Each of you must choose a service
learning community partner where you will do your
service learning. (note: your partner is not
another student in the class but the non-profit
organization) Here is a list of community partners that students have worked with over the past two years.
Not all of these partners are familiar with the course
and with service learning. You may need to explain
the course and what service learning is - so be ready
when you contact them! If you would like to do service-learning at a site not listed below, that site must meet the following qualifications and be approved by your instructor before you begin your service:
- the site must be a legally recognized non-profit organization
- the site must be involved with service activities/research relevant to an ethical topic that is either covered in class or in one of your text books (that includes justice, rights, war, hunger and poverty, the environment, racial and ethnic discrimination, gender and sexuality, etc…)
- the site must provide a safe environment with supervision
Juxtaposition Arts
contact: Satoko Nuratake
Citizens League
Vision: To create the common ground where "We the
People" can achieve the common good.
Mission: The Citizens League builds civic
imagination and capacity in Minnesota by:
- Identifying, framing and proposing solutions to
public policy problems;
- Developing civic leaders in all generations who
can govern for the common good; and
- Organizing the individual and institutional
relationships necessary to achieve these goals.
website:
www.citizensleague.org
Current Project: Action
Groups
Young Citizens League members are organizing three
action groups around the broad topics of education,
poverty, and financial literacy.
What you'll do:
- Identify a specific question to work on
in your topic area
- Talk to people in the community and do research
to learn about the question
- Make a plan to address the question
- Do it! Put the plan into action
What you'll get:
- On-the-job training on organizing skills
- Connections with other young leaders
- Relationships with established leaders in
the Citizens League
- Organizing support from the Citizens
League staff
At the kick-off event, we'll hear a little about the
Citizens League and our approach to citizen-based policy
making, get some background on the project, and then
break into the three groups and start to talk about what
we want to do with the project.
Click here to find out more about the Action Groups
project, and contact Annie Levenson-Falk at
alevensonfalk[at]citizensleague.org or 651-293-0757
ext.16 if you have any comments or questions.
MPIRG
Mission:
The Minnesota Public Interest
Research Group (MPIRG) is a grassroots, non-partisan,
nonprofit, student-directed organization that empowers
and trains students and engages the community to take
collective action in the public interest throughout the
state of Minnesota.
MPIRG works with nine colleges and
universities in Minnesota. Nominal student membership
fees provide for a support staff who works with students
and shows them how to stand up to powerful interests.
website:
www.mpirg.org
WATCH
WATCH is a volunteer-based court monitoring and research organization that follows cases of family and sexual violence and provides feedback to the justice system. Founded in Minneapolis in 1992, WATCH works to improve the justice system's response to cases of domestic abuse, child abuse and sexual assault. The mission of WATCH is to make the justice system more effective and responsive in handling cases of violence, particularly against women and children, and to create a more informed and involved public.
Contect: Shahidah 6123412747 or smaayif@watchmn.org
Website: http://www.watchmn.org
Minnesota Aids
Project
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The Minnesota AIDS Project
envisions a world free of AIDS. Our mission is
to lead Minnesota's fight to stop HIV through
advocacy, education and service. Founded in
1983, the Minnesota AIDS Project (MAP) is a
statewide, nonprofit agency committed to
enhancing the lives of people living with HIV,
prevention education for those at risk for HIV,
and advocating for the rights of all affected by
HIV. From community outreach and legal
consultation to emergency financial assistance,
MAP is a leader in the fight against HIV. In
partnership with over 1,000 volunteers, we
provide compassionate, confidential and
non-discriminatory services, including
practical, emotional and social support. In
2007, MAP provided services to more than half of
the nearly 6,000 Minnesotans living with HIV.
MAP also reaches thousands of people with
prevention messages through community and
outreach efforts.
website:
http://www.mnaidsproject.org/
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Freedom Firm
Freedom Firm works to rescue and restore justice to
victims of sex trafficking through
investigation, intervention, prosecution and
aftercare.
website:
http://www.freedom.firm.in/
contact:
contact@freedom.firm.in This email address is
for Gretchen Merritt. Please mention my name (Matt Palombo)
when you email her.
