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Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights

“Peace may sound simple - one beautiful word - but it requires everything we have, every quality, every strength, every dream, every high ideal.”

Yehudi Menuhin

Human Rights, Justice, and Peace: Truth and Reconciliation in Post-Conflict Societies

650 Third Ave. S. • Suite 550Minneapolis, MN 55402-1940612.341.3302www.mnadvocates.org

“We must learn on our own terms what peace and freedom mean together.

There can be no peace if there is social injustice and suppression of human rights, because external and internal

peace are inseparable.” Petra Karin Kelly

Robert D. Aronson Zarina Baber

C. Christopher Bercaw Jacques Boucal James E. Dorsey Meghan M. Elliott Wood R. Foster Jr.

Sam Hanson Samuel D. Heins

Hon. Hubert H. Humphrey III Sandra B.C. Johnson

Marlene Kayser Jeffrey Keyes

Mark Lindberg John P. Mandler Jim Martineau

Dipankar MukherjeeDr. David L. ParkerJacqueline RegisJames V. RothEllen Sampson

Irfan Khan Sandozi, M.D.Nancy Speer

Roberta B. WalburnDavid S. Weissbrodt

Samuel Kofi Woods II

Kim BabineColleen R. Beebe

Min Y. ChongMary EllingenEmily S. FarellEmily Good

Ingrid P. HauglandSarah HerderMary Hunt

Fatima JawaidJulia Kashaeva

Kay Kautio

Michele Garnett McKenzieLaura E. NelsonRebecca PalmerRosalyn S. Park

Jennifer PrestholdtMalinda M. Schmiechen

Kathy SeippAhmed K. Sirleaf IIDavid D. Takassi

Ann TheisenCheryl A. ThomasLaura A. Young

Robin Phillips, Executive Director

Aviva Breen, Chair

Board of directors

minnesota advocates for Human Rights staff

2006-2007 minnesota advocates for Human Rights interns

Mahima AchutenRandi Leigh AhoJeeva AnanthanValery AtangaGreg Barnett

Tracy BaumgardtSam Brown

Brittany BrouilletteSummer ChristyMichael Dinnen

Anna Dunbar-HesterAnn Ertl

Emily FarellNicholas Fasching

Benjamin FinkJamie Leadens Johnson

Harsha KodaliSusan Kowalski

Shelby Leigh HansonAmanda Magnuson

Claire McArdleRebecca McConkeyKatie Mesner-Hage

Shannon Mills

Jessica Nault Shannon O’Rourke

Anne ParsonMegan Thrasher Pierce

Olivia RickStacia RosasBidish SarmaLaura Scripps

Jared ShepherdEmily SipiorskiKelly SowardsEllen Stargardt

Eric ThrondLeah Tran

John TribettEissa VillasenorAngela Weber

Andrea WegnerLauren WoodHaley WotzkaJenny ZannerBrianna Zuber

Karly Zufall

The mission of minnesota advocates for Human Rights is to implement international human rights standards to promote civil society and reinforce the rule of law.

By involving volunteers in research, education, and advocacy, we build broad constituencies in the United States and

selected global communities.

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In June 2006, Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights entered into an historic relationship with the newly established Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission. For the first time, a refugee community in theUnited States will have the opportunity to participate in the rebuilding of its country through the truth and reconciliation process. We believe this pioneering work will create a new model for building peace after peri-ods of armed conflict and massive human rights abuses.

Truth and Reconciliation Commissions (TRCs) have operated throughout the world during the past fewdecades. Countries including Argentina, Chile, Guatemala, El Salvador, Peru, South Africa and Sierra Leonehave all created TRCs. Several other countries, including Nepal, Zimbabwe and Cambodia are consideringestablishing them.

TRCs generally have both backward and forward looking elements. The “truth seeking” function involves establishing what really happened during the period of violence - and the reasons for it. A TRC carries outthis function by gathering and analyzing testimonies from victims, witnesses, and perpetrators. TRCs maymake recommendations for prosecutions of perpetrators identified through the truth seeking process.

