Impact story · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Cicero Taylor and The Missing Peace Collective

After Josh shared Cicero’s story, viewers donated more than $70,000 directly to The Missing Peace Collective to support its community work.

Sitewide aggregate figures retain the July 19, 2026 reporting baseline; this story outcome was added August 21, 2026.

Direct nonprofit support

Josh shared the story; supporters donated directly to the nonprofit. Josh did not collect, hold, or distribute these donations.

Josh Liljenquist with Cicero Taylor beside The Missing Peace Collective Reconnect bus in Minneapolis
Josh Liljenquist and Cicero Taylor beside the Reconnect transportation bus in Minneapolis. Open the approved photo record.

Story summary

Public attention connected viewers directly with a community nonprofit.

Cicero Taylor is associated with The Missing Peace Collective, whose Reconnect program helps families visit incarcerated loved ones. Josh introduced viewers to Cicero and the organization’s mission through a first-party video.

LocationMinneapolis

Only city-level location information is published.

Documented responseMore than $70,000

Josh attests that viewers donated this amount directly to the nonprofit.

Josh’s roleStory amplification

Josh did not serve as the fundraiser or financial intermediary.

Outcome

Support expanded the organization’s transportation and outreach work.

According to the approved project account, the support helped fund a new bus with a kitchen and eating area for homeless outreach and improvements to the existing bus.

This amount is an attested direct-donation outcome. Josh’s private financial proof is neither requested nor published on this page.

  1. Cicero’s mission was shared.

    The video introduced viewers to transportation support for families visiting incarcerated loved ones.

  2. Viewers gave directly.

    Supporters donated to The Missing Peace Collective rather than through Josh.

  3. The nonprofit expanded its work.

    The approved outcome record connects the support with bus improvements and additional outreach capacity.

Original video · JVL-V-000011

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Source-video summary

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In Their Own Words

The Missing Peace Collective’s firsthand reaction

The Missing Peace Collective later shared Josh’s original video and published its own reaction from the organization’s Facebook account.

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OFFICIAL FIRST-PARTY PAGE

Purpose: First-party record with source-linked status and evidence limits.

This is an official first-party page published by Josh Liljenquist’s website. It documents first-party policies, records, evidence, or Josh’s account of events. It is not independent journalism. Independent sources are identified separately.

Content type
Documented Impact record
Maintained by
Josh Liljenquist's website
Last source verification
2026-08-22
Policy effective date
August 25, 2026
Policy version
1.0.0

What this page establishes and does not establish

What this establishes

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What this does not establish

The amount is an attested direct-donation outcome. Private financial proof is not published, and the nonprofit is not described as a site partner. A public story does not establish private financial records, every later interaction, or a complete lifetime accounting.

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How this record is bounded.

This canonical story uses Josh-approved first-party information, the existing JVL video record, and the approved image record. It describes The Missing Peace Collective as the nonprofit that received direct support; it does not characterize the organization as a site partner or publish private financial records.