Partners – Multifaceted Programs
In their junior year, all MIAD students complete a four credit Social Science course (HS380), which includes 35 hours of service in the Milwaukee metro area. Below is a list of over 200 organizations committed to strengthening the community, utilizing both grassroots and well-established means. MIAD students and alumni have worked with all of these organizations to better understand the issues that they deal with and to give of their time and energy.
Learn more about the work of these organizations and how you can volunteer your time – visit one of our community partners listed below. Names in violet identify partners who have been honored by MIAD for the work that they do.
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American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin:
The ACLU of Wisconsin is the state affiliate of the national ACLU and is a non-profit, non-partisan, private organization. The ACLU of Wisconsin has 7,000 members and is dedicated to defending the civil liberties and civil rights of all Wisconsin residents.
Contact: http://www.aclu-wi.org
Council for the Spanish Speaking:
The Council for the Spanish Speaking, Inc. advocates on behalf of Latinos and the socially and economically challenged. It offers programs in education, housing and human services to improve quality of life for families, children, youth, and the aging; promotes cultural, racial and linguistic understanding; and community planning and development supportive of social and economic equity.
Contact: http://www.centrohispanomke.org/
Hmong American Friendship Center:
The Hmong American Friendship Association Inc., is dedicated to improving the quality of life for Southeast Asian Refugee families in the Greater Milwaukee area by promoting self sufficiency and the preservation of our cultural heritage.
Contact: http://hmongfriendship.org/
Our mission is to end homelessness and create healthy communities.
Contact: http://www.hopehousemke.org/
The Jewish Community Center is a non-profit, social service agency founded upon Jewish ethics and values. It is committed to meeting the ever changing needs of the entire Jewish Community for strengthening Jewish identity and for enriching the quality of Jewish life.
The Center provides the total community with a forum for open dialogue regarding matters affecting Jewish life here, in Israel, and throughout the world. It initiates diversified social, educational, recreational, and cultural programs within a Jewish setting.
Contact: http://www.jccmilwaukee.org/index.php
Established in 1969, Journey House is grounded in the philosophy that Education is a Family Journey. We embody this belief through our mission of working with the community utilizing a self-help philosophy in order to increase education, reduce unemployment and crime, strengthen families, and revitalize neighborhoods.
Contact: http://www.journeyhouse.org/
The Milwaukee Bicycle Collective is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization that provides a publicly accesible bicycle resource center for the city of Milwaukee. It is a place where bike construction and repair can happen in a creative and supportive environment and at an affordable cost.
Contact: http://bikecollective.bike
The Milwaukee Christian Center believes all people deserve to be treated with compassion and respect. We exist to move people beyond the challenges of poverty through life-affirming programs and supportive services.
Contact: http://www.mccwi.org/
Milwaukee LGBT Community Center:
The mission of the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center is to further develop our vibrant lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in the greater Milwaukee area, thus improving the quality of life for all of us. The mission is supported by the Center’s leadership in community building, health promotion, advocacy, and communications.
Contact: http://www.mkelgbt.org/
MZC provides a place for meditation, study and reflection, leading to inner awakening and mindful, compassionate action through traditional Soto Zen Practice.
Contact: http://mkzen.org/
The mission of Neighborhood House of Milwaukee is to build a strong community by strengthening individuals, families, and the neighborhood.
Contact: http://www.nh-milw.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=5&Itemid=68
Neu-Life Community Development:
Our vision is to empower children and youth by equipping them with the necessary information, strategies and support systems to have better self-images, develop better life management skills and to cope with their environments by refraining from crime, drugs and other deviant behavior.
Contact: http://www.neu-life.org
The Next Door Foundation supports the intellectual, physical, spiritual and emotional development of children so they become self-sufficient, contributing members of the community.
Contact: https://www.nextdoormke.org/
We’re a video store and film supply shop located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We fulfill orders for Bluemark Productions an independent film production company that has been making award-winning, feature-length narrative and documentary films for over a decade.
Contact: https://www.facebook.com/RiverwestFilmandVideo/
Silver Spring Neighborhood Center:
For 52 years, Silver Spring Neighborhood Center has been a stabilizing presence of Milwaukee’s northwest side. Silver Spring Neighborhood Center is a nonprofit social service agency whose mission is to build a safer, stronger neighborhood and community.
Contact: http://www.ssnc-milw.org/
St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care:
The mission of St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care is to provide community-based health and educational services for children and frail adults and to serve as a resource and support for caregivers.
Contact: http://www.stanncenter.org/
UMOS, a non-profit advocacy organization, provides programs and services which improve the employment, educational, health and housing opportunities of under-served populations.
Contact: http://www.umos.org/
Our mission is to provide programs to Hispanics and near south side residents of all ages in the areas of education, cultural arts, recreation, community development, and health and human services. The UCC assists individuals to achieve their potential by focusing on cultural heritage as a means of strengthening personal development and by promoting high academic standards in all of its educational programs.
Contact: http://www.unitedcc.org/index.htm
Zeidler Center for Public Discussion:
Offers professional facilitation, team building, strategic planning and community engagement services, working with organizations, neighborhoods, businesses and faith communities across a range of issues. Believes that positive and sustainable community action aimed at repairing relationships must start with trust building and humanizing.
Contact: https://www.zeidlercenter.org/