TRCs also propose national strategies for accountability and institutional reform to create democratic institu-tions and prevent future human rights violations. They recommend reparations to address the needs of vic-tims. They develop reconciliation initiatives to help victims heal and help the society move forward. TRCsalso often honor the memory of the victims by constructing memorials or museums.

Human rights organizations play an important role in the TRC process by promoting accountability and work-ing to end impunity. They work to ensure that the proposed institutional reforms are based on internationalhuman rights standards, and they can hold governments accountable for implementing the recommenda-tions of TRCs when the attention of the international community has faded. Minnesota Advocates is creatinga new role for human rights organizations: using volunteers in the United States to help secure a lastingpeace.

This year has been both exciting and challenging for Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights. We thank youso much for your generous support. Without you, this work and the other projects outlined in this annual report would not be possible.

Sincerely,

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Priscilla Hayner isan expert on truthcommissionsaround the worldand has writtenwidely on the sub-ject. Ms. Hayner isa co-founder of theInternational Cen-ter for TransitionalJustice, where shecurrently servesas Director of the

Peace and Justice Program. Prior to joining the ICTJ,Ms. Hayner served as a consultant to the UN HighCommissioner for Human Rights and as a program officer on international human rights and world securityfor the Mertz Gilmore Foundation.

Sofia Macher has beeninvolved in the humanrights movement fornearly three decades,including tenures as thefirst female head of thePeruvian branch ofAmnesty International,three consecutive termswith the Executive Inter-national Committee ofAmnesty International,and a position on theExecutive Secretariat ofthe National OrganizingCommittee of Human

Rights. Dr. Macher also served as a Commissioner forPeru’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, docu-menting the worst tragedies of Peru during its historyas a Republic.

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Jerome J. Verdier Sr., Chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Com-mission of Liberia, was a leading human rights and civil society activistprior to his selection to serve on the TRC. He holds a Bachelor of Busi-ness Administration (BBA) Degree in Accounting and Economics(1988) from the University of Liberia and a Bachelor of Laws Degree(LLB) from its Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law. Apart from workingboth in the private and public sectors as Senior Accountant, Comp-troller and Executive Director, he has been instrumental in strengthen-ing civil society advocacy by serving in several capacities: ExecutiveDirector of Liberia Democracy Watch (LDW); Chairman of the Board ofDirectors of the National Human Rights Center of Liberia (NHRCL), aconsortium of nine human rights and pro-democracy organizations;Board Chairperson of the Foundation for International Dignity (FIND);Senior Staff Attorney for the Association of Environmental Lawyers(Green Advocates); and the first Research & Program Officer of theCatholic Justice and Peace Commission (JPC). Mr. Verdier is a prac-

ticing attorney, credited for rendering pro bono legal services to indigent clients, civil society activists and journal-ists, while leading civil society adversarial legal teams in several successful lawsuits against the government ofLiberia.

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Selahadin Mohammed joinedMinnesota Advo-cates as a volunteershortly after arrivingin the United States.Selahadin had volunteered with theUnited Nations HighCommissioner forRefugees (UNHCR)while living inSudan, and contin-ued his extraordi-nary lifelongcommitment to service as a volun-teer interpreter andtranslator helpingasylum seekers inMinnesota.

Selahadin died in an automobile accident on Decem-ber 11, 2006 at the age of 34.

A speaker of Arabic, Tigrinya, Amharic, Tigre, Sahoand Russian, Selahadin was always ready to assistwith his remarkable language skills. He filled many ofthe Refugee and Immigrant Program’s requests for interpreters and translators of those languages, some-times with only a few hours notice. Staff members recall a particular day when Selahadin interpreted fortwo different clients at different times of the day, a reflection of his sincere dedication to human rights. Hissmiles and gentle demeanor put Minnesota Advocates’asylum clients at ease, allowing them to feel morecomfortable in telling their difficult stories. Selahadin interpreted for clients in such a skilled and thoughtfulmanner that these clients would often schedule theirappointments around his availability. In November2006, Minnesota Advocates honored Selahadin for histremendous generosity in sharing his talents as an interpreter.

