2017-11-14T14:19:09-08:00 2016-12-31 Richard Winkel CPA INC PO Box 91637 Portland OR 97291 990 2016-01-01 743098100 Center for Intercultural Organizing dba Unite Oregon CENT 5032874117 700 N Killingsworth St Portland OR 97217 Kayse Jama Executive Director 2017-11-13 true Richard Winkel P00846914 5033326750 2016 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z Khadijeh Mehrnoosh 1339264 false false X www.uniteoregon.org X 2003 OR Center for Intercultural Organizing dba Unite Oregon is a diverse, grassroots organization working to build a multicultural movement for immigrant and refugee rights through education, civic engagement, community organizing and mobilization, and intergenerational leadership development. 14 14 41 50 0 993618 1311397 0 44 -8123 27823 985495 1339264 0 0 741607 894563 0 73699 259388 239984 1000995 1134547 -15500 204717 180320 393793 25049 33805 155271 359988 X Center for Intercultural Organizing dba Unite Oregon is a diverse, grassroots organization working to build a multicultural movement for immigrant and refugee rights through education, civic engagement, community organizing and mobilization, and intergenerational leadership development. true false 525055 Leadership Development Programs: Pan Immigrant Leadership and Organizing Training (PILOT). By enhancing the skills, analysis and organizing ability of emerging immigrant and refugee leaders across cultural groups, our PILOT program builds long-term relationships between diverse immigrant and refugee communities and builds the capacity and voice of new communities to affect change. Building Undergraduates through Inclusive Leadership Development (BUILD). Through BUILD, Unite Oregon provides parent programming on leadership development, issue organizing, and mobilizing. Through this collaborative approach the program is addressing systemic barriers to educational attainment for many students of color. Both PILOT and BUILD programs are designed with one guiding principal and outcome: that impacted community members learn the skills and develop tools to advocate on their own behalf, and to position themselves to help train and develop other leaders. Some key accomplishments from 2016: Convened 40 organizing and advocacy events and leadership development trainings with 3,830 participants. All trainings advanced leadership skills for impacted community members and provided hands-on tools for self-advocacy and empowerment. Engaged and mobilized more than 6,000 parent, student, and immigrant and refugee leaders for organizing and advocacy events. BUILD and PILOT leaders logged 6,357 hours volunteering at Unite Oregon community events, advocating on policy issues at local and state levels, co-facilitating trainings and attending state and national conferences and convenings. BUILD College Bound Families produced our signature twice-annual Seeds of Change Parent Leadership Conference with more than 500 participants. Unite Oregon hosted our first 2016 College Exposure Winter event, offering 35 immigrant and refugee parents and students from local schools the opportunity to attend a tour of Oregon State University and University of Oregon. Families toured campus buildings, learned about first generation and financial aid programs, and heard from a diverse student panel. 266224 Civic Engagement: Through our civic engagement work, we are able provide pathways for community members to participate in the democratic processes and engage in the issues directly impact them. This fall, Unite Oregon prioritized outreach, education, and mobilization to support the passage of Measure 97, a ballot measure that would have increased the corporate minimum tax for the largest corporations doing business in Oregon, generating millions of dollars for services in Oregon. By law the measure would have dedicated new revenue to education, health care and senior services. Although the measure failed, Unite Oregon engaged thousands of impacted community members, developed new leaders, and improved our own organizational structures in meaningful ways. Ultimately, our work in the field this fall helped us increase grassroots capacity and strengthen our political muscle. Some highlights from our civic engagement work: 467 new volunteers recruited, trained and mobilized 125 volunteers trained into leadership roles within the field Volunteers clocked 1,108 hours of work Unite Oregon staff and volunteers had 12,135 conversations with our community members to educate and mobilize for Measure 97 Unite Oregon registered 335 new voters from immigrant, refugee, people of color and rural communities 129746 Policy Advocacy Our members engaged with partner organizations, coalitions, and state legislators on bills of importance to our constituency. Engagement included sharing stories with media, writing letters and calling elected officials, attending advocacy days at the Capitol, testifying in public informational