Arts Activities Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Advocating Change Together
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2019
End Date
May 2020
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Ramsey
Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Self-Advocacy Singing Group.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Lynne Bertalmio: Retired Director Stillwater Public Library; Cristeta Boarini: Mid-Continent Oceanographic Institute Program Director; Tricia Heuring: Public Functionary Executive Director; Alejandra Iannone: Sparkle Theatricals Creative Co-Director; Wu Chen Khoo: Technical Tools of the Trade Stage Technical Designer and Director; Wendy Lane: Retired Human Resources Consultant; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Donna Saul Millen: TPT-Twin Cities PBS Events Director; Christal Moose: Native Pride Productions Inc Manager; Adaobi Okolue: Twin Cities Media Alliance Executive Director; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Community Education Adult and Youth Programs Coordinator; Deanna StandingCloud: New Native Theatre; Sara Wilson: Gislason and Hunter LLP Attorney.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Audrey Anderson: Organizational Development, Audience Development / Marketing, Artistic; Curt Lund: Audience Development / Marketing, Artistic; Heidi Droegemueller CFRE: Fundraising, Volunteerism, Organizational Development / Planning; Kim Peterson: Organizational Development, General Administration, Volunteerism; Monica Cruz Zorrilla: Organizational Development, Community Education, Community Service / Development; Teresa Mock: Artistic, Audience Development / Marketing, Organizational Development / Planning.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2017 Regular Session, chapter 91, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$10,855
Direct expenses
$20,855
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

We want 40% of our audiences to be moved enough by our production to stay for the post-show Q and A. We want 70% of our audience to indicate that they felt either represented or moved to action. We will hold post-show Q and A sessions with our community partners after each show. We will be able to take attendance numbers and compare those to ticket sales. We will have audience questionnaires which will ask if the audience member either felt represented or moved to action.

Measurable Outcome(s)

100 percent of participants indicated that their life is deeply enhanced by participating in this singing group, and that it's something they haven't found elsewhere in their lives. For our one performance, both the 25 participants performing and 30 audience--all employees of the Minnesota Dept of Human rights--both singers and listeners all said that this singing was powerful to see and be part of.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
David Belcourt, Denise E. Cady, Kenisha Conditt, Gordon Crawford, Joel Fox, Dennis Gorman, Jenny Johnson, Larry Lubbers, Steve Mono, Carrie O'Keefe, Carol Robinson, Thomas Robinson, Lori Rohovit
Project Manager
First Name
Bret
Last Name
Hesla
Organization Name
Advocating Change Together
Street Address
1821 University Ave W Ste 306S
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55104-4533
Phone
(651) 641-0297
Email
act@selfadvocacy.org
Administered By
Administered by
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
Email the Agency
Location

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

Phone
Project Manager: Kathy Mouacheupao
651-645-0402
Email the Agency