Selahadin is survived by his wife and two youngdaughters, to whom we extend our deepest sympa-thies. We are very grateful for his commitment to Minnesota Advocates’ work in protecting the rights ofasylum seekers, and we miss him very much.

Emily Sandall, 25, was a passionate volunteer with thestudents at the Sankhu-Palubari Community School inNepal. Emily lived a life full of service and adventure,from working with the Sankhu children in Nepal, streetchildren in Mexico and evacuees in New Orleans toleading teens on wilderness trips in Montana, Min-nesota and Canada. The people she served deeply influenced her lifestyle and worldview. Emily died in ahiking accident in Yosemite National Park on Novem-ber 8, 2006.

Introspective and insightful beyond her years, Emily’shope for her life was to “…continue to evolve in a waythat is gentle on the world around us. I come from abackground, a race, a culture where I know I breatheeasier. I hope to live in a way that balances it. Live in away where my choices don’t hinder another, and rathersupport a system, a movement, and a lifestyle whereothers, animals, and the natural world live in a placethat is just and fair.” Emily achieved this hope. Shewas a minimalist in her lifestyle and generous with herconcern, her attention, and her bright and shining personality.

To honor Emily’s work with disadvantaged youth andher hopes and plans for the future, her family estab-lished the Emily Sandall Foundation. The foundation’sfirst donation was given in honor of Emily’s life, dreamsand aspirations to support the Sankhu-Palubari Com-munity School children. We extend our heartfelt sym-pathy to Emily’s family for their loss and our sinceregratitude for their generous support.


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Minnesota Advocates was founded in 1983 by a group of Minnesota lawyers who recognized the community’sunique spirit of social justice as an opportunity to promote and protect human rights in the United States andaround the world.

MMiinnnneessoottaa AAddvvooccaatteess::• investigates and exposes human rights violations internationally and in the United States;• represents immigrants and refugees who are victims of human rights abuses;• trains and assists groups that protect human rights; and• works through education and advocacy to engage the public, policymakers and children about human rights and cultural understanding.

The organization has produced more than 50 reports documenting human rights practices in more than 25 coun-tries, and works with partners overseas and in the United States to restore and protect human rights. MinnesotaAdvocates holds Special Consultative Status with the United Nations.

RReeffuuggeeee aanndd IImmmmiiggrraanntt PPrrooggrraammOur Refugee and Immigrant Program represents individuals who are at risk of deportation to their home countrieswhere they face persecution, torture, and death due to race, religion, nationality, social group, or political belief.Clients include political activists, human rights workers, journalists, children, and teachers. More than 350 Min-nesota Advocates volunteer lawyers represent hundreds of asylum seekers every year.

WWoommeenn’’ss HHuummaann RRiigghhttss PPrrooggrraammThe Women’s Human Rights Program of Minnesota Advocates applies international human rights standards toadvocate for women’s rights in the United States and around the world. The program has published 16 reports onwomen’s human rights violations in 12 countries, collaborating with local organizations overseas and in theUnited States to document domestic violence, rape, employment discrimination, sexual harassment in the work-place, and trafficking in women and girls for commercial sexual exploitation. The Women’s Program also providestraining on legal reform related to violence against women and consultation on new domestic violence laws tolegal professionals and women’s organizations in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

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SSppeecciiaall PPrroojjeeccttss• DDeeaatthh PPeennaallttyy PPrroojjeecctt:: Minnesota Advocates’ Death Penalty Project provides education and advocacy on death penalty issues in our own community. The Death Penalty Project’s advocacy efforts focus on opposing attempts to reintroduce capital punishment in Minnesota.

