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As of April 13, 2010, 73 Minnesota organizations are members of the Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers. Our membership base thus represents many thousands of concerned citizens who seek to make our world a better place in which to live.
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  1. A Million Copies Initiative
  2. A Peace of My Mind
  3. Al-Aqsa Institute
  4. Alliance for Democracy - Minnesota
  5. AlliantACTION
  6. Alternatives to War - St. Cloud
  7. American Association of University Women, Minneapolis Branch
  8. Atheists For Human Rights
  9. Basilica of Saint Mary, Peace & Justice Council
  10. Carleton Wellstone House of Organization and Activism
  11. Citizens for Election Integrity
  12. Citizens for Global Solutions - Minnesota Chapter (formerly World Federalist Association)
  13. Council on American-Islamic Relations-Minnesota
  14. Cuba Committee of Minnesota
  15. DO Peace, Minnesota
  16. ELCA Twin Cities Synods Peace with Justice Committee
  17. Every Church A Peace Church
  18. First Unitarian Society of Mpls, Social Action Committee
  19. First Universalist Church of Mpls, Pathways to Peace Committee
  20. Foundation for Global Community Minnesota
  21. Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls, JPICA Committee
  22. Friends for a Non-Violent World
  23. Grandmothers For Peace
  24. Ground Zero Minnesota
  25. Growing Communities for Peace
  26. Haiti Justice Committee of Minnesota
  27. Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, Peace and Justice
  28. Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
  29. Inter-Faith Peacemakers of Edina
  30. Iraq Veterans Against the War -
    Minnesota Chapter
  31. Iraqi & American Reconciliation Project
  32. Judson Memorial Baptist Church
  33. Macalester-Plymouth Church Peacemakers
  34. Merriam Park Neighbors for Peace
  35. Middle East Peace Now
  36. Military Families Speak Out - Minnesota Chapter
  37. Minnesota 9/11 Truth
  38. Minnesota Fellowship of Reconciliation
  39. Minnesota Labor Against War
  40. Minnesota Peace Project
  41. National Lawyer's Guild - Minnesota
  42. Nonviolent Peaceforce
  43. Organic Consumers Association
  44. Palestine-Israel Justice Project, United Methodist Church
  45. Pax Christi Twin Cities Area
  46. People of Faith Peacemakers
  47. Plymouth Congregational Church Global Concerns Committee
  48. Presbytery of the Twin Cities - Peace and Justice Task Force
  49. Prospect Hills Friends Meeting
  50. Resource Center of the Americas
  51. Sacred Heart Church, Peace & Justice Committee
  52. St. Joan of Arc Church Peace and Justice Committee
  53. St. Luke Presbyterian Church
  54. St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral Faith in Action Committee
  55. St. Paul Better Ballot Campaign
  56. Soka Gakkai International-USA, Minnesota Chapter
  57. The Advocates for Human Rights
  58. Tikkun Community of Minneapolis and St. Paul
  59. Twin Cities Peace Campaign - Focus on Iraq
  60. Twin City Artist Front
  61. United Nations Association of Minnesota
  62. University of Minnesota Human Rights Center
  63. University of St. Thomas Justice & Peace Studies
  64. Veterans for Peace, Chapter 27
  65. Veterans for Peace, Chapter 80
  66. Vincent L. Hawkinson Foundations
  67. Walker Community United Methodist Church
  68. Wilderness Connections, Inc.
  69. Witness for Peace - Upper Midwest
  70. Women Against Military Madness
  71. Women's International League for Peace and Freedom - MN Metro
  72. World Citizen Inc
  73. youthrive (MN Associate of PeaceJam)
  1. United Nations Association of Minnesota
  2. Citizens for Global Solutions - Minnesota Chapter (formerly World Federalist Association)
  3. Inter-Faith Peacemakers of Edina
  4. Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, Peace and Justice
  5. Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
  6. Women Against Military Madness
  7. World Citizen Inc.
  8. Veterans for Peace, Chapter 27
  9. Ground Zero Minnesota
  10. The Advocates for Human Rights
  11. First Unitarian Society of Mpls, Social Action Committee
  12. Middle East Peace Now
  13. Growing Communities for Peace
  14. Foundation for Global Community Minnesota
  15. People of Faith Peacemakers
  16. Minnesota Fellowship of Reconciliation
  17. Plymouth Congregational Church Global Concerns Committee
  18. Walker Community United Methodist Church
  19. St. Joan of Arc Church Peace and Justice Committee
  20. Women's International League for Peace and Freedom - MN Metro
  21. First Universalist Church of Mpls, Pathways to Peace Committee
  22. St. Luke Presbyterian Church, Justice Focus Group
  23. Friends for a Non-Violent World
  24. Pax Christi Twin Cities Area
  25. Resource Center of the Americas
  26. University of Minnesota Human Rights Center
  27. Basilica of Saint Mary, Peace & Justice Council
  28. American Association of University Women, Minneapolis Branch
  29. St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral Faith in Action Committee
  30. Twin Cities Peace Campaign - Focus on Iraq
  31. Sacred Heart Church, Peace & Justice Committee
  32. Alliance for Democracy - Minnesota
  33. Nonviolent Peaceforce
  34. Witness for Peace - Upper Midwest
  35. Wilderness Connections, Inc.
  36. Soka Gakkai International-USA, Minnesota Chapter
  37. Palestine-Israel Justice Project, United Methodist Church
  38. ELCA Twin Cities Synods Peace with Justice Committee
  39. AlliantACTION
  40. Twin City Artist Front
  41. National Lawyer's Guild - Minnesota
  42. Prospect Hills Friends Meeting
  43. Veterans for Peace, Chapter 80
  44. Merriam Park Neighbors for Peace
  45. Macalester-Plymouth Church Peacemakers
  46. Every Church A Peace Church
  47. Haiti Justice Committee of Minnesota
  48. Carleton Wellstone House of Organization and Activism
  49. Al-Aqsa Institute
  50. Tikkun Community of Minneapolis and St. Paul
  51. Alternatives to War - St. Cloud
  52. DO Peace, Minnesota
  53. Citizens for Election Integrity
  54. University of St. Thomas Justice & Peace Studies
  55. Vincent L. Hawkinson Foundations
  56. St. Paul Better Ballot Campaign
  57. Atheists For Human Rights
  58. Grandmothers For Peace
  59. Military Families Speak Out - Minnesota Chapter
  60. Minnesota 9/11 Truth
  61. Judson Memorial Baptist Church
  62. Minnesota Labor Against War
  63. Cuba Committee of Minnesota
  64. Iraq Veterans Against the War - Minnesota Chapter
  65. youthrive (MN Associate of PeaceJam)
  66. A Million Copies Initiative
  67. Presbytery of the Twin Cities - Peace and Justice Task Force
  68. Organic Consumers Association
  69. Iraqi & American Reconciliation Project
  70. Council on American-Islamic Relations-Minnesota
  71. Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls, JPICA Committee
  72. Minnesota Peace Project
  73. A Peace of My Mind

 

A Million Copies Initiative
Address: 6905 Romeo Rd, Woodbury, MN 55125-2421
Phone: 651-730-4849
Email: Dick_Bernard AT msn DOT com
Website: www.amillioncopies.info

Encouraging the ideals of world citizenship and human oneness.

Contact: Council Delegate, Dick Bernard, 651-698-1493, Dick_Bernard AT msn DOT com

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A Peace of My Mind
Email: john@peaceofmymind.net
Website: http://www.apeaceofmymind.net

A Peace of My Mind is a documentary project about peace by Minneapoilis photographer John Noltner. People from a wide range of backgrounds are asked to talk about peace...what it means to them, how they work toward it in their lives, and the obstacles they encounter along the way. The interviews are combined with black & white portraits and showcased on a new website.

The project is designed to give a voice to those who strive for peace in our world. It is intended to help foster dialogue about peace in our community. For more information about the project, or to invite John Noltner to speak at your event, please email him at john@peaceofmymind.net.

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Al-Aqsa Institute
Address: 7362 University Ave NE, Suite 310, Coon Rapids, MN 55448
Phone: (763) 571-0001
Email: elkhatibh0@yahoo.com
Website: www.aqsamn.org

Mission Statement: (1) Al-Aqsa Institute is a community service organization, incorporated under the laws of the State of Minnesota , by Arab-American peoples, Muslim and Christian alike, that promotes and works for a positive, well-informed awareness of the Middle East focusing attention on Palestine, its history, its people, its culture and its reality. It is committed to the belief that alternatives to violence and military power can be found for a just and permanent solution to the Palestinian/Israeli crisis.