Community
Emergency Service
Community Emergency Service (CES) is a non-profit
crisis relief and empowerment ministry that first and
foremost glorifies our Lord and extends His love to
those in the inner city of South Minneapolis.
CES began in 1971 when prominent Twin Cities
businessman Russell Lund approached Augustana Lutheran
Church in Minneapolis to enhance their outreach by
helping people with food and gifts on a person-to-person
basis.
Located in the Phillips (Ventura Village)
Neighborhood, CES provides services to over 55,000
people annually.
Those receiving help consist
largely of low/no-income households, single
parent families, the elderly, mentally/emotionally
handicapped persons and recent immigrant groups.
Through prayer support, direct aid relief, advocacy,
referral and guidance, CES seeks to strengthen families
and individuals. Our desire is to empower them to move
beyond the crisis to financial stability,
self-sustenance, emotional health and personal and
spiritual strength and growth.
Assistance is available
mainly in areas of food, housing,
transportation and utilities. The following is a fuller
listing of services:
- Food Shelf; Affordable Housing
Assistance; Transportation Assistance; Utility
Assistance; CES Meals On Wheels; Work With Dignity (WWD);
Resume Help (WWD Service); Job Search Services (WWD
Service); Somali Community Food Assistance; Child
Care Startups (Kid’s Care); Twin City Voice Mail
Services; Legal Services (Experimental free legal
counsel); Referral Assistance; Advocacy for Clients;
Listening & Caring Ministry; Housing Search
Services; Joshua Family Housing Program
(Transitional Housing); Fare For All (Self-help food
program); Families in Transition (Includes referral
to Twin City Rise); Simply Good Eating (Somali
nutrition and food preparation class, experimental
phase); CES Bible Fellowship (Costs covered by a
church congregation); Resource Recovery Center (RRC)
Bible Study (Trial outreach ministry, costs covered
by a congregation); Automobile Donations (Limited
donation through CES to low income persons/families
for work; in experimental phase); Overflow Site for
Homeless Women; Urban Softball Series (Costs covered
from designated gifts)
Website: http://www.communityemergencyservice.org/
Access Works
The mission of Access Works is to improve the health and reduce the harm to people impacted by the use of drugs through support, intervention, education, and disease prevention. The vision of Access Works is that our community will embrace and implement harm-reduction based services that are accessible, non-judgmental, and respectful to those affected by drug use. Services are offered within the philosophy of harm reduction, which places first priority on reducing the negative consequences of drug use and addresses any harm that may exist in a person's life. Volunteers are needed to conduct syringe exchange at our storefront. This includes offering harm reduction materials to participants about safer sex and safer injection, and information concerning better health and wellness while using drugs. Referring individuals in need of further help to appropriate staff for counseling, referrals, advocacy, and education.
Contact: Michele Atkins 6128701830 or michele@accessworks.org
Website: www.accessworks.org
St Paul
Urban League
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Paul Urban League was founded in
1923 as a nonprofit human
service and human rights
organization which is
affiliated with the National
Urban League headquartered in
New York City; it is one of 112
local affiliates in 34 states
and the District of Columbia.
The Saint Urban Paul League
serves as a forceful advocate
for African Americans, other
minorities, and the poor, and
uses a variety of disciplines
including social work,
economics, public
administration, and law to
secure equal opportunities in
all sectors of society for its
constituents.
OUR MISSION
The mission of the Saint Paul
Urban League is to assist
African Americans and other
culturally diverse groups in the
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Contact:
Robert Mclain
Website:
http://www.spul.org/index.asp?Type=NONE&SEC={5F553160-5CB2-4BE2-B79D-56877CE6F31F}
Minneapolis
Urban League
Our
mission is to provide human services and advocacy that
will enable African Americans and other minority group
members residing in the greater Minneapolis Metropolitan
Area to cultivate and develop their individual and group
potential on a par with all other Minnesotans.