• HHuummaann RRiigghhttss MMoonniittoorriinngg PPrroojjeecctt:: Minnesota Advocates uses traditional human rights monitoring methods todocument human rights abuses in select communities around the world. This work includes documentation, reporting, and recommendations to governments and institutions.

• LLiibbeerriiaann TTrruutthh aanndd RReeccoonncciilliiaattiioonn CCoommmmiissssiioonn PPrroojjeecctt:: As the implementing partner for the Truth and Recon-ciliation Commission of Liberia, Minnesota Advocates is coordinating the process of statement-taking from Liberians in the United States and the subregion of West Africa. Minnesota Advocates will draft a report to the Commission and will present findings and witness testimony at public hearings in the United States.

• NNeeppaall SScchhooooll PPrroojjeecctt:: Minnesota Advocates collaborates with community leaders in the village of Sankhu, Nepal, to educate 220 of the region’s poorest students at the Sankhu-Palubari Community School.

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• Submitted a shadow report and briefed members of the United Nations Human Rights Committee at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland on US com-pliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

• Collaborated with Pangea World Theater on a dra-matic production, Journey to Safety, based on the Minnesota Advocates report on battered refugee and immigrant women. A training video and facilita-tor’s guide of the production will be distributed at a national conference of criminal justice professionals in June 2007.

• Served on the national steering committee of ProBono.Net’s Immigration Advocacy Network to de-sign and implement a national online resource for immigration legal advocates.

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• Held annual Human Rights Awards Dinner, featuring keynote speaker Hauwa Ibrahim, Nigerian human rights lawyer and winner of the Sakharov Prize, known for her work defending the rights guaranteed by the Nigerian Constitution and international human rights law. Also honored were Kao Ly Ilean Her, Executive Director of the Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans, Lupe Serrano, Executive Director of Casa de Esperanza and volunteers Penny Parker and Tammy Tucker.

• Led a team of four volunteers to Liberia in February to formally sign the Memorandum of Understanding with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Liberia naming Minnesota Advocates the official partner for the TRC in the United States and to observe statement-taking in Liberia.

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Arvonne and Don Fraser speaking with Garrison Keillor, master of ceremonies at the

2006 Human Rights Awards Dinner

Board President Aviva Breen welcoming guests to the


Minnesota Advocates staff with Advisory Committee Member Loan Huynh at

an immigration bill hearing

Intern Leah Tran with Development and Communications Director SarahHerder at Minnesota Advocates’ 2006 State Fair Booth

2007 IWD attendees, including Board Member Marlene Kayser (center),speaking with keynote speaker María José Alcalá (right)


• Provided full legal representation in 452 new and on-going asylum and related cases. Placed 61 asylum cases with 75 volunteer attorneys, representing clients from Belorussia, Cameroon, Chad, China, Congo-Brazaville, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gam-bia, Guatemala, Guinea, Indonesia, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Laos, Liberia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Russia, Rwanda, Somalia, Togo, Ukraine, and Yemen. Closed 89 full representation cases in asy-lum and related matters.

• Trained over 200 Liberian TRC Project volunteers to take statements from Liberians residing in the United States. This groundbreaking project marks the first time refugees have been included in the “truth telling” function of truth and reconciliation commissions.

• Co-presented the 12th Annual International Women’s Day Celebration in March 2007 with the University of Minnesota Human Rights Program. The event included keynote speaker María José Al-calá of the UNFPA, eleven workshops on women’s human rights issues, an Amnesty International photo exhibit on the Juárez femicides, and a closing cere-mony created by Global Site Performance. A record 70 organizations co-sponsored this year’s event.

• Coordinated legal services at the Bloomington Immi-gration Court for individuals detained as a result of the raids at Swift plants in December 2006, and acted as liaison with legal service providers in Georgia.

• Testified at the Minnesota Legislature about a bill to divest interests in Sudan.