(2) Its members seek to identify with oppressed peoples and to embrace victims of oppression, to resist discrimination, racism and the degradation of human life and rights and to be an unrelenting instrument on behalf of human dignity. They, in particular, seek recognition and validation of the human narrative to vindicate the suffering of the Palestinian people to render them part of an inclusive human history.

(3) Its members believe that the time has come for Muslims, Christians and Jews to begin to dialogue, to pursue new avenues for peace with justice, and to discover the common denominator on which their shared humanity can act for peacemaking. The basis for such dialogue is in the belief that all are human beings with equal rights without one side dominating over the other. They honor all who stand for the poor, the dispossessed, the oppressed, the powerless and all who witness courageously to a vision of political and social change in the cause of peace and justice in Palestine and Israel .

Membership: Al-Aqsa Institute is open to any person of good will, men and women alike, with an interest in Palestine . It reaches out to and welcomes youth with Palestinian ancestry.

Contact: Council Delegate, Nick Eoloff, 651-698-1493, eolof001@umn.edu; Exec Director, Hussein Khatib (also Council Alternate)

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Alliance For Democracy - Minnesota

Address: PO Box 15172, Minneapolis, MN 55415
Phone: 651-221-0917
Fax: 651-645-3169
Email:
Website: www.afd-minnesota.org
or national: www.thealliancefordemocracy.org

The AfD is a new American Progressive-Populist Movement and is one of 57 chapters in the U.S. Our mission is to educate all people about the corporate domination of politics, economics, the environment, culture and information; to establish true democracy and; to create a just society with a sustainable, equitable economy.

Membership: Any person who subscribes to our purpose and policy shall be eligible for membership; dues $35/$15 seniors and students.

Number of Members: 24

Sources of financial support: Dues, donations from individuals, and foundation grants.

Contact: Ted Dooley, Executive Director, 651-227-5801, ; Sook Holdridge, Council Delegate, 952-922-7311, ; Brian Merchant, Council Alternate, 651-221-0917,

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Alliant Action Logo
AlliantACTION

Address: We meet outside the headquarters of Alliant Techsystems
5050 Lincoln Drive, Edina, MN 55436
Email: alliantaction@circlevision.org
Website: alliantaction.org

Although we are opposed to specific weapons systems produced by Alliant, our main concern is the violent solutions this Minnesota-based company represents to conflicts around the world. They produce cluster bombs, depleted uranium munitions, landmines and all three rocket motors for the Trident II nuclear first-strike missile attacks. Since spring of 1996, AlliantACTION has vigiled outside this international arms dealer's headquarters every Wednesday morning from 7a.m. to 8a.m., asking, "Who profits? Who dies?" Networking continues at breakfast.

Membership: All peacemakers are welcome to this Weekly Wednesday morning vigil. Contact us at the vigil! Rain, snow, wind or sun - we are there!

Contact: Bill Barnett, Council Delegate, 612-877-1927; Pepperwolf, 612-701-6963, alliantaction@circlevision.org

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Alternatives to War - St. Cloud Area

Address: PO Box 7806, St Cloud, MN 56303
Phone: 320-252-6448
Website: http://alternativestowar.com/

The Alternatives to War Committee is a community of people from the St. Cloud, MN area who are horrified and saddened by the violence that occurred on September 11 and by the potential devastation that continued violence poses to people throughout the world.

  • We believe in the values of freedom, democracy, and peace for all people of the world and that these values are attainable only with justice.
  • We believe that unequal opportunity and the uneven distribution of the planet's wealth induce violence.
  • We believe that holding the perpetrators accountable for what happened on 9/11 is essential to justice, but that violent responses promote rather than end violence.
  • We believe the violent response of war releases a potential for harm to the earth and all its inhabitants that overwhelms the imagination.
  • We believe the process of identifying and promoting alternatives to violence requires becoming informed by a wide range of perspectives and questions.
  • We believe that patriotism includes ongoing learning, educating others, and dissenting from national policies that violate the principles this country espouses.

Understanding that our commitment must be deep and lasting, we meet regularly to find ways of putting these beliefs into action. Join us. Folks are welcome to participate in our meetings at Meeting Grounds, 1733 Pine Cone Road, Sartell 5:30 pm on the first and third Thursday of the month. Sign up for our email listserve at http://alternativestowar.com.

A peace vigil takes place each Saturday from 1 pm to 3pm at the intersection of highways 23 (15) and 75 (Barnes &Noble corner). Participants are invited to commit whatever time they can and, if possible, to bring a sign with a message supporting the resolution of conflict through nonviolence. Please note: Parking at Barnes &Noble by non-customers could result in towing.

Contact: Marly Keller, Steering Committee and Council Delegate, 320-252-6448, marlyask@charter.net; Midge Nusbaum, Council Alternate, nusbaum@lakedalelink.net

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American Association of University Women, Minneapolis Branch

Address: 2115 Stevens Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55404
Phone: 612-870-1661
Fax: 612-870-0949
Email: ksmith1546 AT aol DOT com
Website (national): www.aauw.org

The American Association of University Women promotes equity for all women and girls, life-long education, and positive societal changes.

Membership: AAUW values and seeks diverse memberships. there shall be no barriers to full participation on basis of gender, race, creed, sexual orientation, natural origin or disability. Member fee: $160 per year and participation when possible.

Number of members: Approx. 600 women college graduates.

Sources of support: Dues, donations, and the business we operate our of the Gale Mansion for weddings, meetings, memorials, etc.

Contact: Mary Rose Goetz, Council Delegate, 612-374-5321, fcmrg AT comcast DOT net

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Atheists for Human Rights
Atheists For Human Rights

Address: 5146 Newton Ave N, Minneapolis, MN 55430
Phone: 612-529-1200
Email: mac@mtn.org
Website: www.atheistsforhumanrights.org
Communications Director - Marie Alena Castle

Organized atheism supports the right to hold religious beliefs but vigorously opposes religious behavior that is politically and socially predatory or harms innocent people.

Contact: Council Delegate, Mary Armijo Irwin, mailing address on file; Alternate, Bradley G. Mattson, mailing address on file.

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Basilica of Saint Mary, Peace & Justice Council

Address: PO Box 50010, Minneapolis, MN 55405-0010
Phone: 612-333-1381
Website: www.mary.org

To educate the community in global and local issues of peace and justice and provide opportunities to act, so that we may live out our faith.

Contact: David Brown, Council Chair, 612-374-9380, davidbrownxxxx AT hotmail DOT com; John Martin, Council Delegate, 952-926-4522, bigheadjohn1 AT comcast DOT net; Dennis Dillon, MAP Executive Committee, 612-333-0723, ddillon222 AT aol DOT com; Dick Bernard, Council Alternate, 651-730-4849, dick_bernard AT comcast DOT net.

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Carleton Wellstone House of Organization and Activism
(WHOA House)

Address: 300 North College St, Northfield, MN 55057
Phone: 507-646-5479
Email:
Website: http://orgs.carleton.edu/whoa/

We're an interest house at Carleton College focusing on grassroots political and social movements.

Contact: David Holman, Council Delegate, (Info as above); Sarah Moberg, Council Alternate,

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Citizens For Election Integrity - MN

Address - PO Box 6863, Minneapolis, MN 55406
Email: info@electionintegritymn.org
Website: www.electionintegritymn.org
Board Chair - Kirk Lund (as above)

Citizens for Election Integrity is a non-partisan group that formed after the 2004 election. We were troubled by reports of problems with electronic voting, the disenfranchisement of minority voters, discarded ballots and other voting irregularites. Our initial focus was supporting the Ohio recount by generating local media coverage and sending 9 volunteers to Ohio to observe the recount. We are now focused on public education and lobbying.

Our efforts are part of a burgeoning national voting rights movement committed to restoring the integrity of our electoral system through the implementation of:

  • Voter verified paper ballots as the legal ballot of record for all elections.
  • Accurate recording, counting, and reporting of all votes cast.
  • Random hand recounts that are part of routine audits.
  • Consistent enforcement of election procedures to ensure that everyone who wants to vote can do so without difficulty and to prevent all forms of vote fraud.
  • Public oversight and non-partisan administration of the election system

Contact: Jenny Thomas, Council Delegate, jjthomas@skypoint.com; Dan Freese, Council Alternate danmag@blackhole.com

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Citizens for Global Solutions (formerly World Federalist Association), Minnesota Chapter

Address: 5145 16th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55417
Phone: 612-722-1693
Email: claude101 AT comcast DOT net
Website: http://www.globalsolutions.org/

Citizens for Global Solutions seeks to promote peace, justice and freedom in a democratically governed world.

