2024-11-09T12:18:50-05:00 2023-12-31 030497768 ANSBROTAX LLC 765 Baywood Drive Suite 229 Petaluma CA 94954 990EZ 2023-01-01 680437536 VOICE OF ROMA VOIC 1606 GRAVENSTEIN HWY SOUTH SEBASTOPOL CA 95472 Bruce Cochran CFO 4152986291 2024-11-08 false true Jolene Costanza EA CFP JD P00070386 7077733694 2024-11-09 X 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X www.voiceofroma.com X X 8144 X 8130 14 8144 2300 2470 4770 3374 4128 193 7695 4128 7695 0 0 0 0 4128 7695 0 0 4128 7695 Statement 1 Statement 2 Statement 3 0 Sani Rifati President 16.00 0 0 0 Bruce Cochran CFO 8.00 0 0 0 Merrilyn Joyce Secretary 2.00 0 0 0 Petra Gelbart Director 4.00 0 0 0 Sylvia Sawislak Director 2.00 0 0 0 Carol Silverman Director 6.00 0 0 0 Benjamin Rifati Director 2.00 0 0 0 false false false false false false true 16403 false false CA Bruce Cochran 37575 NW Harrison Road Banks OR 97106 4152986291 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 46316 18723 761 5205 8130 79135 22625 16 14 22655 68941 18723 761 5221 8144 101790 101790 1 1 1 1 68942 18723 761 5221 8144 101791 1.00000 1.00000 0.00000 0.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Bruce Cochran CFO Funding X 16403 16403 false true true Sani Rifati President X 193 false true true 16403 General explanation attachment Statement 1 - Organizations MissionThe mission of Voice of Roma is to promote and present Romani cultural arts and traditions in a way that counters both romanticized and negative Gypsy stereotypes, and in so doing, contribute to the preservation of Romani identity and culture. VOR also works to heighten awareness of human rights issues faced by the Roma in todays world, and to support efforts by Roma to (re)build and maintain their communities, improve their lives, and to strengthen the Romani voice both nationally and internationally. This is accomplished through organizing and implementing cultural arts, education, economic development, and humanitarian projects for and about the Roma. Statement 2 - International Human Rights ProgramsVoice of Roma (VOR) has provided humanitarian, educational, employment and income generating, and infrastructure projects for Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians (RAE) in Kosovo for multiple years. The Kosovo programs were so successful that they have now become economically independent from the Voice of Roma in California and consequently are no longer included in this tax return. Statement 3 - Cultural Arts and Ethnic Awareness ProgramsMusic Curated seventh year of International RomArchive, Berlin Germany. Presented Romani dance workshop to German youth for Circus Cabuwazi in Berlin, Germany. Held International Roma Day Celebration with panel discussion and concert at Roma Info Center in Berlin, Germany. Presented multiple Romani dance workshops and concerts in Darmstadt, Bremen, Bad Bederkesa, and Berlin Germany. Presented a series of four Romani percussion workshops in Berkeley, California. Guest lectured on Romani Rights at City College of New York and via Zoom on Romani Music at University of Pennsylvania. Consultation for European musicology organization regarding scholars of Romani music via Zoom with scholars in Vienna, Austria. Presented day-long workshop in Prague, Czech Republic, for foster and adoptive families raisingg Romani children. Also presented a Zoom talk and workshop on International Roma Day for Czech foster and adoptive families raising Romani children. Provided multi-day film workshops for Romani children and yourth in Slovakia. Gave presentation on Roma in America for HeartShare Human Services. Presented paper on Romani healthcare given at Harvard University and a paper on Romani Holocaust remembrance given at Yale University. Co-presented on Romani Holocaust topics at Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York City. Provided performance, programming, curation and commentary on the occasion of an art exhibit of works by Romani Holocaust survivor Ceija Stojka at the Austrian Cultural Forum in New York City. Presented on Roma in Central Europe via Zoom for the Obama Foundation. Taught online Balkan Romani Music, Dance and Human Rights course for East European Folklife Center and taught Romani singing at their weeklong workshops in California and New York. Keynote lecture at Music and Racisms conference at University of Performing Arts, Vienna Austria. Guest lectured on Romani Music at Charles University, Prague Czech Republic. Gave keynote lecture on Macedonian Roma for Between the Worlds of Old and New Homes conference in Sofia Bulgaria. Lectured on Roma and Dark Histories of European Ethnologies and Folklore Studies for International Society for Folklore online workshop. Lectured on Balkan Romani Music for workshop Media, Arts, and Human Rights: Centering Romani Voices at St. Paul University, Montreal Canada. Conducted research with Romani communities in Sao Paolo, Brazil and Bronx New York. Presented papers on Balkan Romani Music Activism at Music and Minorities Conference, Columbo, Sri Lanka and on Recovering Romani Heritage to American Anthropological Association, Toronto Canada. Presented conference papers to Gypsy Lore Society, San Pablo Brazil; to Folk-Music Practices and Polyphonic Nationalisms in Europe, Graz Austria, and to Society for Ethnomusicology, Ottawa Canada. Also presented conference papers on Eastern European Roma at Columbia University, New York City and International Society for Ethnology and Folklore, Brno Czech Republic. Served as expert witness for five asylum cases for Roma. Lectured on Your Identity Abroad in Eastern Europe for Fulbright IIE Eurasia Pre-departure Orientation. (greater than 4,700 recipients) Description of other expenses Part I line 16 Description AmountRomani Project Expenses 1,640PO Box Rental 194Credit Card Renewal 120CDTFA Sales Taxes 1CA Secretary of State S1-100 Fee 20CA Attorney General RRF-1 Fee 25Berkeley Business License 55Web Site Hosting 415 Other changes in net assets or fund balances Part I line 20 Description AmountLoan from VOR to S.Rifati paid back 193