Staff members Min Chong, David Takassi, and Kim Babine working with Board Member Sandra Johnson on the 2007 Awards Dinner Silent Auction

Joe Van Sloun, Amanda Cialkowski, Susan MacMenamin, and MarkGirouard from Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson assisted with drafting a

shadow report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee

Chad Stewart and Candee Goodman at the2006 Human Rights Awards Dinner

Liberian Minister of Labor and Minnesota Advocates Board Member Samuel Kofi Woods II

2006 Human Rights Award Recipient Kao Ly Ilean Her


• Recruited and trained volunteer interpreters who handled over 200 interpreting and translating assignments.

• Provided consultations to advocates in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union on legal reform on violence against women.

• Partnered with the Liberian TRC to take statments from Liberian refugees in Buduburam Refugee Camp in Ghana.

• Attended the third annual Stop Violence Against Women (StopVAW) website meeting in June 2006 in Budapest, Hungary. Website Monitors attended the meeting to discuss their StopVAW work with Minne-sota Advocates and the Network Women’s Program of Open Society Institute.

• Officially launched completed Energy of a Nationwebsite to provide updates on immigration legisla-tion and advocacy opportunities.

• Served as Co-Chair of the Detention Watch Net-work, the only national coalition in the United States that works for the rights of immigrant detainees.

• Provided brief legal services and advice to over 550 clients at the Park Avenue Foundation/Volunteer Lawyers Network Walk-In Legal Advice Clinic, the Minnesota AIDS Project, the Center for Victims of Torture, the Center for Families, Park Haven Apart-ments, and the St. Paul Public Schools LEAP Academy.

• Served as co-chair of the Minnesota State Bar Association’s Human Rights Committee.

Board Member David Weissbrodt presentingPenny Parker’s 2006 Volunteer Award

to her mother, Shirley Parker

2006 Volunteer Award Winner Tammy Tuckerwith Neela Hammer-Tucker

and Rochelle Hammer

Board Member Jeffrey Keyes, speaker Imani Jaafar-Mohammad, and Women’s Program Director Cheryl Thomas at a Women’s Human Rights Speaker Series

co-sponsored by Briggs and Morgan PA

Members of the Liberian TRC Project National Community Advisory Committee: (back) Yende Anderson, Irvinton Ben, James Qualah, TRC Chairman Cllr. Jerome J. Verdier, Sr., Calvin Dwuye,

(front) Minnesota Advocates Deputy Director Jennifer Prestholdt, Patrick Kugmeh, Minnesota Advocates Refugee and Immigrant Program Director Michele Garnett McKenzie,

Willametta Saydee, and Minnesota Advocates TRC Program Associate Ahmed Sirleaf

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• Held the 22nd Annual Asylum Conference in June 2007. Conference faculty included Ben Casper, Immigration Judge Joseph Dierkes, Paula Duthoy, Karen Ellingson, Robert Gilbertson, Alan Goldfarb, Emily Good, Kevin Lashus, Assistant Chief Counsel Terry Louie, Kenneth Madsen, Michele Garnett McKenzie, Lynn Mershon, Nancy Peterson, Paschal Nwokocha, Immigration Judge Kristin Olmanson, Acting Chairman Juan P. Osuna, Malinda Schmiechen, Dinesh Shenoy, Steven Thal, and Joseph Vail.

• Presented a workshop on a lesson from the Road to Peace curriculum and participated in the post-con-ference action plan discussion panel at the MnSCU conference on genocide.

• Collaborated with Minnesota Council of Churches, Hennepin County Office of Multicultural Services, and the Minnesota Department of Health to produce materials promoting an innovative joint project that connects new asylees with services and support.

• Continued to coordinate the Minnesota Detention Project to provide free legal services to immigration detainees at their first court appearances.