Membership: $25 individual, $30 couples; $10 students annual membership dues are paid to the national office which then returns a portion to each local chapter.

Number of Members: 325 in Minnesota, 18,000 nationally.

Sources of financial support: Contributions, membership dues, sale of publications, and honoraria.

Contact: Joe Schwartzberg, Council Delegate, 651-429-9562, 612-625-5578, schwa004@tc.umn.edu; Ev Kalambakodis, Council Alternate, 763-574-9615, ; Claude Buettner, President, claude101 AT comcast DOT net

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Council on American-Islamic Relations-Minnesota

Address: 1821 University Ave West, Suite 220, St Paul, MN 55104
Phone: 651-645-7102
Fax: 612 276-0898
Email: info AT mn DOT cair DOT com
Website: www.cairmn.com
Chair: Asma Saroya

CAIR, America's largest Islamic civil liberties and advocacy group has 35 offices and chapters nationwide and in Canada. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.

Contact: Asma Saroya, Council Delegate, 612-327-6700 cell or 763-786-0138, lsaroya AT cair DOT com; Taneeza Islam, Council Alternate, 651-587-4712, tislamcairmn AT gmail DOT com

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Cuba Committee of Minnesota

Address: 1277 Fremont, St Paul, MN 55106
Phone: 612-623-3452
Email: mncuba AT gmail DOT com
MSN group site: http://groups.msn.com/minnesotacubacommittee

Contact: Carla Riehle, Council Delegate, 651-983-3981, ; Marcy Shapiro, MAP Alternate, 651-8195762, .

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DO PEACE MINNESOTA
- citizens lobbying for a U.S. Department of Peace

Address: 1591 Mallard Drive, Eagan, MN 55122
Phone: 651-454-3850
Website: www.dopcampaign.org

The Peace Alliance is a nonpartisan citizen action organization advocating for legislation that supports a culture of peace. We work to foster positive, proactive change toward the creation of a more nonviolent and peaceful world.

The Peace Alliance is spearheading the national campaign to establish a United States Department of Peace. We have citizen organizers active in all 50 states.

The Department of Peace effort was launched in April of 2003. We launched officially in Washington D.C. with our first Department of Peace Conference in conjunction with the second introduction of the bill into the 108th congress on April 8th, 2003.

The campaign was originally organized under the Global Renaissance Alliance (now called “The Peace Alliance Foundation ”), a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded by our current Chair of the board of directors, Marianne Williamson. The Peace Alliance, a 501(c)4 non-profit organization and sister to the Foundation, was founded in May of 2004 and further organized the U.S. Department of Peace Campaign.

It is with the help of thousands of citizen activists that we have taken this campaign from a beautiful idea into a political reality. Together we are building the foundation and infrastructure for a more peaceful nation and world.

Contact: Mary Jane LaVigne, Co-Coordinator and Council Delegate, 651-426-8616, maryjanelavigne@comcast.net; : Sue Skog, Co-Coordinator and Council Alternate, 651-454-3850, family4peace@msn.com

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Every Church a Peace Church

National Website: http://www.ecapc.org/

The vision of Every Church A Peace Church is the formation of new peace churches and the transformation of war-justifying churches into peace churches, so that the world will be turned toward peace as churches live and teach as Jesus lived and taught.   We envision thousands of churches making The Peace Church Affirmation:

The Peace Church Affirmation

Following Jesus in nonviolent struggle for justice and peace, we love our neighbors and enemies as God loves us all, becoming a peace church to share in God’s work to save the world.

Contact: William Berneking, 952-473-7839; Mary Faulkner MAP Del 612-823-5524, rfofmplsmn@msn.com; Dick Bernard MAP Alt 651-730-4849, dick_bernard@comcast.net

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ELCA Twin Cities Synods Peace with Justice Committee
Address: 5428 Park Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55417
Website: www.spas-elca.org/aboutsynod/justiceandadvocacy/
peacewithjustice/peacejusticeindex.htm

The Peace with Justice Committee of the Minneapolis and Saint Paul Area Synods is a group of Twin Cities persons centered in the understanding that we are called by Christ to be peacemakers and bringers of justice, expressed in the words of our Lutheran liturgy “to strive for peace and justice in all the world.”

The committee is dedicated to a program of education and action, seeking to supplant the evils of war, violence, economic injustice, environmental degradation, racism, and other oppressions, with fairness, compassion, reconciliation, care of creation, and service to others.

Contact: Richard Hilden, Co-Chair, 612-825-1581; Verlyn Smith, Council Delegate, 651-636-6544, .

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First Unitarian Society, Social Action Committee

Address: 900 Mount Curve Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55403
Phone: 612-377-6608
Fax: 612-377-2151
Email: office@firstunitariansociety.org
Website: www.firstunitariansociety.org

The First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis, established in 1881 and affiliated with the Unitarian Universalist Association of North America, is an ethical and liberal religious community dedicated to promoting the ongoing search for truth and to affirming the inherent worth of the individual.

We understand reality through human experience, enlightened reason, scientific method, and the democratic process, and we find the central source of power and goodness within the human heart, mind, and spirit. Individually and collectively, we assume responsibility for our future, our community, our children, and our interdependent world.

Our growth and actions as thoughtful, compassionate, and ethical human beings advance our humanist vision of a world of peace and love, dignity and equality, freedom and justice.

Number of members: Approximately 525.

Contact: Sue Tincher, Council Delegate, 612-926-8692, tinch AT tinchers DOT net;  Madeline Simon, Council Alternate, 952-854-2976, madeline-mpls AT msn DOT com; Marcy Leussler, Co-Chair, 612-824-3240, wildrhub AT hotmail DOT com;
Carol Koepp, Co-Chair, 952-893-2383, carolkoepp AT comcast DOT net

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First Universalist Church, Pathways to Peace Committee

Address: 3400 Dupont Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55408
Phone: 612-825-1701
Fax: 612-825-8879
Email:
Website: http://www.firstuniv.org/

Our mission is to represent the First Universalist Church of Minneapolis in the broader peace community at the local, state, continental, and international level and to facilitate connecting members of the congregation to that community. We hold high the flame of the liberal spirit and are a welcoming congregation. Our faith is based on the principle of the inherent worth and dignity of every person.

Brief historical highlights of peace related activities:
1859, Church founded under leadership of W.D. Washburn; 1897, Established Unity Settlement House in North Mpls; 1965, Church minister John Cummins marches with Martin Luther King at Selma; 1984, Unity Settlement House becomes First Universalist Foundation with endowment for making community grants; 1984, Church established as Sanctuary for Central American refugees; 1985, Church becomes Nuclear Free Zone; 1988, Church dedicated as Peace Site; 2002 Church voted to oppose a U.S. preventive war against Iraq.

Membership: Committee membership is open to all members and friends of First Universalist Church.

Number of members: Church membership is 800. Involvement in committee activities varies from a few members up to several hundred depending on the project or activity undertaken.

Sources of financial support: Funded by operating budget of church for committee expenses and access to First Universalist Foundation for special project grants.

Contact: Jo Montie, Council Delegate, 612-781-3668, jomontie@comcast.net;
Deb Rogers, First Universalist Social Justice Coordinator and Council Alternate,
612-825-1701, debra@firstuniv.org

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Foundation for Global Community, Minnesota

Address: 4345 Coolidge Avenue South, St. Louis Park, MN 55424
Phone: 952-929-1566
Email: or
Website: www.globalcommunity.org

We are a nonprofit, educational foundation whose mission is to discover, live, and communicate what is needed to build a world that functions for the benefit of all life. FGC emerged from the former Beyond War following the end of the Cold War, when its leadership decided that our survival requires basic changes in our culture from the current trend of unbridled materialism and rampant individualism to a more idealistic and globally oriented set of values that include an interest in self-actualization and spirituality, a desire to live a simpler lifestyle, a need for society to rebuild communities, a sense of nature as sacred, and a concern for the global environment.

Number of members: In Minnesota, a small working group of 10-15 and approximately 250 former members of Beyond War.

