Minnesota International Center - A World Affairs Council


Strategic Partners/Alliances

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.