2024-05-15T13:19:36-07:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 264821241 GLOBAL PEACE TRAIN GLOB 7203451305 2525 Arapahoe Ave Suite E4 325 Boulder CO 80302 Aja Duniven Executive Director 7203451305 2024-05-15 Aja Duniven 999009999 1 0 11 0 AAL2 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X X www.globalpeacetrain.org X X 184465 X 76275 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 440 440 0 107750 184025 12000 0 13685 12559 100 123 150017 188484 -4459 -18631 0 -23090 X 3535 16328 0 0 3000 3000 6535 19328 25166 42418 -18631 -23090 Global Peace Train (GPT) delivers resources to underserved communities and tells their stories to help others understand diverse cultures. Our focus in 2023 is with the Lakota people of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota - a rural, low income population whose cultures and traditions are threatened by tribal elders' passing. Through the Ghost Dance project, GPT shares Lakota wisdom, values, and history through technologically innovative and immersive storytelling. Through Tribal Traditions, GPT fosters the livelihoods of Lakota Grandmothers and artists by marketing unique, handmade star quilts that exemplify the link Lakota traditions of honoring ancestors and remembering ties to the earth. Ghost Dance is an interactive educational program designed for theaters, art venues, film festivals, schools, universities, and museums. The world is at risk of losing the connection to precious Indigenous wisdom as tribal elders leave us. We are building a digital library of such content before it is too late. The Ghost Dance project includes a SAG-AFTRA film (90% complete), a behind-the-scenes documentary about making the film (20% shot), and a multi part virtual reality (VR) experience (early production) that allows people to step inside the story and visit the Pine Ridge Reservation from a VR headset. Being a SAG production allowed us to select high quality actors from the Screen Actors Guild and hold the production to a professional standard overall. We gathered a professional team, made our way through thousands of auditions to secure a fantastic cast, and shot the film across Colorado, Nebraska, and South Dakota for 22 days during 2022-2024. The expedition involved a dedicated group of volunteers, crew, and cast members ranging from 16 to 40 individuals each day. In autumn 2023, we finalized a rough cut of the narrative film, which currently stands at a 60-minute runtime. Still to be completed are additional pickup shots and the anticipated large opening scene which will require several additional shoot days. The resulting feature-length production will delve deeper into the rich tapestry of the narrative, reaching a wider audience and making an even greater impact in preserving and promoting American Indian culture. The production provides professional filmmaking opportunities for over 50 locals from Pine Ridge Reservation and more than 20 volunteers from outside the reservation. This program fosters cross-cultural education by introducing the crew to Lakota culture and traditions, while offering the Lakota participants hands-on experience in professional filmmaking. 27000 59796 Tribal Traditions is GPT's ecommerce website dedicated to promoting entrepreneurship among the Lakota people of the Pine Ridge Reservation and celebrating the Native tradition of hand-sewn, unique quilts incorporating star designs. Symbolizing the morning star, these quilts honor Lakota ancestors and remember eternal ties to Lakota people and the earth. The finest quilters and artists from Pine Ridge handcraft these quilts while training a new generation of quilters to carry on this cherished tradition. Tribal Traditions is a vehicle to share this beauty with the larger, non-Native world and to financially empower Lakota Grandmothers and artists on the Reservation. Supported by Tribal Traditions, Native leaders have the opportunity to develop, organize and run a business that helps educate the world about Lakota wisdom and simultaneously preserve their culture. Tribal Traditions has orchestrated the production of more than 130 quilts that were hand made in the homes of women on Pine Ridge Reservation and used to share the Lakota tradition of honor that the star quilts represent. 0 2955 Kenya Outreach- Global Peace Train provides support for young people aged 3-22 through Project Elimu. The Kenyan NGO provides afterschool arts and sports education, pays school fees, and maintains a safe space for young people in the Kibera slum. 27500 16643 79394 Aja Duniven Executive Director 30 0 0 0 Adam Kuhn Board Treasurer 0 0 0 0 Dan Adams Board Secretary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24279 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CO Angela Noel 2242 Lincoln St Longmont CO 80501 3038479617 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 22441 21451 21422 114219 166085 345618 0 0 0 0 440 440 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22441 21451 21422 114219 166525 346058 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 346058 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22441 21451 21422 114219 166525 346058 1 1 0 0 X Aja Duniven Executive Director Program expenses X 24279 24279 0 1 1 24279 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 8 Other revenue $107,750 of in kind support: We relied on the generosity of volunteers to help us with the Ghost Dance Narrative Film. They donated services for 10-16 hours a day for multiple weeks and traveled out of the state to work on overnight locations. Volunteer crew and cast is how we made the progress we did on the Ghost Dance project. The numbers for professional services donated were generated through fair market value comparisons. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 Grants & similar amounts paid: We delivered $12,000 to Project Elimu a NGO in Kenya to help them run their programs in the Kibera Slum. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Other expenses: Other Operations $1,199.32 (Bank fees, computer/internet, dues, Telephone/communication, Event/Office supplies) Insurance $2,947, rights $100, $2820.93 props for film, Ghost Dance Film Travel: $25,330.93, Kenya computers $4,543.47, Facilities/Equipment: $3,144.58, Meals/Entertainment: $23.65, Graphic design $557.50, Accouting $780, Grant writer $375, Support for families $1,485.68, Web fees $232.47 Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 Other assets: 1990 Astro Van (picture vehicle for Ghost Dance film) Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 Total Liabilities: $18,138.97 0% interest Credit Cards for Ghost Dance Filming $24,279.49 Loan from Executive Director Aja Duniven