Contact: Stu Webb, Coordinator, 952-929-1566, ; Howard Hass, Council Delegate, 651-484-4068, Email ; Sook Holdridge, Council Alternate, 952-922-7311, ; Tom Atchison, Database Keeper, 612-798-1802, .

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Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation Advisory Committee

Address: 116 8th Ave. SE, Little Falls, MN 56345
Phone: 320-632-0649
Email:
Wepsite: www.fslf.org

Contact: Jeff Odendahl, Coordinator and Council Delegate, 320-632-3713, jodendahl6 AT msn DOT com; Sr Joanne Klinnert, Alternate, 612-822-2623, jcklin AT juno DOT com.

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Friends for a Non-Violent World

Address: 1050 Selby Avenue, St Paul, MN 55104
Phone: 651-917-0383
Fax: 651-917-0379
Email: info AT fnvw DOT org
Website: www.fnvw.org

Through education, through example, and through experiences in non-violent living, Friends for a Non-Violent World works to build a world where all people can speak truth to power, practice alternatives to violence, gain strength from community, and act in a spirit of cooperation to work for peace and justice.

Programs:
* Alternatives to Violence Project: Workshops about non-violence held in prisons, schools, workplaces, and the community.
* People Camp: A week-long intergeneration camp on the theme of non-violence as a way of life held every August in Northern MN.
* MN Military Tax Resistance Network: A support and action group for conscientious objection to federal taxes which pay for war and the military.
* Summer Internship: A paid opportunity to work for peace and justice and integrate theory and history of non-violence into that work.

Membership: Membership is open to all interested in working for non-violence. There is no set annual fee-we just require an expressed interest and commitment. Members vote for FNVW board members at the Annual Meeting in January.

Number of members: Approximately 1,700 constituents (formal membership is not a focus).

Sources of financial support: Individual donors , Community Solutions Fund, program fees.

Contact: Alexandra Owings, Admin, see numbers above; Matt Hunter, Council Delegate, matt AT fnvw DOT org.

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Grandmothers For Peace

Grandmothers For Peace: Minnesota Area Chapter
Address: 6500 Ivy Way, Edina, MN 55436
Email: info AT grandmothersforpeace DOT net
Website: http://grandmothersforpeace.net

We are a group of Minnesota women — not all of us are grandmothers — who get together on the first Wednesday of every month to share our concerns about nuclear issues, the environment, justice, poverty, violence, war, and the legacy we will leave future generations.

Contact: Darlene White, Council Delegate, tdwhite62 AT earthlink DOT net;
Maura Sullivan, contact person, 952-920-9727, cecesullivan AT comcast DOT net

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Ground Zero Minnesota
Address: PO Box 13127, Minneapolis, MN 55414
Phone: 651-690-5357
Website: www.gzmn.org

"Top-quality, non-partisan education for informed democracy and human survival." An all-volunteer group serving students and teachers statewide and beyond. We produce teaching aids on the causes of war among many other topics.

Membership: No fees or formal membership.

Number of members: Volunteer organization; seven member board.

Sources of financial support: Private contributions.

Contact: Michael Andregg, Director & Council Delegate, 651-690-5357, mmandregg AT stthomas DOT edu ; Elsie Evans, Council Alternate, 612-781-7384

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Growing Communities For Peace

Address: P.O. Box 281, Lakeland, MN 55043
Website: www.humanrightsandpeacestore.org
Email:
phone: 651-214-8282
fax: 651-214-8282

Growing Communities For Peace, a community of peacemakers and a non-profit organization since 1983, offers adults and children educational opportunities and resources to increase their peacemaking skills. Services include conflict resolution artist-in-residencies, curriculum consultation, family peacemaking programs, keynote speakers, in-service training, and one-on-one family conflict resolution coaching.

Find your human rights and peace education teaching resources at http://www.humanrightsandpeacestore.org.

Membership: Membership of $25 includes the quarterly newsletter Peacemaker News, which shares articles and resources for developing peacemaking skills and strategies for non-violent social action for children and adults.

Sources of financial support: Grants, donations, and fees for our services.

Contact: Rebecca Janke, Executive Director, see numbers above; Bert Berlowe, Council Delegate, 612-722-1504, bberlowe AT comcast DOT net; Lucy Hulme, Council Alternate, lvhulme AT aol DOT com

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Start Seeing Haiti
Haiti Justice Committee of Minnesota

Email: biego001@umn.edu
Phone: 612-724-8864
Website: haitijustice-mn.org

We are ordinary Minnesotans who care about the struggle for genuine democracy in our hemisphere's second oldest independent republic--and its first free black republic.

Contact: Rebecca Cramer, Council Delegate (see above)

 

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Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, Peace & Justice Committee

Address: 511 Groveland, Minneapolis, MN 55403
Phone: 612-871-5303
Fax: 612-871-4684
Email: staff AT haumc DOT org
Website: www.haumc.org

"...the church exists for the maintenance of worship, the edification of beliefs, and the redemption of the world," as stated in our Discipline. Our social principles state, "we...reject war as an instrument of national foreign policy and insist that the first moral duty of all nations is to resolve by peaceful means every dispute that arises between or among them..."

Expectation and requirement of members: Attendance at regular worship, service to the church and larger community, and voluntary financial support.

Number of members: 1800 active members of the congregation, defined as attending, active in service and/or financial support.

Sources of financial support: Volunteer gifts from members and friends of the congregation.

Contact: Hank Garwick, Council Delegate, 612-825-3926, hgarwick AT usfamily DOT net; Lyle Christianson, Council Alternate, 763-591-0388, ldachris AT aol DOT com.

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Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

Address: 2105 1st Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55404
Phone: 612-870-0453
Fax: 612-870-4846
Email:
Website: http://www.iatp.org

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy works for the economic, social, and environmental health and well-being of rural people, communities, and regions as an independent, non-profit research, education and advocacy organization. Operating on local, national, and international levels, we address key issues on food safety, security and health; conservation-based agriculture and forestry; rural development; agricultural trade; and civil society. Throughout our work, we advocate for openness and democracy in global agencies and decision-making, using information technology to raise non-governmental organizations’ (NGOs) capacities.

Contact: Jim Harkness, President, 612-870-3403; Kay Schuler, Council Delegate, 612-870-3443, kschuler@iatp.org.

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Inter-Faith Peacemakers of Edina

Address: 5320 Windsor Ave, Edina MN 55436
Phone: 952-922-3401
Email: tdwhite62@earthlink.net

Responding to our common spiritual aspirations, we seek to nurture a community of Peacemakers. We share concern over the growing threats to our earth and all life, particularly the cost to all humanity of escalating arms races and military violence.

Expectation and requirement of members: $25 annual membership and involvement in sponsoring educational programs.

Number of members: 250.

Sources of financial support: Memberships, voluntary contributions, and "Recovery" for "Another Look" Peacemaking Postcards.

Contact: Tom White, Council Delegate, 952-922-3401, tdwhite62@earthlink.net ; Tom Atchison, Council Alternate - 612-798-1802 - natchison@igc.org.

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Iraqi & American Reconciliation Project
Address: 1346 Westwood Hills Rd, St Louis Park, MN 55426
Phone: 952-545-9981
Website: www.MPT-IRAQ.org

Contact: Kathleen McKay, Executive Director and Council Delegate, 952-545-9981, info AT mpt-iraq DOT org

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Iraq Veterans Against the War
Address: PO Box 4091, St Paul, MN 55104
Phone: 651-290-0117
Email: Minnesota@ivaw.org
MSN group site: http://www.ivaw.org

Contact: Brandon Day, MAP Delegate, 651-230-0224, kbking34 AT yahoo DOT com ; Raymond Camper, MAP Alternate, 651-434-0122; .

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Judson Memorial Baptist Church
Judson Memorial Baptist Church

Address: 4101 Harriet Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55409
Phone:  (612) 822-0649    
Email:  info@judsonchurch.org
Website: www.judsonchurch.org

The Secret on 41st Street . . .
The Judson faith community is an American Baptist Congregation, liberal and ecumenical in perspective, welcoming into its fellowship persons of differing religious and racial backgrounds and sexual orientations.

