One Common Unity 2013 Annual Report

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Table of Contents
Executive Director’s Letter
Mission
Objectives
Achievements
Fly By Light: The Movie
Sponsors & Donors
Financials
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Executive Director's Letter
We are thrilled to bring in our 13th year with continued growth. We spent time over the past two years conducting a lot of strategic
planning, and 2013 was a year to implement this important framework for success. We scaled back and purposely tried to do less,
so that what we were doing had optimal amount of staff, facilitators, and fellows to assure that it would blossom and have the
greatest integrity. I am proud to have had such a strong cadre of dedicated board members, staff, 4 fellows, 11 interns, and over
16 volunteers who were able to create deep impact in Washington, DC and beyond. Our work impacted the lives of youth and
families living in all 8 Wards of the District.
In 2013 we changed the approach to our flagship Fly By Light youth program and began to anchor our activities directly at our public
school partner sites. Instead of asking our students to travel across the city to meet our facilitator at a public library or recreation
center, we decided to station our facilitators directly at the schools themselves. This helped make our program more accessible to
our youth participants, as many of them no longer incur prohibitive travel costs. In 2013 we had 3 high school program sites
(Cardozo H.S, Bell H.S., and Wilson H.S.).
Throughout the year our team also worked diligently to plan special events, day excursions, as well as organizing rough cut film
screenings of our soon to be finished film called, “Fly By Light.” In 2013, our team coordinated 14 advanced screenings of the film
that reached over 1,130 people. These screenings took place in 9 different cities around the country! We also were honored to have
the new film screened at 2 international film festivals.
In 2013, we directly served 114 students (meaning these students were a part of our program or attended multiple workshops with
us), and we reached out to thousands more through film screenings, school wide assemblies, and special events. In 2014, we plan to
continue engaging these students while continuing to expand our reach into more public high schools and community spaces in D.C.
Our monthly sustainer program is steadily growing and thanks to individuals we are able to diversify our revenue stream and make
our programs more sustainable. Our vast network of partner non-profit organizations, local businesses, and community leaders has
allowed us to accomplish more than what a budget sheet might predict. Thank you for helping us grow a movement, and transform
the world, one child at a time.
We hope you are excited as we are for what 2014 has in store!
Executive Director
Mission
One Common Unity (OCU) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that nurtures
sustainable, caring communities through:
- Social-Emotional Learning services - arts initiatives - media programming -
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Objectives
Come together across generational lines as an effective vehicle for
artistic-cultural expression
Promote & produce a variety of positive and uplifting community projects
and events that create space for dialogue and personal transformation
Develop strategic partnerships and collaborate with organizations and
institutions with similar missions
Serve as a bridge between people in need and organizations that meet
those needs
Inspire youth and adults to live nonviolently by providing quality
and comprehensive social and emotional learning programming
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Programming
Fly By Light Fall Series Workshops
In washington, D.C., our programs affect youth in all 8 Wards
24 youth & adult participants
9 Unique Workshops
P.O.W.E.R. (United Planning Organization)
14 Workshops Performed Over 10 days
64 youth Directly Affected (Ages 14-18)
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Programming
New Mexico
11 Workshops Performed Across 4 Schools
1,100 Youth directly Affected
Jamaica
Approximately 1,200 youth participants
8 unique & innovative peace-education Workshops
aided by ocu facilitators
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Staff
8 Interns
4 Fellows
14 volunteers
Workshops
32 Public Workshops
10 Professional Artist workshops
people served
114 Directly served
3,730 Indirectly served
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Fly By Light
The Movie: Overview
Directed by filmmaker Ellie Walton and produced by HawaH, our new documentary film follows the
experience of a select group of youth who participated in our Fly By Light youth pilot program.
For the first time in their lives Mark (age 17), Asha (age 15), Martha (age 16), and Corey (age 17)
play in mountain streams, sing under the stars, and confront the entrenched abuse, violence and
neglect cycles of their past. But as they return to DC, each young person faces an unforgiving
series of hurdles and roadblocks that challenge their efforts to build a better life.
Through breathtaking visuals from street corners to mountaintops, Fly By Light is an intimate
exploration of the chaotic, confusing, and emotional journey to rewrite a young
person’s future.
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Fly By Light
The Movie: Screenings
OCU-Directed Advanced Screenings (2013): 14
advanced screenings Attendance (2013): 1130
Cities Hosting advanced screenings (2013): 9
International film festival screenings (2013): 2
total film festival viewers (2013): 300
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Fly By Light
The Movie: Creators
director: Ellie Walton
produceR: HawaH
Executive Producers: Steve Ma, Cindy Ma, Katie Capano, Nicole Bacon
editOR: Magee McIlvaine
made in association with: Meridian Hill Pictures.
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Fly By Light
The Movie: More Info
For More Information, visit:
WWW.FlyByLightTheMovie.com
www.onecommonunity.org/causes/fly-by-light-the-movie/
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Sponsors/Donors
Contributors
A special thanks to these and all of our other generous contributors
$1,000
$2,500
$10,000
$10,000
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Sponsors/Donors
Individual Contributors
$1 - $19
Betty Sanborn
Brianna McCarthy
Claudette David
Elizabeth Davis
Eric Chapman II
Jennifer C. Champagne
Jessica T. Solomon
Malauna Steele
Maria Kalinina
David Berol
Ed Glassman
Erika Fernandes
Judith Blaise
Maite Mancayo
MARIA L White
Marilee Aronson
Michael McCord
Skyhouse Yoga
Teresa Marshall
Oscar Melgar
Priya Saha
$20 - $49
Aaron Mottley
Alesha T. Bowens
Alexandra Menardy
Ariana Giovagnoli
Ayanna Mackins
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Sponsors/Donors
Individual Contributors
$50 - $99
Abhay Chaudhari
Flow Yoga Center
Martin Weldon
Camille Connolly
Joshua Arthur
Sakib Qureshi
Damon Silas
Judy Richardson
Sophia watkins
Tricia Chirumbole
$100 - $249
Daniel hoffman
Luke Shors
Sacred Sesame
Honi Borden Enterprises
Pura Vita Yoga
Sarah Gilberg
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Sponsors/Donors
Individual Contributors
$250 - $499
Edward Kwicklis
$1000 - $4999
Mayrose wegmann
$5000 - $9999
cindy Ma
Steve Ma
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Financials
COMBINED TOTAL: $85,873
revenue source
amount
percentage
Individual Donations
$32,729
38%
Grants & Foundations
$12,500
15%
Corporate Donations
$1,050
1%
Local Government Grants
$10,000
12%
Rental Income
$1,445
2%
Fee For Services
$17,873
21%
Board Contributions
$7,500
9%
Merchandise Sales
$2,776
3%
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Financials
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Donations
To make a donation, visit onecommonunity.org
and click the orange “Donate” button at the top
All donations to One Common Unity are 100% tax deductible
as we are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
The importance of contributions, small or large,
cannot be emphasized enough. individuals and sponsors
like you ensure that we can create a lasting impact.
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Get Involved
More Info
To Join our 14-Year Campaign:
Www.OneCommonUnity.org/14-Year-Campaign
To volunteer and work with us:
WWW.onecommonunity.org/causes-category/jobs/
To Host A Fly By Light Screening:
www.onecommonunity.org/host-your-own-screening
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