UW-Madison undergraduates repair and refurbish bicycles at Wheels for Winners, an organization that provides bicycles to youth who are positive influences in their communities. Photo by Jeff Miller, University Communications
Partnerships & Community Non-Profit Connections
The office has extensive connections with non-profits, K-12 schools and higher education institutions locally and internationally. Many of these organizations work with targeted minority and underrepresented populations.
Since it's founding in 2005, the office has worked with 11 recognized indigenous tribes, Hmong leaders, African Americans organizations, Latino non-profits as well as agencies and communities around Wisconsin including Delevan, the Fox Valley, Kenosha, Madison, Milwaukee, Racine, Sheboygan and Waukesha.
Some of the office's partnerships include:
- Action for Environmental Justice at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Asian American Studies Program (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- Biological Education, Center for (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- The Border Campaign (Brownsville, Texas)
- Chadbourne Residential College (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- Chican@ and Latin@ Studies Program (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- Environmental Studies Program (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- First Year Interest Groups (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- Grassroots Leadership College
- Instituto de Matamoros (Matamoros, Mexico)
- International Academic Programs - Study Abroad Office (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- Morgridge Center for Public Service (MCPS)
- Multi-Cultural Student Coalition (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- PEOPLE Program (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- Randy Stoecker, Faculty, CB Researcher (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- School of Library and Information Studies (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- School of Social Work (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- Summer Teaching Agency (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- United Way of Dane County
- University of Texas-Brownsville
- University of Texas-Brownsville and Texas Southernmost College Center for Civic Engagement
- University of Wisconsin Undergraduate Research Program
- Wisconsin Alumni Association
Past Local, State and National Sites:
- 16th Street Community Health Center, Milwaukee
- African American Ethnic Academy
- AIDS Support Network
- American Council on Education, Washington, DC
- American Red Cross - Latino Caregivers Group
- Bayview Community Center
- Bruce Guadalupe School, Milwaukee
- Centro Guadalupe
- Centro Hispano
- College of Menominee Nation, Keshena, WI
- Communities United
- Denise Sweet, Wisconsin Poet Laureate
- Department of Public Instruction - DPI Native American Consultant, Madison, WI
- Department of Public Instruction - Migrant Education, Madison, WI
- Edgewood College Admissions and Financial Aid Office
- Edgewood College Multicultural Affairs Office
- Education Chairs and Language Preservation Chairs of Wisconsin's 11 Federally Recognized tribes/bands
- Esperanza Unida, Milwaukee, WI
- Genesis Enterprise Center
- Great Lakes Inter Tribal Office, Madison, Wisconsin
- Gwen Moore's office, Milwaukee, WI
- Ho-Chunk Nation Madison Branch Office
- Ho-Chunk Study Center
- Home Health United
- HospiceCare, Inc.
- Independent Living, Inc.
- Indian Health Center, Milwaukee
- Juan Jose Lopez, Madison School Board
- Kajsiab House: Mental Health Center of Dane County
- La Casa De Esperanza, Waukesha, WI
- La Casa Village, senior housing, Waukesha, WI
- La Clinica, Waupaca, Wisconsin
- La Movida Radio Station, Madison, WI
- La Nacion Newspaper, Madison, WI
- La Sup
- Latino Arts, Inc., Milwaukee, WI
- Latino Health Council of Dane County
- LCO Community College, Hayward, WI
- LINKS, Inc.
- Los Hermanos Avila, Madison, WI
- LUChA (Latinos United for Change and Advancement)
- Madison Foundation
- Meriter Hospital
- Mount Zion Baptist Church
- Multicultural Information Center, Milwaukee, WI
- Multiple migrant camps in Wisconsin
- NAACP Madison Chapter
- NAACP Wisconsin Chapter
- North/Eastside Senior Coalition
- Northwest Dane Senior Services, Inc.
- Oneida Nation Arts Project
- Operation Fresh Start, Madison, WI
- Outreach Office of Wisconsin Public Television, Madison, WI
- Pedro Colon's office, Madison
- Performing Arts Network of the Americas (P.A.N.A.)
- Quaker House
- S S Morris Community a M E Church
- Schools of Hope Project
- SER-Jobs for Progress, Milwaukee
- Sierra Club, Madison, WI
- Solomon Enterprises (on board)
- South Division High School, Milwaukee
- Spanish Speaking Council, Milwaukee
- Spencer Cogg's office, Madison
- St. James Elementary School, Madison, WI
- Three Sisters Store, Oneida Nation, Wisconsin
- Umoja Newsletter, Madison, WI
- UMOS, Milwaukee, WI
- United Community Center, Milwaukee
- United Council, UW Madison
- United Refugee Services
- United Way of Dane County (Direct lines to all funded agencies)
- Urban League of Greater Madison
- UW Madison Foundation
- UW Madison, African American Alumni Association
- UW Madison, Latino Alumni Association
- UW Madison, Native American Alumni Association
- UW System Campuses, Multicultural Directors and Precollege Directors (all)
- Verona Even Start Family Literacy Program (serves Allied Drive children)
- Walter Sava Alternative High School, Milwaukee
- Waukesha Technical College, Waukesha
- Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center
- Wingspread Scholars Program, Wingspread Foundation, Racine, WI
- Wisconsin Academy for Graduate Service Dogs (W.A.G.S.)
- Wisconsin Bar Association, Madison, WI
- Wisconsin Community Fund
- Wisconsin Community Fund's grant recipients
- Wisconsin Women of Color Network