Contact: Ken Rowe, Outreach Director and Council Delegate, 952-920-6753, spartatrl@msn.com;
Jim ten Bensel, Council Alternate, 612-926-3708, tenbensel@aol.com

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Macalester-Plymouth Church Peacemakers

Address: 1658 Lincoln Ave, St Paul, MN 55105
Phone: 651-698-8871
Email: office@macalester-plymouth.org
Website: www.macalester-plymouth.org/

We are a small group within the church which meets regularly.  Within our church community, our purposes are:

  • to connect people with peace activities in the community
  • to initiate / facilitate education and advocacy events and actions
  • to provide leadership in peacemaking for our own church and the larger church denomination; to “be the leaven in the bread to call MPUC to faithful peacemaking.”

Contact: Molly Redmond or Roberta Olson, Co-Chairs; Molly Redmond, Council Delegate, 651-633-2743, msring@earthlink.net; , Leslie Reindl, Council Alternate, 651-633-4410, alteravista AT usfamily DOT net

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Merriam Park Neighbors for Peace

Address: 1997 Selby Avenue, St Paul, MN 55104
Phone: 651-647-0580
Email: anne@mppeace.org
Website: www.mppeace.org

Merriam Park Neighbors for Peace is a grassroots group of neighbors from the Merriam Park neighborhood in St. Paul, Minnesota, and surrounding neighborhoods in St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Twin Cities suburbs, who came together in February 2003 to share information and speak out with a unified voice against the war on Iraq. We are dedicated to pursuing peaceful, non-violent alternatives in every area where conflicts arise, promoting social justice and tolerance, conserving natural resources and the environment in which we live, and protecting human rights and civil liberties in Minnesota, the United States, and the rest of the world..

Contacts: Anne Benson, President, 651-647-0580, anne@mppeace.org; Krista Menzel, Webmaster, 651-641-7592, web@mppeace.org

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Middle East Peace Now
Address: 1440 Randolph Av., St.. Paul, MN 55105
Phone: 651-696-1642
Email: mepn AT mepn DOT org
Website: www.mepn.org

Advocates for peace and justice in the Middle East, working to educate the general public, elected officials, and the media. Also working to ensure that U.S. economic aid to the Middle East reflects shared human rights values and is conducive to peaceful solutions.

EXPECTATIONS: Annual dues $35; lesser amount accepted

Members: 80 paid members; 375 on mailing list.

Sources of financial support: Members' dues and donations.

Contact: Florence Steichen, president (see above); Council Delegate - Margaret Esslinger, 612-920-9428, margesslinger AT yahoo DOT com; Council Alternate - Alice Graner,  amgraner AT aol DOT com,  612-929-7451

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Military Families Speak Out - Minnesota
Military Families Speak Out - Minnesota Chapter

2526 Upton Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55405
Phone: 612-374-3736
Email: mfso-minnesota AT mn DOT rr DOT com
Website: www.mfso-mn.org

Military Families Speak Out is a national organization of people opposed to the war in Iraq who have relatives or loved ones in the military. Formed by two families in November of 2002, MFSO has thousands of members throughout the United States and in other countries around the world. The Minnesota Chapter of MFSO was established in February of 2006.

Contact: Sara Brenner, Outreach and Council Delegate, 612-374-2736, bren0004@umn.edu
Rick Hanson, Info and Council Alternate, 952-476-6461, mfso-minnesota@mn.rr.com

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Minnesota 9/11 Truth

Address: PO Box 28306
Phone: 612-558-5959
Email: mn911truth AT gmail DOT com
Website: http://mn911truth.org

A group of local (Twin Cities area) 9/11 truth supporters working together and actively engaged in supporting our mission to gather and disseminate information pertaining to the need for further investigation of the attack and events of September 11, 2001.

Bruce Stahlberg, Council Delegate, 612- 558-5959, arturo AT bitstream DOT net; Shirley Johnson, Alternate

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Minnesota Fellowship of Reconciliation

Address: Attn: MNFOR, PO Box 14792, Minneapolis, MN 55414-0792
Phone: 651-690-2609; 612-921-3884
Email: brow0196@umn.edu or katrina@cloudnet.com
Website: http://www.mnfor.org

The Fellowship of Reconciliation seeks to replace violence, war, racism, and economic injustice with nonviolence, peace, and justice. We are an interfaith organization committed to active nonviolence as a transforming way of life and as a means of radical change.

Membership: Membership requires signing a statement of purpose.

Number of members: 214 members; 463-member mailing list.

Sources of financial support: Local contributions.

Don Christensen, Admin. and Council Delegate, rachelanddon@msn.com, 651-690-2609; Marlin Olson, Council Alternate, 763-221-0220; Candace Lautt, Council Alternate, candacelautt@gmail.com; Jo Clare Hartsig, Council Alternate, maddenuf AT aol DOT com

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Minnesota Labor Against War
Minnesota Labor Against War

Address: 3024 Chicago Ave #1, Minneapolis, MN 55407
Phone: 612-807-3196
Email: tyimenu2005 AT yahoo DOT com
Website: www.uslaboragainstwar.org

Contact: Theodros Shibabaw, President; Tom Dooley, Council Delegate, 651-645-0295, tyimenu2005 AT yahoo DOT com; Doug Drews, Council Alternate, 952-435-1923, vfp27 AT msn DOT com

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Minnesota Peace Project

Website: http://www.minnesotapeaceproject.org/

Founded in early 2009, the Minnesota Peace Project (MPP) is a statewide network of peace activists working to build a more peaceful world by influencing US foreign policy through our Congressional Representatives. We believe that the US must move from a reliance on military & economic domination to a strategy of partnership through diplomacy.

With volunteer coordinators in each Congressional District, the MP seeks to develop long-term relationships between constituent peace advocates and their Congressional representative and staff members.

Our Peace Agenda provides a broad platform of systemic changes that will be our focus. We will bring perspectives and information to Congressional members that might otherwise be suppressed by special interest groups such as the weapons industry and military contractors.

The Minnesota Peace Project (MPP) is a network of citizen activists working to build a more peaceful world by influencing US foreign policy through their Congressional Representatives.

Contact: Abbas, Roxanne, rabbas AT usinternet DOT com, 763-476-7643

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National Lawyers Guild-Minnesota

1360-F University Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55104
Website: www.nlgminnesota.org

The National Lawyers Guild is an association dedicated to the need for basic change in the structure of our political and economic system. The Guild unites lawyers, law students, and legal workers as an effective political and social force in the service of the people. Our aims:
* to eliminate racism;
* to safeguard and strengthen the rights of workers, women, farmers and minority groups, upon whom the welfare of the entire nation depends;
* to maintain and protect our civil rights and liberties in the face of persistent attacks upon them;
* to use the law as an instrument for the protection of the people, rather than for their repression.

Contact: Peter Brown, Council Delegate, 612-824-6533 peterb3121@hotmail.com; Roxana Orrell, Council Alternate, 612-805-6457, aquila@skypoint.com.

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Nonviolent Peaceforce
Nonviolent Peaceforce

Address: 425 Oak Grove Street, Minneapolis, MN 55403
Phone: 612-871-0005
Fax: 612-871-0006
Email:
Website: http://www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org

To facilitate the creation of a trained international civilian nonviolent peace force.  The peace force will be sent to conflict areas to prevent death and destruction and protect human rights, thus creating the space for local groups to struggle nonviolently, enter into dialogue, and seek peaceful resolution.

Expectation and requirement of members: NP expects members to help create and assist the development of the NP by educating others about alternatives to violent conflict and raising funds.

Number of members: 95 NGOs from around the world are member organizations. More than 14,000 on mailing list.

Sources of financial support: Foundations, religious organizations, governments, and individual donors. NP received funding from the U.S. Institute for Peace for research.  Our Sri Lanka Project is now raising most of its own funds from UNICEF and other government and private foundations.  UN organizations in Sri Lanka have called NP "a stellar" organization due to it work in the villages and towns in Sri Lanka. 

Contact: Mel Duncan, director; Tom Sullivan, Council Delegate, 612-823-7541, tomsullivan AT usiwireless DOT com.

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Organic Consumers Association
Address: 6771 S Silver Hill Dr, Finland, MN 55603
Phone: 218-226-4164
Website: www.organicconsumers.org

Contact: Ronnie Cummins, Director and Council Alternate, 218-226-0196, Ronnie AT organicconsumers DOT org; Rose Welch, Council Delegate, 218-226-4164, rose AT organicconsumers DOT org

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Palestine-Israel Justice Project, United Methodist Church
Address: Paynesville, MN 56362
Phone: 320-243-3601
Email:
Website: http://www.minnesotaumc.org/...

