2025-11-14T07:54:07-08:00 2024-12-31 460796445 Shining Star Consulting LLC 1831 Solano Ave Unit 8058 Berkeley CA 947075056 990 2024-01-01 462079939 Right to Democracy Project RIGH 2023041202 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW 190-413 Washington DC 20004 Neil Weare Co-Director 2025-11-14 true true Suzanne Pon P03097587 5109996712 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Neil Weare 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW 190-413 Washington DC 20004 640386 false X https://righttodemocracy.us/ X 2013 DC Advance democracy, equity, and self-determination in U.S. territories through participatory advocacy, narrative and cultural change, and ecosystem building. 12 10 5 20 0 870459 639143 0 4 1 1883 1242 872346 640386 500 0 0 326879 384700 0 60398 467940 224260 795319 608960 77027 31426 338378 292090 57442 5967 280936 286123 Advance democracy, equity, and self-determination in U.S. territories through participatory advocacy, narrative and cultural change, and ecosystem building. false false 219129 Our Ecosystem Building strategy works to facilitate and support a multisectoral network of leaders - including civil society, community-based organizations, national civil rights groups, academia, philanthropy, and government - to co-create and build a new movement to confront and dismantle U.S. colonialism. Key highlights: conducting an artist listening tour that included 6 community dialogues with more than 70 participants across all five territories and DC; facilitating virtual and in-person learning sessions around the need to confront the undemocratic colonial framework governing the territories; co-creating and facilitating a cross-territorial coalition with five working groups focused on policy advocacy, litigation, organizing, international law & Indigenous rights, and education & media; elevating territory voices and facilitating the participation of more than 51 territorial representatives in national and local events. 146086 Our Participatory Advocacy program works to confront and dismantle the undemocratic colonial framework governing all five U.S. territories through policy, advocacy, and litigation strategies that are developed by engaging people and communities from each territory, their diaspora, and throughout the United States. Our advocacy is directed towards creating systemic change and accountability across all three branches of the federal government. Key highlights: engaging civil rights, social justice, and community partners as well as congressional allies to press the U.S. Department of Justice to condemn the Insular Cases; developing new client-centered litigation focused on democracy, self-governance, and self-determination; advancing equity in federal benefits programs, philanthropic investments, data collection, and veterans services; and addressing issues of climate and environmental justice. Our work is supported by more than 1,000 hours of pro bono support from law firm partners. 121738 Our Narrative and Cultural Change program works to combat the cultural normalization of undemocratic colonial rule in U.S. territories. We do this through engagement with journalists, educators, artists, and others, both in the territories and throughout the United States, leveraging our advocacy to raise the visibility of these issues both at a national level and in each territory. Key highlights: artist listening tour across the territories and convenings for the Decolonial Monument Project with national and local partners; highlight colonial injuries and their intersections with trending issues and current events to increase awareness of US colonialism; Op-Ed placements in national and local media; a social media campaign on the 125th anniversary of the Treaty of Paris and the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence; developing historical educational primers for each of the territories. 486953 true true 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 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 11 0 true 5 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 12 10 false false false false false false false true false false false true true true true true true true false false MI X Shining Star Consulting 5109996712 1831 Solano Ave 8058 Berkeley CA 94707 Neil Weare Co-Director & Co-President 38.00 0.00 X 155408 0 7545 Adi Martinez Roman Co-Director & Co-President 38.00 0.00 X 136654 0 0 Ataveyra Medina Hernandez Secretary 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Roger Maldonado Director 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Zen Hunter-Ishikawa Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Adriel Cepeda Derieux Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Charles Ala'ilima Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kaleo Moylan Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Nesha Christian-Hendrickson Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Vanessa Williams Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Cecilio Ortiz Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Zeno Deleon Guerrero Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Edward Smith II Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Susan Atkins Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 292062 7545 2 false true false 0 639143 639143 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Miscellaneous Income 900099 1242 1242 1242 640386 1243 0 0 0 0 299607 239685 29961 29961 0 50621 41585 1452 7584 0 1908 1717 191 32564 29308 3256 0 1811 1811 28385 28385 0 0 0 60208 54187 6021 0 15632 14069 1563 4452 4007 445 0 0 75263 67737 7526 0 32706 29435 3271 0 0 0 5803 5223 580 0 608960 486953 61609 60398 32326 42232 4983 4858 0 300000 245000 0 0 0 0 1069 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 338378 292090 57442 5967 57442 5967 X 280936 286123 280936 286123 338378 292090 31426 -26239 X false false false X 145190 179648 391930 870459 639143 2226370 0 0 145190 179648 391930 870459 639143 2226370 1197879 1028491 5 5 4 1 15 0 1883 1242 3125 2229510 0.46130 0.34720 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false false 37259 35095 99022 171376 257064 9315 2438 7427 19180 9315 8774 24756 42845 64268 1755 2476 4231 X X X false false false false false false false false false Neil Weare Co-Director & Co-President 155408 7545 162953 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The form 990 is reviewed by management and the board of directors prior to filing. 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