2024-08-24T10:43:08-07:00 2023-12-31 451717616 Riverside Sales Group LLC 700 River Ave Suite 233 Pittsburgh PA 15212 990EZ 2023-01-01 850529750 Take Action Mon Valley TAKE 4129525934 3509 Mayfair Ave McKeesport PA 15132 Valian Walker Montgomery Executive Director 4129525934 2024-08-24 true true Mary Jo Lincoln CPA P01681473 3308536263 2023 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z X N/A X X 173756 X 173756 0 0 0 0 173756 102254 22135 255 3899 133195 261738 -87982 99388 11406 99388 11406 99388 11406 99388 11406 To combat ALL forms of community violence through activism and organizing Chapters/Community Organizing: We have rebranded into one chapter called Take Action Mon Valley (TAMV) for Allegheny County. We have 13 members from various areas including McKeesport, Duquesne, Homestead, Clairton, Swissvale/Braddock, Penn Hills and Turtle Creek. This also includes our youth chapter with six members from McKeesport and West Mifflin. They each had an organizer working with them to complete a SWOT analysis and develop a community action plan (CAP). The CAP's consisted of various issues such as communication with elected officials, systematic barriers with the criminal justice system, police accountability, economic development, voter engagement and jobs. A majority of the CAP's were centered around responding to neighborhood street violence. Members & staff attended eight local and school board meetings. They also participated in more than six court hearings as advocates. In conjunction with a TAAG organizer, members directly engaged with elected officials, judges, and key judicial staff to ensure their voices were heard. 10000 Workshops, Storytelling, Training & Community Consulting: This programming is done with an emphasis on Black Libera on movement building, community organizing, sustaining/staying in the movement, rapid response and race relations. It is essential for us to explore, educate, and shift the mindsets of those who are living, serving, and/or working in marginalized communities. We do this by offering workshops and training around community organizing, advocacy work, mental wellness, and more to community partners, leaders, organizations, and individuals. In 2023 we organized two community training sessions to educate people on the fundamental principles of community organizing and action planning. Additionally, we obtained two consulting contracts with Penn State University and Women for A Healthy Environment. Through these partnerships, we conducted training sessions on community engagement, organizing, food insecurity, environmental justices and action planning. Furthermore, we collaborated on the development of advocacy plans and assisted in facilitating community meetings to address food insecurity in Black communities, as well as environmental justice issues like lead contamination and access to safe drinking water. Additionally, we published 10 blogs on our website regarding advocacy cases and implemented a monthly podcast where we highlight social justice issues (11 podcast were done via Facebook live). Wellness Sessions: Last year, we held eight wellness sessions. Specifically, two with the YWCA on racial healing and six with Melanie Mommies Pittsburgh. During these sessions, we focused on racism and providing assistance to Black mothers who have lost their children to jail or community violence. Nineteen BIPOC community members participated in the sessions with the YWCA, while nine Black women took part in the sessions with Melanie Mommies Pgh 25000 Short-Term Social Justice Compliant Program/Victim Advocacy: TAAG assisted 44 people with addressing social justice issues in our social justice compliant program. We also affectionately call this ?abolition social work?. Here we help community members develop the necessary skills to advocate for systemic changes. The majority of the complaints were related to complaints around police violence, including incidents of police brutality, murder, harassment, and unjust charges. Additionally, other complaints included neighbor harassment based on race and sexual orientation, pedestrian safety concerns, unsafe conditions in Allegheny County Jail (ACJ), systematic issues with local agencies such as CYF, meditation for neighbor disputes and street violence/murder, relocation or house repair assistance, court support, eviction issues, and housing discrimination with McKeesport Housing Authority, as well as a lack of responsiveness from the police force when investigating homicides of BIPOC community members. 5000 40000 Valian Walker Montgomery President & CEO 40.00 68013 Natalie Reed Chairman 5.00 0 Sharlise Spindle Chairman 5.00 0 Brittani Murray Treasurer 5.00 0 Maria Guido Secretary 5.00 0 false false false false false false false 0 0 0 false 0 0 false PA Valian Walker Montgomery 3509 Mayfair Ave McKeesport PA 15132 4129525934 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 184542 153216 225282 173756 736796 0 0 184542 153216 225282 173756 736796 0 736796 3 3 6 0 0 736802 X 0.00000 Part I: Additional Information Take Action Mon Valley attended over 10 public meetings to advocate for police violence, racism & nepotism in municipal positions, school police, criminal justice reform, defunding the police, voting education and environmental justice. We also had over 15 community events in person & virtual where 35 or more people attended. Additionally, TAMV has an active youth chapter with 15 or more members. We also processed more than 65 community complaints from people throughout the Mon Valley. The complaints were centered around police violence, criminal justice reform, housing, transportation, school racism and racial violence. TAMV assisted over 500 Mon Valley residents in COVID-19 and crisis mutual aid programming. We also did training sessions on the basics of organizing to the public and community groups. Part I, Line 12f: Supported Org Not Named in Organizing Documents RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Other Expenses.1001 Advertising and Promotion $61429 Other Expenses.1002 Office Expenses $3891 Other Expenses.1003 Information Technology $4483 Other Expenses.1005 Travel $12796 Other Expenses.1007 Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings $2099 Other Expenses.1012 Insurance $6404 Other Expenses.1 awards & individual assistance $23359 Other Expenses.2 community events $8431 Other Expenses.3 Individual Assistance $7582 Other Expenses.5 Supplies $1440 Other Expenses.6 misc $1106 Other Expenses.8 Taxes and filing fees $175