Primary activity is seeking a just peace in Palestine-Israel, following U.N. Resolutions. Several educational opportunities are offered each year and each of the 400 United Methodist Churches in Minnesota are encouraged to study and act on the issues related to peace in the Middle East.

Membership: Membership consists of United Methodists who are invited or those who volunteer. There is no membership fee.

Number of members: A core of 15 persons.

Sources of financial support: Mimimal support from the Minnesota Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church.

Contact: Richard R. Koehn, Chair (See contact information above); Lyle Christianson, Council Delegate, 763-591-0388, Ldachris@aol.com; Dwight Haberman, Council Alternate, 763-689-4147, likehike2@hotmail.com

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Pax Christi Twin Cities Area
Address: 328 West Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55102
Phone: 651-699-8565

Pax Christi Twin Cities Area commits itself to peace education and strives to create a world that reflects the Peace of Christ by exploring, articulating, and witnessing the call of Christian non-violence. It advocates primacy of conscience, economic and social justice, and respect for creation.

Expectation and requirement of members: Attendance at assemblies, retreats, and $25 membership fee.

Members: 600 on mailing list

Sources of financial support: Membership fees and donations.

Contact: Scott Travis, Council Alternate, 612-724-9986, Scott_g_travis AT yahoo DOT com

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People of Faith Peacemakers
Address: Attn: Eleanor Yackel, 20 East Golden Lake Road, Circle Pines, MN 55014-1725
Phone: 763-784-5177
Fax: 763-780-2972
Email: elj@yackel.org
Website: http://www.justviewpoint.org

People of Faith Peacemakers is a resource and support group  for those concerned about peace and justice from a faith  perspective. Breakfast meetings, which are open to everyone,  are from 8 to 9:30 am at St. Martin's Table, 2001 Riverside,  Mpls, on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays.

Membership: No annual fees or official membership.

Sources of financial support: Free-will offerings.

Contact: Eleanor Yackel, Chair, 763-784-5177, elj@yackel.org; Lucy Hulme, Council Delegate, 651-631-2173; Ken Masters, Council Alternate, 612-724-2891, cmasters@bitstream.net

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Plymouth Congregational Church, Global Concerns Committee

Address: 1900 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55403
Phone: 612-871-7400
Email:
Website: http://www.plymouth.org
Contact: Marianna Shulstad, Chair, mrshulstad AT msn DOT com, John Carstens, Council Delegate, carstens AT msn DOT com.

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Presbytery of the Twin Cities - Peace & Justice Task ForcePresbytery of the Twin Cities - Peace & Justice Task Force
Address: 122 W Franklin Ave Ste 508, Minneapolis, MN 55404
Chair: Catherine Murphy
Phone: 952-935-8653
Email: peaceandjustice AT ptcaweb DOT org
Website: http://www.ptcaweb.org/COMM/peaceandjustice.html

Contact: Leslie Reindl, Council Delegate, 651-633-4410, alteravista AT usfamily DOT net;
Jevne Klober, Council Alternate, 953-496- 9140, jevne5 AT msn DOT com

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Prospect Hill Friends Meeting
Address: 215 Bedford St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414-3630
Phone: 612-379-7398
Email: sigrid@coatstranslation.com
Website: www.quaker.org/mfcc/phfm/index.html

Contact: Sigrid D Coats & Jerry Wescott, co-clerks, 612-379-7398, sigrid@coatstranslation.com; Frank Wood, Council Delegate, 612-379-7386, ; D Perry Kidder, Council Alternate, 651-646-0377, .

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Resource Center of the Americas
Resource Center of the Americas
Address: 3019 Minnehaha Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55406-1931
Phone: 612-276-0788
Fax: 612-276-0898
Email:
Website: http://www.americas.org

The Resource Center of the Americas is a non-profit with a global vision. We are a center for policy analysis, education, community organizing, and change. Our work promotes mutual respect, sustainable development, ecological integrity, and human rights in the era of globalization. We seek to build more just relationships by addressing the root causes of conflict in the hemisphere, including the economic, political, and historical relationship between the economic "north" and the economic "south."

Membership: Memberships are available for $20-$39 for low income, seniors, and students, $40 for individuals, $60 for households and organizations (including schools).

Number of members: 1,600 members, both individuals and organizations.

Sources of financial support: The organization has a diverse funding base that includes major donors, foundation grants, fund raising events, earned income (including sales, classes, and honoraria), and congregational support. In addition to these financial contributions, the Resource Center has been aided by a number of unpaid student interns.

Contact: Jason Stone, Executive Director; Rosita Balch, Council Delegate, 612-276-0788,

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Sacred Heart Church - Iglesia Sagrado Corazon, Peace and Justice Committee
Address: 2204 Beech Street, St. Paul, MN 55119
Phone: 651-776-2741 or 651-739-2000

Parish or committee membership in or participation with active organizations dedicated to the issues of peace and justice such as: MAP, SPACC, VFP, WAMM, Sowers of Justice, Dorothy Day Catholic Worker, USLAW, and Isaiah.  The Sacred Heart church is a dual ethnic parish.  the original German congregation has been joined by a Spanish "new immigrant" group population which is flourishing. 

Membership: No fees or formal membership

Number of members: Group of five core members organized since 1994

Source of Financial support: Outreach Commission allowance.

Contact: Greg Buckner, Committee Chair, Council Delegate, 651-739-2000

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St. Joan of Arc Church

Address: 4537 3rd Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55409
Phone: 612-823-8205
Fax: 612-825-7028
Email:
Website: http://www.stjoan.com

St. Joan of Arc is a joyful Christian community which celebrates the loving Word of God in worship and in action. We transcend traditional boundaries and draw those who seek spiritual growth and social justice. We welcome diverse ideas and encourage reflection on the message of the Gospel. We are committed to the equality of all our members and strive to ensure their full participation through liturgy, education, and service. By these means, we seek to empower all who come to grow in wisdom and bring to reality the promise of Christ.

We stand as a people of faith. We affirm our belief in a loving God who calls us to be compassionate, to love our enemies, and to be peacemakers. We take seriously this mandate of our faith heritage and of all great traditions. We enthusiastically support all those who work to promote peace.

Membership: No annual fees; members annually decide their own best use of their talents.

Number of members: 4,100 households, registered as parishioners of the parish.

Sources of financial support: Parishioners' donations.

Contact: Julie Madden, Social Justice Coordinator, 612-823-8205;
Nancy Emery, Council Delegate, 651-587-4305, starr_nancy1425@hotmail.com

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St. Luke's Presbyterian ChurchSt. Luke Presbyterian Church
Address: 3121 Groveland School Road, Minnetonka, MN 55391
Phone: 952-473-7378
Fax: 952-473-7370
Email: stluke@stlukeweb.org
Website: http://www.stlukeweb.org

"...we will continue to devote ourselves to political & social activism-locally, nationally and internationally. We will search for the core causes of injustice and inequality." Our goal is to motivate the St. Luke congregation to action. We have a commitment to peace making and human rights.

Membership: Church membership is not necessarily a requirement; sincere desire to help further peace & justice in the world is desirable.

Sources of financial support: Church budget, various fund-raising activities & voluntary gifts.

Contact: Joyce Bonafeld, Social Justice Chair, 952-926-3458, stluke@stlukeweb.org ; Rich Wildberger, Council Delegate, 952-938-6218, ; Judy Nelson, 763-416-5994, judyanelson@excite.com.

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St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, Outreach Council

Address: 519 Oak Grove Street, Minneapolis, MN 55403-3230
Phone: 612-870-7800
Fax: 612-870-7802
Email:
Website: www.ourcathedral.org

MISSION STATEMENT
It is the Mission of the Faith in Action Committee to promote and support the living out of our faith in our community. We accomplish our Mission by:

  • Identifying opportunities and needs both within St. Mark's and in the surrounding community where the Cathedral congregation may become involved;
  • Coordinating social ministry projects;
  • Researching matters of community interest and concern and providing educational opportunities;
  • Considering and responding to requests for financial and other assistance;
  • Serving as convener and facilitator to promote collaboration and advocacy on projects and issues of common concern among the Cathedral congregation, community organizations, existing committees and projects within the Cathedral, downtown communities of faith and congregations within Region VIII of the Diocese of Minnesota; and
  • Increasing the awareness and involvement of St. Mark's in humanitarian efforts throughout the world.

VISION STATEMENT
The Vision of the Faith in Action Committee for the next five years is:

  • To identify, undertake and coordinate work on a significant affordable housing project in our community; and
  • To work with the Vestry in moving toward tithing ten percent (10%) of plate and pledge donations in order to support the activities of the Committee and of the Canon Missioner.

