULUTH AVERAGE (75%) & SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE FOR STUDENTS OF COLOR (62%). OF THOSE GRADUATING IN 2020, 100% ENROLLED, OR ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ENROLLING, IN POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION.
THE DON'T BUY IT PROJECT ENGAGES MEN IN DECREASING THE DEMAND FOR COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION. MAP'S DON'T BUY IT PROJECT ANTI-SEX TRAFFICKING SUPER BOWL 2018 CAMPAIGN REACHED OVER 1 MILLION PEOPLE NATIONWIDE VIA BILLBOARDS, ADS, AND SOCIAL MEDIA. THE PROJECT INCLUDES A TRIBAL SUPPLEMENT THAT WAS DEVELOPED IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH THE MINNESOTA INDIAN WOMEN'S SEXUAL ASSAULT COALITION (MIWSAC).
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Ed Heisler | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $67,801 |
| Sarah Curtiss | CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $66,762 |
| Miranda Lillo | SECRETARY (THROUGH APRIL) | 2 | $0 |
| Ronald Alston | SECRETARY | 2 | $0 |
| Crystal Loree | TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| Victor St George | VICE CHAIR | 2 | $0 |
| Sigurd Haller | BOARD CHAIR | 2 | $0 |
| Karen St George | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Rocky Rekstad | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Alyssa Meller | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Molly Johnson | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Calvin Harris | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Aaron Gelineau | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Marissa Burik | MEMBER (THROUGH APRIL) | 1 | $0 |
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