Key to meeting the community’s increased interest in global issues has been MIC’s ability to stretch limited resources by leveraging community and national networks which complement MIC’s mission.
MIC's program partners in 2008-09 were:
Advocate for Human Rights |
Alliance Française |
American Council on Germany American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) |
Americans for UNFPA |
Anderson Windows Asian American Press Augsburg College |
Caux Round Table |
China Center |
Compatible Technology International |
Congressman Keith Ellison's Office Czech and Slovak Cultural Center |
Dorsey & Whitney, LLP |
Economic Club of Minnesota Faegre & Benson LLP |
French American Chamber of Commerce Freedom from Hunger Freeman Center for International Economic Policy German American Chamber of Commerce |
Genocide Intervention Network |
Guthrie Theater Hmong Association |
Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs |
Igbanugo Partners International Law Firm |
Japan America Society of Minnesota |
KPMG |
Library Foundation of Hennepin County Loft Literary Center |
Macalester College |
Medtronic, Inc. |
Midwest International NGO Network Minnesota Accueil Minnesota Consular Corps Minnesota Public Radio |
Minnesota Trade Office Mizna Mshale Museum of Russian Art |
Nobel Peace Prize Forum |
Norway House Peace Initiative |
Norwegian American Chamber of Commerce Ordway Center for the Performing Arts |
Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights - U.S. Foundation |
Public Radio International |
Rose Ensemble Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Institute for International Studies |
Royal Norwegian Consulate General, Minneapolis St. Olaf College Trade Acceptance Group |
Twin Cities Public Television |
U.S. Commercial Service/District Export Council |
United Nations Association of Minnesota (UNA-MN) |
University of St. Thomas |
Vaclav Havel Civil Society VocalEssence |
Walker Art Center |
Westminster Town Hall Forum Whitney Senior Center |
MIC is affiliated with several national organizations: the World Affairs Councils of America; the Foreign Policy Association; NAFSA and the National Council for International Visitors. Additionally, MIC works with more than 60 schools in the Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota, and taps into both Minnesota’s resident international community and the University of Minnesota’s international student body to recruit speaker resources for MIC’s programs.