Contact: The Rev. Canon Margaret Otterburn, margareto@st-marks-cathedral.org; Cecil Ramnaraine, Council Delegate, ramnaraine@cs.com

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Fair Vote Minnesota: Better Ballot Campaign
St. Paul Better Ballot Campaign

Campaign Leader - Jeanne Massey
Phone - 612-850-6897
Email: – info@betterballotcampaign.org
Website - stpaul.betterballotcampaign.org/stpaul/home

This November 4 (2008), St. Paul voters will have a special opportunity when they mark their ballots. An amendment to adopt Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) as the method for electing mayor, city council, and boards for the library, parks, and estimate and taxation will be up for approval. MAP has endorsed the Better Ballot Campaign and its efforts to bring instant runoff voting to St. Paul.
Click here to for volunteer opportunities.

Contact: Jeanne Massey, Council Delegate, 612-850-6897, jkmassey@earthink.net; Bill Barnett, Council Alternate, 612-724-8121, bbarnet@infoonline.net

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Soka Gakkai International-USA, Minnesota Chapter

Address: 1381 Eustis Street, St. Paul, MN 55108
Phone: 651-645-3133
Fax: 651-645-2855
Email:
Website: www.sgi-usa-mn.org,

Mission Statement :
Soka Gakkai (value-creation society) International-USA is an American Buddhist association that embraces the humanistic philosophy and ideals of the Buddhism of Nichiren. SGI-USA activities range from discussion circles on local concerns to conferences and exhibits on global concerns.  Activities typically focus on public education and awareness-raising on issues related to peace, environmental protection, human rights, humanitarian relief, education, and cultural exchange. A great emphasis is put on the value of dialogue and exchange among peoples of varying cultures, religions and beliefs, working together with all toward the resolution of fundamental issues concerning humanity.

Number of Members : 700

Sources of Financial Support: Funds for local activities come through the national organization, which in turn is funded by voluntary donations of SGI members and other supporters.

Contact: Nancy Dunlavy, Council Delegate, 651-647-1631, nancy@dunlavy.net; June Parrott, Council Alternate, 651-222-0869

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The Advocates for Human Rights

Address: 650 Third Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55402-1940
Phone: 612-341-3302
Fax: 612-341-2971
Email:
Website: www.mnadvocates.org

Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights works locally, nationally, and internationally to promote and protect universal human rights and fundamental freedoms. Minnesota Advocates documents human rights abuses, advocates on behalf of individual victims, educates communities on human rights issues, and provides training and technical assistance to prevent human rights violations.

Membership: Annual dues; members volunteer for project work.

Number of members: 1,200.

Sources of financial support: Foundations and major donors.

Contact: Robin Phillips, Executive Director, see numbers above, .

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Tikkun Community of Minneapolis & St. Paul
And Network of Spiritual Progressives (NSP)

Address: Suite 101, 4025 W. Broadway, Robbinsdale, MN 55422
Phone: 763-531-9700
Fax: 763-531-9727
Email:
Local and Primary Website: NSPMN.org
National Website: Tikkun.org

Tikkun is the Hebrew word for healing, repair and transformation of the world. We are an international community of people from many faiths and traditions ( which include agnostics and atheists) who have responded to Tikkun magazine and its call for global democratization, economic justice, and individual freedom - all in the context of new structures of work, caring communities, democratic social and economic arrangements, and families that foster generosity, compassion and trust, and the ability to respond to the grandeur of the universe with radical amazement. We feel institutions, corporations and social practices should be judged productive, efficient and rational not just to the extent that they maximize money and power, which is today's standard, but to the extent that they maximize love and caring, ethical and ecological sensitivity, and enhance our capacity to transcend a narrow utilitarian consciousness so that we can respond to the universe with awe and wonder.

Contact: Demi Miller, Council Delegate, peersupport AT earthlink DOT net; Bruce Fisher, Council Alternate, 763-531-9700, brucefis AT gmail DOT com; Bruce Peterson, Coordinator, see above.

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Twin Cities Peace Campaign - Focus on Iraq
Address: 4015 Upton Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55412
Phone: 612-522-1861
Fax: 612-522-4613
Email:

Twin Cities Peace Campaign promotes peaceful alternatives to war and armed conflicts, and addresses the root causes of social and economic injustice. Always adhering to the principles of nonviolence, the Campaign strives to accomplish this through education, action, and political advocacy.

Membership: No fees or formal membership. All welcome to be on the committee.

Number of members: 1700 on mailing list.

Sources of financial support: Donations from individuals and stipends for speaking engagements; collections at events.

Contact: Marie Braun, Council Delegate, see numbers above; Marguerite Corcoran, Council Alternate

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Twin City Artist Front
Address: 4043 Pleasant Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55409
Phone: 612-823-6921
Email:

The Twin City Artist Front (TCAF) was formed in the weeks following 9/11 to promote dialogue and artistic expression on social and political issues. It seeks the dispersion of knowledge through artistic practices and performances. The TCAF provides frequent meetings, performances, and gallery shows for social and political art and expression.

Contact: Jane Powers, Council Delegate, see above; Francisca de Beurge Rosenthal, Council Alternate, 612-377-2035, franciscarosenthal@msn.com

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United Nations Association of Minnesota

Address: 2104 Stevens Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55404-2533
Phone: 612-879-7512
Email:
Website: www.unamn.org

The UNA-MN is committed to increasing awareness of the role of the United Nation in advancing peace and justice around the world, and to educating students, the press and the public of the significant functions of the UN's many agencies

Membership: UNA-MN expects it's membership to be informed internationally through the general media, and our various programs and publication. Annual membership dues include a $25.00 introductory offer, and individual membership of $35.00, a family membership of $40.00, and a student fee of $10.00.
Membership of UNA-MN includes: A subscription to UNA-USA/s acclaimed journal, The InterDependent, with behind-the-scenes news and views on the world body; special reports from foreign policy experts and UNA-USA leaders; discounts on UNA-USA materials; the chance to contribute to a stronger U.N. by participating in the Global Policy Project, UNA-USA's annual study/action project; invitations to attend briefings and seminars offered by UNA-USA's Chapters and Divisions in 175 communities nationwide; contacts with members of other U.N. Associations in 80 nations worldwide.

Number of members: We have about 700 members.

Sources of financial support: Support comes from our member dues, donations, and we are seeking corporate and business support as well.

Contact: Co-presidents Stuart Ackman - 952-473-0250 - stuart.ackman AT cchaseco DOT com and Michael Eaton - 651-484-2556 - eaton AT nmun DOT org; Bharat Parekh, 651-646-8977, parek003 AT umn DOT edu

United Nations Rally Board is a committee of UN of Minnesota that seeks to promote understanding of and support for the United Nations; to organize annually a Rally with the United Nations as its subject, co-sponsored with the United Nations of Minnesota.
Membership: We ask members to support the Rally with monetary donations and with their presence. There are no dues.
Number of members: The board consists of approx. 15 people; member organizations number approx. 60.
Sources of financial support: Tickets sales for Rally, donations from individuals and supporting organizations.

Contact: Zehra Keye, Chair, 612-377-0214, ;

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University of Minnesota Human Rights Center

Address: 229 19th Avenue South,
N-120 Mondale Hall, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-626-0041 or toll-free 888-HREDUC8
Fax: 612.626.7592
Email: humanrts@umn.edu
Website: http://www.umn.edu/~hrcenter

The University of Minnesota Human Rights Center was inaugurated in December of 1988 on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The principle focus of the Human Rights Center is to train effective human rights professionals and volunteers. The Human Rights Center assists human rights advocates, monitors, students, and educators by providing training, internships, materials, and electronic resources and networks.

Membership: No formal membership. However, The Human Rights Center
partners with similar centers and organizations to promote human rights education and advocacy.

Affiliated organizations: Some examples - Amnesty International USA, Center for Victims of Torture, Growing Communities for Peace, International Leadership Institute, League of Minnesota Human Rights Commissions, Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights, Resource Center for the Americas.

Sources of financial support: Foundation grants; individual donations; materials and resource sales.

Contact: Kristi Rudelius-Palmer, Co-Director & Council Delegate, 612-626-7794, krp@umn.edu.

