2024-04-01T17:02:26-07:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 911514384 MEDIA ISLAND INTERNATIONAL MEDI 3603528526 PO BOX 7204 Olympia WA 98507 Shawna Hawk President 3603528526 2024-03-31 Shawna Hawk 999009999 1 1 11 0 AAL2 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X X X X X 88315 X 88315 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 88315 21000 0 0 0 22903 294 43793 87990 325 93029 0 93354 X 6548 5768 87888 87888 0 0 94436 93656 1407 302 93029 93354 COMMUNITY UNPUBLISHED INFORMATION Louise Benally/Indigenous Cultural Concepts: 2023 has been very interesting from the beginning of the year we have started off with tanning a buffalo rawhide which was given to out project to help the youth learn their tanning skills working with larger, thicker hides different from the sheep or goat hide, much more work goes into it and takes longer. This is a tool which will be used again and again in the future and which these youth teach to other in the future. These hides once processed can be used for beddings, ceremonial mats, or made into other items such as clothing, moccasins. By this time in early spring we have a week long trip to the desert to begin identifying wild food plants and harvesting a few different kinds, to dry and process them. along with this trip we were able to go to a big gathering to network with other tribes in the region, we were able to learn about the local issues of concern for the environment which is being face with copper mining by international companies interested in developing to make more weapons and the meantime displacement of people and ceremonial site of the Apache, Gila and other native nations. These tripalso, help help the youth learn about the geography and physical changes in the land and regions, from that we hope These tripalso, help help the youth learn about the geography and physical changes in the land and regions, from that we hope to learn mapping. We also have been presenting to other communities about health benefits of food and water. We are able to share seeds. Over the summer we were doing a lot of public education on impacts of climate change, and we have been trying to network with different communities that are in need of services and that are being challenged, some places have heavy equipment but no one knows how to operate them and no one to train them. Indigenous Cultural Concepts has presented at the Family and Nature National Gathering which we were able to connect withs, much educators of nature from this conference. We have made such a good impact. With family in Nature we were able to obtain more skills with nature like - spider hunting, night light search for things that glow at night insects. ICC's goal is to give the underserved youth to gain knowledge and help them learn about the world outside their own. With that we were able to send 4 youth and one of our youth coordinators went scuba diving to see life underwater in Florida. They have loved this so much. After all ICC we help at lots of ceremonial gatherings cooking, washing dishes, gathering and keeping the fires going. We help out with lending our camping equipment, providing community education and providing land base education, networking and building support for communities in need. ICC provides Native Foodways Education for better health, environment and sustainability, food processing and storage techniques. We hope to keep these actions moving and looking forward to the coming seasons. Currently, we are engaged in building a hiking, biking trail which we hope will go across he Navajo Nation and on into the four corners region. We are in the outreach education process for now. We do hope that all programs will continue to empower our communities. Budget: $3,000.00 + Communication $4,000.00 + fees and conference costs $7,000.00 + Travel $4,000.00 + Workshops/educational material $4,000.00 = $18,000.00 17000 17000 THE WOMEN OF COLOR IN LEADERSHIP MOVEMENT: The Women of Color in Leadership Movement (WCLM), was founded in 2015 and became sponsored by Media Island in 2016, within that short time we were able to accomplish much of our goals for the year that helped us build our foundational roots. We have been able to have monthly support group meetings, and support one another with shared resources, ideas, fundraising, training and organizing. WCLM has participated in various cultural events that support our communities, such as our local activists and their events. Our newly developed partnerships connect with both local and international organizations that focus on women of color and their empowerment and leadership. We have participated in workshops, cultural festivals, trainings and lectures, and have been able to send some of our members to these events. We have been able to support our members in leading their own workshops and presentations as well as supported them in their cultural artistic efforts. We have also been able to offer some support to students of at several of our local State Colleges, who were affected by the current racial tensions on campus, and in the community of Olympia. Some of our future goals are to bring more guest speakers, cultural trainings and workshops/ spokesperson and activist on racial issues, as well as women from our local Native tribes. These speakers would be able to address many of the issues around race, class, and gender, as well as the effects of colonization on Black and Brown peoples. We also hope to send a group of the women to conferences and workshops statewide and to able to make international connections as well to help foster their resiliency tools. 4000 4000 21000 Shawna Hawk President 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WA Shawna Hawk 816 Adams St SE Olympia WA 98501 3603528526 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 41496 98713 133362 170474 88315 532360 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41496 98713 133362 170474 88315 532360 532360 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 532360 1 0 X Form 990-EZ, Header, Line B Needed to add more to the description in schedule o. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Media Island International is a cultural, educational and networking center, whose focus is to support women of color in their leadership goals. In addition, we support women of color in telling their life stories and experiences via podcasting, book writing, newsletter contributions, artistic expressions and performances. We have been able to obtain funding to continue to support our basic operational needs, such as maintaining our facility insurances, licenses and subscriptions. We have been able to get some much-needed repairs and replacements. One of the many repairs was to replace and insulate the structure of our plant nursery. We were also able to do the same for our recording studio. We got much needed electrical work done as well as replacement of windows and finish dry wall projects. We have developed a partnership with the city of Olympia and have been able to facilitate a Juneteenth celebration on a yearly basses. This includes inviting Black owned businesses and organizations to vendor at our event. We are able to offer this at no cost to the vendors. We were also able to compensate performers and presenters for this event and others as well. We were able to provide opportunities for a black, women owned videographer team, to document several of our events and compensate them for their work. A few of our members were able to attend a few cultural workshops and healing events. We were also able to support other community partners such as (CYS) Community Youth Services, and donate some clothing for their foster care transitioning youth. We are a part of the city of Olympias developmental team, to develop a park we got named after an African American business woman from this area who was active in the 18, hundreds. Her name is (Rebecca Howard). We have been asked to continue consulting on this developing project. We have also been able to develop our podcasting and interviewing abilities. Under/mii maintenance/repair. MEDIA ISLAND INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY Media Island International maintains and is working to improve a Pro-Active Library and resource center located in downtown Olympia, Washington's state capitol. Books, magazines, journals, video and audio tapes, electronic files as well as hard copy files of documents and books on subjects relating to the organization's mission, including African American`s fight for reparations and cultural survival, Indigenous cultural survival, human and civil rights, international law, women's issues, racial inequality, civil rights of all kinds. Form 990-EZ, Part 1, Line 16 - Supplies & Repairs (Nursery for garden, Community Garden): Cross Cultural Travel, License and permits general supplies and security. Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 - Long Term no-interest loan