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Civil Rights Organizations

Black, Indian, Hispanic, and Asian (BIHA) Women in Action

This advocacy program provides education and information on social issues as they affect women of color and their families, and is a referral source to social service agencies that are sensitive to the needs of people of color. The organization is also actively involved in restorative justice practices.
1830 James Ave. N.
Minneapolis, MN 55411
Alice Lynch
Phone: 612-521-2986
Fax: 612-521-6745
aliceolynch@msn.com
http://www.biha.org

HOME Line HOME Line offers free legal advice to Minnesota tenants on our hotline service. Tenants who contact the hotline will usually receive immediate attention to their problem from one of the staff attorneys or law student volunteers. Tenants will receive free advice regarding Minnesota landlord/tenant law and options for resolving the problem will be offered. The hotline is free and available to all tenants, regardless of income.
3455 Bloomington Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55407 Beth Kodluboy
Executive Director
bethk@homelinemn.org
http://www.homelinemn.org/
Phone: (612) 728-5767 or (866) 866-3546

INTER-RACE Institute
The INTER-RACE Institute is a civil diversity education and research organization.
600 21st Av. S.
P.O. Box 36
Minneapolis, MN 55454
Vivian Jenkins Nelsen
Phone: 612-339-0820
Fax: 612-339-3288

ISAIAH
ISAIAH is a regional, faith-based citizen action coalition, with member churches in St. Paul, Minneapolis, and St. Cloud, that was formed by the merger of three church-based social justice coalitions: SPEAC, Interfaith Action, and GRIP. The organization offers week-long, in-depth grassroots organizing training for people seeking to do issue organizing, based on mobilizing self-interest for the common good. Active on social justice issues, including immigration, affordable housing, and living wage jobs.
2720 E. 22nd St
Minneapolis, MN 55406
Phone: 612-333-1254 or 333-1260

Community Development Organizations

African American Relief and Development Initiative The mission of this organization is to promote human, socioeconomic, and community development by strengthening the leadership and management of African/African American refugee- and immigrant-serving organizations. Services include organizational capacity building, leadership development, social capital ventures, government relations, resource planning, grant reporting, financial planning, and legal compliance.
1806 Riverside Ave., Ste #3
Minneapolis, MN 55454
Folarin Ero-Phillips,
Phone: 612-766-9500
Fax: 612-766-9501
aradi@aradi.org
http://www.aradi.org

Stairstep Initiative The Stairstep Initiative's mission is to create a value-based model of community for African American people that includes ownership, investment, and productivity strategies. Unique in the nation, this Twin-Cities based project is an effort to reconvene and empower the African American community.
1000 Humbolt Ave. N.
Minneapolis, MN 55411
Alfred Babington-Johnson, President and CEO
Phone: 612-521-3110
Fax: 612-521-3405
info@stairstep.org
http://www.stairstep.org/

Minneapolis Urban League The Minneapolis Urban League is a minority, community-based organization that has served Minneapolis since 1926. Each year, over 20,000 people look to the Urban League for assistance in overcoming barriers that prevent them from accessing quality employment, housing, education, social services, and health care.
2100 Plymouth Avenue North
Minneapolis, MN 55411
Phone: 612-302-3100
Fax: 612-521-1444
Click here for a list of contacts at the Minneapolis Urban League
www.mul.org

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Education, Arts & Culture Organizations

African American Registry

The African American Registry is the largest encyclopedia of African American history on the Internet in the world. The purpose of the registry is to help educate and inform all people of the thousands of contributions African Americans have made to American history and the world, and to convey the message that African American history is American history. The service is available free in a number of languages, including Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. The website is fully searchable and is updated daily.
P.O. Box 19441
Minneapolis, MN 55419
Benjamin Mohie, Executive Director and President
Phone: 612-822-6831
Fax: 612-825-0598
info@aaregistry.com
http://www.aaregistry.com