TRC Commissioner Massa Washington (center) with TRC AdvisoryCommittee Members Patrick Kugmeh (left) and Momolu Sirleaf

Students at Crossroads Alternative High School with Moving LivesArtists (back row): Jesús Purisaca, Ed Bok Lee, and Ibé Kaba

Minnesota Advocates staff: Julia Kashaeva(top), Ann Theisen, and Sarah Herder

Hugh Parmer, President of the AmericanRefugee Committee speaking at the

Children’s Human Rights Speaker Series co-presented by Faegre & Benson LLP

Brikti Hiwet (left) of Powderhorn Phillips CulturalWellness Center visiting the Minnesota Interna-tional Health Volunteers table at International

Women’s Day, staffed by Safiya Jama


• Held the Fifth Annual Human Rights Law and Policy Conference, Children Left Behind: A Child’s Right to Education in the U.S. in June 2007. Featured speak-ers included Scott Abernathy, Anne Carroll, Amy J. Goetz, Baris Gumus-Dawes, Natela Jordan, Carlos Mariani, Joe Nathan, Todd Otis, Elizabeth Sullivan, and Ladan Yusuf.

• Hosted an Immigration Roundtable at the Interna-tional Institute of Minnesota, featuring local Depart-ment of Homeland Security leadership, St. Paul Po-lice Chief John M. Harrington, Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia of the National Immigration Forum, and local immigration advocates.

• Provided training to staff at the Hennepin County Department of Corrections, West 7th Community Center Women’s Health Fair, and students at Car-leton College on domestic violence in refugee and immigrant communities.

• Educated the public about issues related to immigra-tion at the Immigration Fuels Our Nation booth at the 2006 Minnesota State Fair. Volunteers and staff distributed thousands of buttons and hundreds of fact sheets.

• Provided diversity training at Sandburg Middle School, Creative Arts High School, Perpich Center for Performing Arts, Work Opportunity Center, and Intermedia Arts.

• Presented Journey to Safety along with panel dis-cussions on the barriers facing battered refugee and immigrant women for legislators and public officials at the Revisor of Statutes Office, attendees at the Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women annual meeting, Partners for Violence Prevention and the Saint Paul Police Department, child protection staff, public health faculty and students, and the Public Law Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association.

Attendees at a Refugee and Immigrant Program house party in October 2006 hosted by Dr. Hyder Khan and Nazneen Khatoon

Women’s Program Director Cheryl Thomaswith William Heegaard at the

2006 Walk for Justice

The signing of the Robertsport Accord (memorandum of understandingwith the Liberian TRC) in Robertsport, Liberia in February 2007

2006 Human Rights Award Recipient and Keynote Speaker Hauwa Ibrahim with Board Member Hon. Hubert H. Humphrey III



• Presented information about human trafficking to the St. Cloud Forum for Executive Women.

• Presented the Women’s Human Rights Film Series in partnership with the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library.

• Presented the Human Rights and Justice Film Series in partnership with the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library and The Innocence Project of Minnesota.

• Trained teachers of English Language Learners on general immigration issues. Also educated teachers in training at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and Hamline University on understanding immigra-tion and advocating for immigrant families.

• Educated students of the University of St. Thomas, College of St. Catherine, and Minneapolis College of Business about human rights issues.

• Gave a presentation titled the “Human Cost of War Around the World” for community members at an event presentation hosted by the Islamic Center of Minnesota.

• Educated attendees of the Christian Legal Society conference in San Antonio, Texas about the work of the Walk-in Legal Clinic.

• Moderated a panel at the American Immigration Lawyers Association annual conference.

• Conducted immigration presentations at churches, places of employment, community centers and private homes.

• Administered on-site professional development human rights trainings for educators in seven metro area school districts.

• Presented information on “Peace and Human Rights” to people from different faith communities at a Northern Lights Society dinner in October 2006.

• Hosted a successful Human Rights Day seminar, In the Shadows: Non-Citizens and U.S. Violations of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, in partnership with the University of Minnesota Human Rights Center.