Website:
http://www.mul.org/index.cfm
Prevent Child Abuse Minnesota
Prevent Child Abuse Minnesota is a chapter of Prevent Child Abuse America. This organization has been working for more than 27 years to end child abuse and neglect in Minnesota. We offer direct and indirect child abuse and neglect prevention programs.
Website: www.familysupport.org
Contact: Sara Dahlquist
Metro Program Coordinator
(651) 523-0099 ext. 12
sdahlquist@pcamn.org
Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities is one of the Twin Cities' largest private providers of social services, working to strengthen families, reduce poverty, and build communities in the Minneapolis and St. Paul metropolitan area. With a diverse range of programs, Catholic Charities helps tens of thousands of people annually, regardless of faith. Catholic Charities is a member of Catholic Charities USA, one of the largest private networks of social services providers in the country.
Contacts: Arlene Chosa at Branch One or
Neville Lema
Catholic Charities.
Exodus Residence
Ph: (612) 238-4464
Fax: (612) 332-5319
nlema@ccspm.org
website: http://www.ccspm.org/
Powderhorn
Empty Bowls
Bringing art to your table and food
to the Community
Come together with your friends and neighbors to end
hunger in our neighborhood!
Pick out a handmade bowl, make a
free-will donation, enjoy homemade soup and leave with
your bowl — now empty — a reminder that there are bowls
that need filling in our neighborhood… and that you’ve
done something to help fill them!
The proceeds will benefit the food shelf
at the
Division of Indian Work, our neighbor at 10th Ave.
and Lake St. and the
Kidz Cafe at the Park Building, sponsored by the
Powderhorn
Park Neighborhood Association.
http://powderhornemptybowls.org/
Note: if you would
like to make a bowl for this organization, contact
Barbara Hagar in the MCTC ceramics department. She
will allow you to come in on October 20 and 21 to learn
and make your bowl to contribute.
Park Avenue Center
Provides cost effective chemical dependency treatment in
a structured, safe, culturally sensitive, home-like
setting while maintaining the highest level of ethical
standards.
Website:
www.parkavenuecenter.com
Contact: Mary
Helget 6128717443
Jeremiah Program
(Minneapolis and St Paul locations)
The Jeremiah Program’s mission is to assist low-income mothers with children complete their education and achieve economic self-sufficiency through access to affordable housing, childcare, health care, support services and meaningful employment. The mothers and children will have the opportunity to develop positive self-esteem and clarify their values on which they will build a successful life.
Contact: Jennifer Ernst jernst@jeremiahprogram.org 6122593007
St Paul:
Jennifer:
6513325030
WEbsite: www.jeremiahprogram.org
Minnesota Women’s Consortium
Mission: To achieve full equality for women and girls by connecting organizations (about 160) & individuals that share this common goal. The Consortium as an entity does not endorse specific legislation or individual candidates for public office, but member organizations may undertake these activities.
website: www.mnwomen.org
Minnesota African Women’s Association
To promote the health and well being of African refugee and immigrant women and their families in the Twin City area through research, education, advocacy and programming.
Contact: Melissa Nambangi mawa0302@yahoo.org 6125887666
Website: www.mawanet.org
CLUES (Chicanos Latinos Unidos En Servico): (preferably Spanish speakers)
Our (CLUES) mission is to enhance the quality of life of the Chicano Latino community in Minnesota. Our vision is that CLUES will act as a leader in the Chicano Latino community with respect to our mission and core service areas benefiting our clients. CLUES is working for a brighter future so children are healthier and succeed in school, families have hope and elders continue to play an important role in the community.