hearings at local and state levels, meeting with elected officials to share their stories and concerns, and working with allies to help mobilize members. The following include some of our policy successes in 2016: End Profiling: Extended the Law Enforcement Profiling Work Group to July 2017, and requires the Work Group to prepare a report to the legislature by December 2016. This bill builds on HB 2002 which we passed in the 2015 legislative session and which prohibits profiling by Law Enforcement based on many identities, allows for the LECC to collect complaints in regards to policing/profiling, and creates a Work Group that will create policies to build transparency and accountability. Minimum Wage: Raised the state minimum wage to 12.50 in rural counties, 13.50 in non-rural counties, and $14.75 in the Portland Metro Area by the year 2022. Does not lift state pre-emption, meaning cities and counties cannot raise their own minimum wages, but it does include farmworkers. Inclusionary Housing: Partially lifted the 17-year statewide ban on inclusionary zoning in Oregon, an important first step toward increasing the ability of cities and counties to build more affordable housing units. Clean to Coal: set Oregons two largest electric utilities (Pacific Power and PGE) on a path to meet their portion of the states greenhouse gas reduction goals, which call for reducing carbon emissions 80% below 2005 levels by 2050. In addition to advocacy at the state and local level, Unite Oregon also produced three policy papers to address profiling by law enforcement, affordable housing and student debt. 921025 true true true true false false false false false false true false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 4 0 true 41 true false false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 14 14 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true false true true false false OR X X Kayse Jama 5032874117 700 N Killingsworth Street Portland OR 97217 Rex Burkholder Treasurer 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dora Perry Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Tiago Denczuk Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Khanh Le Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Ben Lischner Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Shariff Mohamed Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Steve Barnes Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kay Brooks Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Beverly DeLeonardis Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kevin Foster Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Diana McKnight Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Manijeh Mehrnoosh Co-Chair 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Ricard Lujan Co-Chair 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Ann Romer Secretary 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kayse Jama Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 67235 0 0 67235 0 false false false 0 595 484087 826715 1311397 0 44 44 0 0 11453 11453 11453 11453 0 0 0 0 Other income 16370 16370 16370 1339264 11453 16414 0 0 0 0 67235 53788 10085 3362 0 665522 542896 66370 56256 0 81035 61458 19577 80771 66727 9925 4119 0 0 17158 13891 2450 817 0 0 0 14647 14409 180 58 0 29987 26341 2872 774 1090 882 156 52 0 90347 59485 24525 6337 51709 49934 1260 515 0 0 0 0 1508 1228 157 123 4521 4242 209 70 Events 14303 13138 302 863 Projects 10879 10879 Misc expense 2094 1193 771 130 Bank fees 1007 534 250 223 734 734 1134547 921025 139823 73699 18887 176499 0 15000 0 143849 210738 0 0 0 0 350 3780 5110 2334 2234 2776 0 0 0 0 0 180320 393793 25049 33805 25049 33805 X 75914 292535 79357 67453 155271 359988 180320 393793 204717 X false true X false false X 450142 598869 543624 978083 1311397 3882115 0 0 450142 598869 543624 978083 1311397 3882115 160234 3721881 0 0 8237 8563 15297 15535 16370 64002 3946117 0.94320 0.98380 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false 511 12223 12734 1121813 1134547 188455 47114 false 118702 111784 175912 188455 594853 892280 12228 18122 15992 12734 59076 29676 27946 43978 47114 148714 223071 4120 16727 14166 511 35524 5110 2334 2776 2776 1339264 1339264 1339264 1134547 1134547 1134547 Form 990, Part III, Line 2: New Services During 2016 we expanded our Policy Advocacy activities and now present them as a separate program. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process The 990 is reviewed by the Board prior to filing Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts All directors are required to disclose potential conflicts of interest Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management The Board approves the compensation for the Executive Director Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available Governing documents and financial information are available upon request.