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 2009-10 were:
American Refugee Committee
Americans for UNFPA
Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
Consulate General of Canada of Minneapolis
Compatible Technology International
Crisis Management Initiative
District Export Council
Dorsey & Whitney, LLP
Faegre & Benson, LLP
Feed My Starving Children
Fredrikson & Byron, LLP
General Mills, Inc.
Haiti Outreach
Healing Hands for Haiti
Hindu Society of Minnesota
Hubert H. Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs
Islamic Resource Group
Japan American Society of Minnesota
Jewish Community Relations Council
KPMG
Library Foundation of Hennepin County
Medtronic, Inc.
Midwest International NGO Network (MINN)
Minnesota Council of Churches
Minnesota Public Radio
Minnesota Trade Office
Nobel Peace Prize Forum
Oxfam America
Peninsula Malaysian Restaurant
People of Faith Peacemakers
Public Radio International
Rose Ensemble
Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Institute for International Studies
St. Paul Area Council of Churches
St. Paul Interfaith Network
U.S.-ASEAN Business Council
U.S. Commercial Service
U.S. Saudi Business Council
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
World Wide Village, Inc.
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.