Contact: Angela Lopez
Website: www.clues.org
A.C.E.S (Athletes Committed to Educating Students)
A.C.E.S. is dedicated to developing, from our inner cities, a new generation of critical thinkers and problem solvers. Founded in 1994 by Rhoda Au, Ph.D. and Rajiv R. Shah, M.D., A.C.E.S. is an after-school tutoring/mentoring organization for inner-city children. Partnering with Minnesota's professional sports teams and using a sports-themed curriculum, A.C.E.S. combines academics and sports to encourage learning that is both interactive and fun. Mentoring and Tutoring will primarily take place at one of these 4 locations: Lincoln School (North Minneapolis); Green Central School (South Minneapolis); Maxfield Magnetic School (St Paul); Monroe Community School (ST Paul)
Contact Tom Basquill 612-331-3454 Pennyreynen@aces4kids.org
Website: www.aces4kids.org
Confederation of Somali Community in Minnesota (CSCM)
Our mission is to strengthen the capacity of Somalis in Minnesota to become contributing members of society, while keeping their culture.
HIGHLIGHTS OF 2004
1. CSCM established the East African Women Center at 1610 South Sixth Street, Suite 100, Minneapolis, MN 55454
2. CSCM Board with the input of staff, community members, youth, women groups and elders developed a Strategic Plan and service priorities for the organization.
3. CSCM supported / incubated six African organizations through mentoring and financial counseling.
4. CSCM provided program information to more than 15,000persons through Somali media outlets and community forums and festivals.
5. CSCM directly served 1851 individuals; 314 of them youth, 1315 adults under 55 years of age and 221 adults (elders), over 55 years of age.
6. 164 volunteers contributed time equivalent to $68,548 to CSCM.
Contact: Abdiasis Warsame 612-338-5282 webmaster@csmn.org
Website: http://www.cscmn.org/
People Serving People
People Serving People, Inc. was created in 1982, as a temporary homeless shelter for men with chemical dependencies. Over the past twenty years however, homelessness has gone from affecting mostly men with chemical and mental health problems, to affecting families with children. People Serving People saw the need to adapt to the changing population and became a temporary homeless shelter for men and/or women with families and unaccompanied youth. In 2002 People Serving People moved into its new location at 614 South Third Street.
Contact: Chantel P.
612.277.0256
website: www.peopleservingpeople.org
Somali Education Center
The Somali Education Center (SEC) is a year-round state approved supplemental education service provider and youth development program that mainly serves K-12 immigrant students and adult ESL students. SEC is a charitable, tax exempt, not-for-profit organization that is incorporated as a 501 (c)(3)
The Center provides tutoring in all subject areas for K-12 students. We emphasize math and science education, along with reading and writing. We believe that youth enrichment events and opportunities are an important component in educating our young people.
Contacts:
Mr. Abdikadir Adan, Director
admin@someducenter.org
Dr. Ahmed Ali, Associate Director
admin@someducenter.org
Dr. Ahmed Osman, Programs Coordinator
ahmed@someducenter.orgJanelle Eberhard, Program Administrator
jenelle@someducenter.org
Fatumo Said, Community Outreach
fatumo@someducenter.org
Telephone
612-872-8812
612-558-6316
Website: http://www.someducenter.org/
Sharing and Caring Hands
(aka: Mary Jo's)
A Compassionate Response to the Needs of the Poor
Sharing and Caring Hands was established to be a bridge from the caring concerned community to the people in need of their help. We receive no government or United Way funding and rely solely on donations to do our work. Every year, the donations of goods, services, time, and money by thousands of people allow Sharing and Caring Hands to make a difference in the lives of individuals, families, and children in need.
Contact: Leane Hughes 6122035847
Website: www.sharingandcaringhands.org
Commonbond Communities
Founded in 1971, CommonBond Communities has grown to become one of the largest nonprofit housing development, property management and human services organizations in the Upper Midwest. By providing one-stop solutions for development, management, compliance, maintenance, and resident services, CommonBond is the go-to organization in the region to answer your affordable housing questions.