• Presented information about the Liberian TRC to dozens of Liberian organizations, community groups, students, volunteers, and social service providers in Minnesota, Chicago, Atlanta, New York, Philadelphia, Providence, and Washington D.C.

• Distributed hundreds of Energy of a Nation materials promoting a human rights perspective on immigra-tion to teachers, service providers and the general public throughout the nation.

Dianne Heins from Faegre & Benson introducing speakers at a Liberia TRC training

Students at the Sankhu-Palubari CommunitySchool in Nepal in February 2007

Staff attorney Rebecca Palmer, Chelsea Zimmerman, and Judge Lloyd Zimmerman with Chelsea’s silent auction win from the



• Presented on child labor for middle school students from the YMCA in East St. Paul.

• Taught Immigration Law Clinic at the University of Minnesota Law School as adjunct faculty.

• Partnered with Briggs and Morgan, P.A. to present the Women’s Human Rights Speaker Series, cover-ing topics including progress in legal reform on vio-lence against women in Central Asia and the Cauca-sus, women’s rights in Islam, and human trafficking.

• Partnered with Dorsey & Whitney LLP to present the Death Penalty Speaker Series, covering topics including reinstatement efforts in Wisconsin, the role of the media in explaining capital cases, and the federal death penalty.

• Conducted immigration presentations at Irondale High School, Perpich Center for Arts Education, Crossroads Alternative High School, Champlin Park High School, Metro State University and the University of Minnesota.

• Presented information on asylum, immigration and other related issues at the University of Minnesota in Duluth, the University of Minnesota Law School, William Mitchell College, Fredrickson & Byron, and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights’ 2006 Conference.

• Moderated a teleconference focused on updates in the asylum process and providing effective legal services to victims of torture for the American Immi-gration Lawyers Association.

Staff members: (back) Ingrid Haugland, Julia Kashaeva, Fatima Jawaid,(front) Emily Farell, David Takassi, and Laura Young

Moving Lives Artist Jesús Purisaca (right) with Crossroads Alternative High School Student Wayne Savage at a

Human Rights Day Celebration workshop

Hon. Wesseh Blamo from Liberian Parliamentmeets with Minnesota Advocates’ delegation

in Monrovia in February 2007

Jeanne Voigt (left) and Judge Nino Bakakuri(center) with Minnesota Advocates’ Women’s

Program staff members Cheryl Thomas, Laura Nelson, and Mary Ellingen at the Court of Appeals in Tbilisi, Georgia

Eric Jorstad speaking at a Death Penalty Lecture Series

co-sponsored by Dorsey & Whitney LLP



• Partnered with Faegre & Benson LLP to present the Children’s Human Rights Speaker Series, covering topics including the girl-child, infant mortality, and child soldiers.

• Partnered with Fredrikson & Byron, PA to present the Human Rights Lecture Series, covering topics such as human rights and national security, and housing and health care as human rights.

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• Led a fact-finding mission to the Republic of Georgia to conduct research on domestic violence and child abuse commissioned by a consortium of United Nations agencies.

• Led a fact-finding mission to Bulgaria to gather infor-mation about the implementation of their new domestic violence law.

• Completed fact-finding research and writing for Domestic Violence in Tajikistan.

• Brought together leaders of different faith back-grounds to discuss messaging around immigration issues in focus groups around Minnesota.

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• Published Domestic Violence and Child Abuse in Georgia: An Assessment of Current Standings of Law and Practice Regarding Domestic Violence and Child Abuse in Georgia, and Recommendations for Future United Nations Country Team Involvement, in collaboration with the Institute for Policy Studies, Georgia.

• Co-authored a shadow report to the United Nations on problems with U.S. Compliance with the Interna-tional Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Viola-tions of the Rights of Aliens, a report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee on the Second and Third Periodic Report of the United States of America

• Published Voices from Silence: Personal Accounts of the Long-Term Impact of 9/11.

• Received Charity Navigator’s highest 4-star rating for sound fiscal management.

• Met all standards of the Charities Review Council.