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University of St. Thomas Justice & Peace Studies

Address: 2115 Summit Ave (JRC 432), St Paul, MN 55105
Website: www.stthomas.edu/justpeace

Contact: Cris Toffolo, Director, 651-962-5724, cetoffolo@stthomas.edu; Mike Klein, Council Delegate, 651-962-5378, mcklein@stthomas.edu; Paul Thorson; Council Alternate, 612-962-6175, pbthorson@stthomas.edu

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Veterans for Peace, Chapter 27

Address: 2123 Clinton Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404
Phone: 612-821-9141
Email: vfpchapter27 AT gmail DOT com
Website: http://www.vfpchapter27.org

Educating the public on the real "cost of war"-the tragedy of unnecessary human death and suffering caused by war. Providing humanitarian relief to victims of war. Promoting non-interference by U.S. government in internal affairs of other nations by distinguishing between military aggression and defense. Abolishing war as a decision making tool of nation states.

Membership: $25 National Membership Dues and/or $25 Chapter 27 Membership Dues paid annually.

Number of members: National VFP 7000 VFP Chapter 27 670

Sources of financial support: Donations, canoe raffle, silent auction, membership fees.

Contact: Chante Wolf, 612-821-9141; James Steinhagen, Council Delegate, 612-722-1112, djsteinhagen AT msn DOT com; Evangelos Kalambokidis, Council Alternate, 763-574-9615, vanka485 AT aol DOT com

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Veterans for Peace, Chapter 80

Address: 16 East Saint Andrews, Duluth, MN 55803
Phone: 218-724-1891
Email: sweetpeapete AT aol DOT com

Contact: Barry Hanson, President, 218-724-1891; Gary Sorenson  218-729-6712, gls6712 AT ctinternet DOT net; Brad Johnson, Council Delegate, vfpch80@yahoo.com

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Vincent L Hawkinson Foundations

Address: 324 Harvard St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414
Phone: 612-331-8125
Email info@graceattheu.org
Website: http://www.graceattheu.org/

The Vincent L. Hawkinson Foundation for Peace and Justice (the Foundation) was organized in 1988 to honor Reverand Vincent L. Hawkinson, a lifelong advocate for peace. Hawkinson served as pastor of Grace University Lutheran Church for more than 30 years. He was a community leader who witnessed courageously to a vision of political and social change. He vigorously advocated peacemaking and racial equality and stood up for the poor, the oppressed and the powerless. He died in 2001 at age 86.

The Foundation was founded on the belief that alternatives to violence and the use of military power must be found for a permanent resolution of interpersonal and global conflict. Seeking new avenues to peace and justice was Pastor Hawkinson's life work. The Foundation keeps his dream alive by granting scholarships to students who have demonstrated a commitment to peace and justice and by honoring those who pursue these beliefs.

Contact: Verlyn Smith, Council Delegate, 651-636-6544, vosjh@aol.com; Deon Stuthman, Council Alternate, 651-644-8588, stuth001@umn.edu

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Walker Community United Methodist Church

Address: P.O. Box 7588, 3104 16th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55407
Phone: 612-722-6612
Fax: 612-722-6003
Email:
Website: www.walkerchurch.org

The mission of Walker Church is to nurture spirituality, build caring community, and work courageously for peace with justice.

Contact: Michael Wright, Delegate, drmswright AT gmail DOT com.

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Wilderness Connections, Inc.
Phone: 651-633-4410
Fax: : 651-633-4410
Email:
Website: www.alteravista.org

The mission of Wilderness Connections, Inc. is to engage people in habitat creation, protection, and enjoyment; to expand and develop human understanding of the need for partnership, with, rather than exploitation of, the natural world; and to help people experience growth in spirituality and in the ability to live sustainable lives.

Wilderness Connections, Inc. sponsors Altera Vista (Another View) on Metro Cable Network Channel 6 every Friday at midnight. Its goal is to broaden the range of discussion on peace and justice issues. MAP organizations can participate by developing ideas and designing programs for Altera Vista.

Sources of financial support: Local contributions.

Contact: Betty Dyson, Council Delegate, 651-698-0349, eudyson@comcast.net

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Witness for Peace - Upper Midwest Region (WFP/UMW)

Address: 1015 E. 11th Street, Duluth, MN 55805
Phone: 218-349-1786 or 218-722-1532
Website: www.witnessforpeace.org
Email:

WFP is a national grass roots, conscience-based organization committed to non-violence. WFP has brought hundreds of delegations of North Americans to Latin America and the Caribbean facilitating transforming experiences by meeting with those people most affected by the cycles of U.S. economic and military violence. WFP then inspires citizens to return home to work for change and to “do justice”.

No fee or donations are requested. Delegation members pay a fee which varies with the cost of transportation and number of days of the trip.

All participants in WFP automatically become members. Nationwide, there are several thousand. There is a central D.C. staff, long-term international team staff, a national board of directors, and regional boards of directors.

Sources of funds: Donations, grants, delegations, and sale of literature and other WFP products.

Contact: Jennifer Wood-Taylor, Regional Coordinator, organizing_gr@yahoo.com; Sigrid Bachman, Chairperson of the Board of Directors, sigrid50@earthlink.net; Wayne Wittman, Council Delegate, 651-774-4008,

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Women Against Military Madness

Address: 310 East 38th Street, #225, Minneapolis, MN 55409
Phone: 612-827-5364
Fax: 612-827-6433
Email:
Website: www.worldwidewamm.org

WAMM is a nonviolent, feminist organization that works in solidarity with others to create a system of social equality, self-determination, and justice through education and empowerment of women. WAMM's purpose is to dismantle systems of militarism and global oppression.

Membership: Annual Membership: $40; Household Membership: $60; Low Income/Student: $15; Members receive our newsletter 10 times a year and can participate in the WAMM annual meeting and on WAMM committees.

Number of members: Approx. 1,600, including organizations.

Sources of financial support: Membership gifts and other individual gifts, Cooperating Fund Drive, private foundations, and special events.

Contact: Mary Beaudoin, Director, 612-827-5364; Mary White, Council Delegate, 612-374-3594, mwhite15@yahoo.com; Pat Rorke, Council Alternate, 612-925-4837, hprorke@mn.rr.com.

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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Minnesota Metro Branch

Address: Box 14752, Minneapolis, MN 55414-0752
Phone: 651-458-7090
Email:
Website: http://www.wilpfmn.org/

The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) has been working since 1915 to unite women of diverse backgrounds worldwide who oppose oppression and exploitation. WILPF stands for equality of all people in a world free of racism, sexism, and homophobia; the building of a constructive culture of peace through world disarmament; and the changing of government priorities to meet human needs.

Expectation and requirement of members: No special requirements other than dues. Work for peace.

Number of members: 300 in Minnesota.

Sources of financial support: Dues and donations.

Contact: Leslie Reindl, 651-633-4410, alteravista AT usfamily DOT net; Karen Redleaf, 651-644-1487, vegan14ever AT yahoo DOT com;

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World Citizen Inc.

Address: 2145 Ford Parkway, #300, St. Paul, MN 55116
Phone: 651-695-2587
Fax: 651-695-0254
Email:
Website: www.peacesites.org

World Citizen, Inc. works to effectively promote a peaceful, healthy, non-violent World through our PeaceSite/Nobel Festival/Peace Education programs and projects and to involve as many people as possible, starting with children. We involve thousands of students each year in the following programs:

  1. Peace Sites: 222 in MN and over 750 in the world.
  2. Nobel Peace Prize Festivals: 2005 marked the 10th, honoring Kofi Annan and the U.N.
  3. Peace Education: for K-12 Schools primarily.

Membership: Basic - $25; Home - $35; Diplomat - $50; Ambassador - $100; World Citizen Club - $500; Nobel Club Level - $1,000.

Number of members: Approx. 230 plus 750 peace sites throughout the world.

Sources of financial support: Membership at various levels, corporations, foundations, and substantial "in kind" donations.

Contact: Lynn Elling, Founder, 612-729-5133, , ; Lowell Erdahl, President, 651-631-1044, ; Melvin Giles, Council Delegate, peaceful@mninter.net; Wheeler Smith, Council Alternate, 612-874-0862, ; Martha Roberts, martrobe44@aol.com, 952-929-1566

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youthrive (MN Associate of PeaceJam)

Address: PO Box 4721, St Paul, MN 55104
Phone: 651-224-3066
Email:
MSN group site: http://www.youthrive.net

Contact: Mike Klein, MAP Delegate, 651-962-5378, ; MAP Alternate, TBD.

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