Contact: Jolene Anderson 651-291-1750 info@commonbond.org
Website: commonbond.org
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
The MPRB primarily serves the nearly 400,000 Minneapolis residents, offering recreational, environmental and other park programs and services for all ages from pre-schoolers to seniors. The backbone of Minneapolis Parks is our neighborhood parks, which help provide the "sense of place" for many Minneapolitans. It is where we connect in very profound ways with our friends, neighbors, family, environment, and ourselves to celebrate, learn, communicate, contemplate, play or console - it is our shared space and our public home. Our community celebrations are a synergy of neighborhood involvement that serves to strengthen community interaction and understanding.
Website: http://www.minneapolisparks.org/home.asp
Women Against Military Madness (WAMM)
• WAMM acts for social justice in US foreign and defense policy.
• WAMM opposes the design, manufacture, and distribution of military weapons by the US government and corporations.
• WAMM works to demilitarize US society.
• WAMM empowers activists for social change.
Contact: Mary Beaudoin wamm@mtn.org 612-827-5364
Website: www.worldwidewamm.org
OXFAM AMERICA Minnesota Action
Corps
Oxfam Action Corps - MN is non-partisan
volunteer team advocating for lasting solutions to
global poverty and injustice with grassroots action.
It's a project of
Oxfam America.
Oxfam Action Corps is currently working
on Food Sustainability and Global Climate Change.
Here is their local blog:
http://oxfam-mn.blogspot.com/
Contact: Lew Hille at
lhille@oxfamamerica.org or Adam Olson at
adam.olson@pobox.com
Sierra Club, NorthStar Chapter
The
Sierra Club's members are
750,000 of your friends and
neighbors. Inspired by nature, we
work together to protect our
communities and the planet. The Club
is America's oldest, largest and
most influential grassroots
environmental organization.
The North Star Chapter is one of
the Club's oldest, recently
celebrating its 35th
anniversary of helping to preserve
and protect the environment in
Minnesota. We do this through both
educational programs and
political activism.
Together, we
- Explore, enjoy and protect
the wild places of the earth.
- Practice and promote the
responsible use of the earth's
ecosystems and resources.
- Educate and enlist humanity
to protect and restore the
quality of the natural and human
environment.
- Use all lawful means to
carry out these objectives.
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Website:
http://northstar.sierraclub.org/index.html
Contact:
ALL ABOUT FAMILY
To effectively bring all individuals from community together. To include people from different ability levels, ethnic and economic backgrounds in fun, educational and encouraging activities taking place within urban, suburban and rural communities.
Contact: Brian Kelley kelley01@visi.com
Website: http://www.allaboutfam.com/
BIG BROTHERS/BIG SISTERS
Big Brothers Big Sisters is the oldest, largest and most effective youth mentoring organization in the United States. We have been the leader in one-to-one youth service for more than a century, developing positive relationships that have a direct and lasting impact on the lives of young people. Big Brothers Big Sisters mentors children, ages 6 through 18, in communities across the country - including yours.
The Big Brothers Big Sisters Mission is to help children reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one relationships with mentors that have a measurable impact on youth.
Contact: Richard Orr 6517892496 rorr@bigstwincities.org
Website: www.bbbsa.org
BOYS AND GIRLS OF AMERICA
In every community, boys and girls are left to find their own recreation and companionship in the streets. An increasing number of children are at home with no adult care or supervision. Young people need to know that someone cares about them.
Boys & Girls Clubs offer that and more. Club programs and services promote and enhance the development of boys and girls by instilling a sense of competence, usefulness, belonging and influence.
Website: www.bgca.org
Open Arms of
Minnesota
Open Arms exists for one
simple reason: to feed people living with and affected by
chronic illness. Our current service is available to those
who deal with the difficulties of an HIV/AIDS, MS, ALS or
breast cancer diagnoses. Food is a basic human need.
Providing nutritious meals for people living with illness
improves the quality of their lives by allowing them to have
more energy and to be more productive. At one time or
another, most of us have appreciated a meal prepared by a
friend or relative when we weren't feeling well. That is the
essence of what we do at Open Arms.
Website:
http://www.openarmsmn.org/
Contact: JoAnne Molitor or any
volunteer coordinator
Somali Action
Alliance
The Somali Action Alliance is a unique
organization focused on building the power of
the Somali community through collective, proactive action.