Dulce Foster of Fredrikson & Byron and Jim O’Neal of Faegre & Benson

in Liberia in February 2007

A sign advertising the TRC in Liberia


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The Refugee and Immigrant Program honored three ofits longtime volunteer attorneys at its Fall House Partyin November 2006. We thank Lesley Guyton, NancyPeterson, and Wayne Popham for all of their work onbehalf of indigent asylum seekers. Minnesota Advo-cates for Human Rights appreciates the generosity anddedication of these three individuals.

LLeesslleeyy GGuuyyttoonn is a private immigration attorney at theGuyton Law Office. She hasbeen an active volunteer withthe Refugee and ImmigrantProgram as a member of theSteering Committee and as amentor for attorneys who represent asylum seekersthrough Minnesota Advo-cates. Throughout the years,Lesley has graciously and

thoroughly guided volunteer attorneys through themaze of asylum law and practice. We are honored toagain recognize Lesley’s contribution to providing probono legal services to asylum seekers.

WWaayynnee PPoopphhaamm is a private attorney at thePopham Law Office.Wayne has been a long-time volunteer attorneywith the Refugee and Im-migrant Program, repre-senting asylum seekersin the Immigration Court.We would like to thankWayne for generouslyagreeing to represent somany of our clients,some of whom have haddifficult and complex cases.

NNaannccyy PPeetteerrssoonn is also a private immigration attorneyat the Law Office of Nancy Peterson. For many years,Nancy has volunteered her legal services as a mentorto Minnesota Advocates’ volunteer attorneys for theRefugee and Immigrant Program. Many of the volun-teer attorneys have commented that Nancy was extremely helpful as they represented their asylumclients. Nancy has also been a loyal volunteer at thePark Avenue Foundation/Volunteers Lawyers NetworkWalk-in Legal Clinic. We are grateful to Nancy for allthe time she has given.

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PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT - Net 34,618TTOOTTAALL AASSSSEETTSS $ 338,713

LLIIAABBIILLIITTIIEESS AANNDD NNEETT AASSSSEETTSSCURRENT LIABILITIES

Accounts Payable $ 22,194Accrued Expenses 54,458Deferred Lease Incentive – current portion 5,357

TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 82,009Deferred Lease Incentive – long term portion 5,357

TOTAL LIABILITIES 87,366

NET ASSETSUnrestricted Net Assets 4,735Temporarily Restricted Net Assets 246,612TOTAL NET ASSETS 251,347

TTOOTTAALL LLIIAABBIILLIITTIIEESS AANNDD NNEETT AASSSSEETTSS $ 338,713

SSUUPPPPOORRTT AANNDD RREEVVEENNUUEESUPPORT

Foundation and Corporate Contributions $ 528,684Individual Contributions 223,353In-Kind Donations 2,274,556Government Grants 109,807

TOTAL SUPPORT 3,136,400

REVENUESpecial Events, net of direct benefits $ 45,642Program Services 20,131Sales of Publications 689Interest Income 8,343Other 408

TOTAL REVENUE 75,213

TTOOTTAALL SSUUPPPPOORRTT AANNDD RREEVVEENNUUEE $ 3,211,613

EEXXPPEENNSSEESSPROGRAM EXPENSES

Education 416,196Refugee and Immigrant 2,148,830Women’s Human Rights 525,642Special Projects 322,535

TOTAL PROGRAM EXPENSES 3,413,203

ADMINSTRATION AND FUNDRAISING 134,008

TTOOTTAALL EEXXPPEENNSSEESS 3,547,211

Change in Net Assets (335,598)

Net Assets, Beginning of Year 586,945

Net Assets, End of Year $ 251,347

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There can be no peace if there is social injustice and suppression of human rights, because external and internal

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Marlene Kayser Jeffrey Keyes

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Irfan Khan Sandozi, M.D.Nancy Speer

Roberta B. WalburnDavid S. Weissbrodt

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