Organizations Filed Purposes:
To promote and protect human rights in the United States and around the world.
Refugee and Immigrant Rights: The Advocates provides legal representation to asylum seekers and immigrants in the Upper Midwest and around the United States. With pro bono assistance from hundreds of attorneys, The Advocates is the primary legal service provider to low-income asylum seekers in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The Advocates has expanded legal services to include services for youth who are victims of labor trafficking. During FY2020 The Advocates provided more than 1,500 people with legal help and the National Asylum Help Line linked to more than 1,250 asylum seekers with help following release from detention. In addition to legal services, The Advocates collaborates on the Immigration Court Observation Project to engage hundreds of volunteers in monitoring detained immigration court hearings.
Womens Human Rights: The Advocates has more than 25 years of experience working with partners in Minnesota and around the world to document problems in the government response to violence against women. The Advocates works to end violence against women by changing laws and their implementation, as well as through trainings, advocacy, and monitoring and documentation of human rights abuses against women. WATCH, the premier court monitoring organization, is now a project of The Advocates, enhancing protections for women in Minnesota and opportunities for training and technical assistance for The Advocates global womens human rights partners.
Research, Education and Advocacy: The Advocates uses a human rights approach to document abuses, provide training and technical assistance to human rights defenders worldwide, and advocate for policy changes that improves the lives of marginalized communities. The Advocates is a leader in human rights advocacy at the local, national, and international level on our priority issues including death penalty abolition, violence against women and LGBTI persons, human trafficking, and the rights of noncitizens. The Advocates also works creatively to bring international human rights principles to the community and the classroom. The Advocates: 1) develops and distributes curricular resources and lesson plans; 2) conducts presentations, lectures, film series, conferences, continuing education courses, and public forums; and 3) provides resources online through two unique websites.
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 |
|---|
| Robin Phillips | Executive Director | 40 | $102,127 |
| James Oneal | Chair | 2 | $0 |
| Peggy Grieve | Treasurer | 2 | $0 |
| Edwige Mubonzi | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Dan Supalla | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Nancy Speer | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| David Vander Haar | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Mary Kariuki Ries | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Chris Bercaw | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Kerry Bundy | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Cristine Almeida | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Karen Evans | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Mary Parker | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Howard Sam Myers Iii | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Kelly Mclain | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Anne Lockner | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Dean Eyler | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Jennifer Ives | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Loan T Huynh | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Julie H Firestone | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Alison Mcelroy | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Aviva Breen | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Diane B Bratvold | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
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