We began as a project of VOICE for Community Power, and
after two years of support, transitioned into a separate
organization in 2004. Our beginning as a voter participation
project focused on the 2002 senate campaign between the late
Senator Paul Wellstone and Norm Coleman. A combination or
voter registration, voter education, convening activities
and leadership training opportunities created a space where
community members could learn and act together. The energy
and possibility created provided the impetus to continue
working together to shape an organization as the foundation
for powerful, ongoing community building.
Contact: Amina Dualle
website:
http://www.somaliactionalliance.org/news.php
KEEP MINNEAPOLIS BEAUTIFUL
This is a new organization that will be starting on Earth Day, April 21, 2007. They are a branch of "Keep America Beautiful" Keep America Beautiful is a national nonprofit public education organization dedicated since 1953 to engaging individuals to take greater responsibility for improving their local community environments. For half a century, Keep America Beautiful has been the nation’s leading community improvement organization successfully implementing an effective, systematic strategy for reducing waste, preventing litter and beautifying communities nationwide.
They can only use 3 students, mostly during March and April. You must be strongly interested in environmental studies and/or environmental science.
Contact: Angela Brenny, Solid Waste and Recycling Clean City Coordinator, 612-673-2789 or Angela.Brenny@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
MICAH HALFWAY HOUSE
Services: Micah House is a Halfway House for African American Men, age 18 and older.
Address: 3045-5th Avenue South Phone: 612-822-8433
Minneapolis, MN 55407
PROJECT SHINE
Project SHINE began in 1997 in response to legislation that jeopardized the public benefits of legally immigrated non-citizens. As social safety nets for non-citizens remain tenuous, naturalization for elderly immigrants continues to be an urgent need.
Older immigrants face particular obstacles in their quest for citizenship. Elder learners may experience difficulties learning English because of changes in memory, vision, hearing and mobility that cannot be accommodate in overcrowded ESL (English as a Second Language) or citizenship classes. Without a basic knowledge of English immigrant elders experience barriers to full participation in society as U.S. citizens.
Intercultural and intergenerational, SHINE brings essential services directly to immigrant communities. SHINE students work with elders one-on-one or in small groups, creating comfortable learning environments and individualized lessons. Bilingual students offer special services, such as translating materials, accompanying elders to interviews with the INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service), and tutoring in their native language.
Contact: Greg Mellas greg.mellas@minneapolis.edu or 612-659-6114
WEBSITE: http://www.projectshine.org/consortium.htm
COURAGE CENTER
Since 1928, Minneapolis-based Courage Center, a nonprofit rehabilitation and resource center, has had a legacy of advancing the lives of people experiencing barriers to health and independence. Our continuum of care includes rehabilitation therapies, transitional rehabilitation, pain management, vocational and community-based services, and camping and sports and recreation programs for people of all ages and abilities. Courage Center offers comprehensive rehab services for people of all ages and abilities. We specialize in pain management, brain injury, spinal cord injury and congenital disabilities. We offer accessible fitness centers, aquatic therapy, vocational and community based services, a transitional rehab program, and sports, recreation and camping.
Contact: Lisa Gacek 763-520-0502 or camping@mtn.org
WEBSITE: www.courage.org
VISION LOSS RESOURCE CENTER
Its mission is to assist people who are blind or visually impaired achieve their full potential and to enrich the lives of all persons affected by blindness or vision loss.
Contact: Frank Alden
franka@virw.org 6128712222
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MINNESOTA
THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MINNESOTA is an inter-racial, non-political, non-sectarian social service agency founded in 1919 to serve both foreign and native-born. It is affiliated with the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) and the United Way.
The mission of the Institute is to: 1) provide a center for information and assembly for all nationalities and races; 2) develop fellowship and understanding among such persons through group meetings and activities; 3) promote the welfare of our foreign-born population and their families; and 4) preserve and stimulate intercultural values
Contact:
Website: http://www.iimn.org/
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