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African American Resource Center
African American Family Services The African American Resource Center offers a library of information related to families, substance abuse and treatment, violence, parenting, race, and culture, among other prevention and training activities.
2616 Nicollet Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Lisa Jones, Executive Director
Phone: 612-871-7878, ext. 123
Fax: 612-871-2811
lissa@aafs.net
http://www.aafs.net

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Minneapolis Public Schools Minneapolis Public School provides excellence in education for Minneapolis' future. The district inspires learning for more than 38, 590 students in its 50 elementary schools, seven middle schools, seven high schools, eight special education schools, eight alternative schools, 18 contract alternative schools and five charter schools.
807 N.E. Broadway St
Minneapolis, MN 55413
Phone: 612-668-0000
answers@mpls.k12.mn.us
www.mpls.k12.mn.us

KMOJ Radio KMOJ Radio seeks to educate, inform, and entertain residents of the Twin Cities metropolitan area from the African American perspective.
555 Girard Terr., #130
Minneapolis, MN 55405
Vusumuzi Zulu
Phone: 612-377-0594
Fax: 612-377-6919
vzulu@kmoj.com
http://www.kmoj.com

Employment & Housing Organizations

HIRED HIRED provides employment services for disadvantaged, unemployed, and underemployed youth and adults. Services are free for eligible individuals. HIRED's programs assist job seekers to prepare for and obtain employment leading to self-sufficiency. HIRED accomplishes its mission through a wide range of programs serving single parents, at-risk youth, refugees, school dropouts, ex-offenders, dislocated workers, and others lacking adequate education, training, and work experience. Hired also has satellite locations, click here to find the location closest to you. 1200 Plymouth Ave. N.
Minneapolis, MN 55411
Laura Vitelli
Phone: 612-529-3342
Fax: 612-529-7131
lvitelli@hired.org
http://www.hired.org

Rise, Inc.
Rise supports people who have disabilities and other barriers to employment in attaining their personal measure of vocational achievements, self-sufficiency, and belonging in their communities. The organization is dedicated to building a community that is more accepting of all its citizens, and supports the development of creative partnerships with businesses, government agencies, and the public to meet this objective. The organization has three programs that serve communities of color: WISE, Work in Progress, and Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) - Pathways.
2608 Blaisdell Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55408
Angela Huntington
Phone: 612-872-7720
Fax: 612-872-7679
huntingtonangela@hotmail.com

INROADS, Inc. INROADS provides tutoring, career development, training, paid summer internship opportunities during summers, and regular coaching/advising for its students. The organization's mission is to develop and place talented minority youth in business and industry, and prepare them for corporate and community leadership. Candidates must be high school seniors through college sophomore status; have a 3.0 GPA; be of American Indian, Latino/Latina, or African American heritage; attend a 4-year school; and be majoring in business or technology.
2550 University Ave. W., Ste. 261 S.
St. Paul, MN 55114
Melvin Collins
Phone: 651-644-4406
Fax: 651-649-3032
mcollins@inroadsinc.org
http://www.inroadsinc.org

HousingLink The mission of HousingLink is to connect people and communities to information that supports the resolution of their affordable housing issues. The organization's vision is that everyone has the information needed to obtain and keep safe, affordable housing. HousingLink is a nonprofit organization focused on providing information about affordable rental housing options primarily in the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area. The organization's mission-driven work involves connecting renters, landlords, service agencies, and others to comprehensive housing information and resources needed for understanding, finding, and marketing affordable and accessible rental housing. HousingLink provides a unique, collaborative, and responsive community service that focuses on solutions to meet the housing needs of low-income renters. HousingLink uses innovative technology and a broad communications network to provide accurate, up-to-date, balanced information. HousingLink has managed data for housing and human service initiatives. General phone inquiries from renters are best limited to questions about how to use a HousingLink resource.
600 N. 18th Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55411
Colleen O'Brien, President
Phone: 612-522-2500
Fax: 612-521-1577
info@housinglink.org
http://www.housinglink.org

Public Society & Membership Organizations