A community-academic partnership is as unique as the community that creates it. The Center seeks to bring together diverse perspectives and expertise by creating a broad vision of community change between community and academic experts. Characteristics of a community partnership include:
- joint planning, and risk taking
- cooperative investment and allocation of resources
- shared authority and benefits
- collaborative implementation and evaluation
- sustainable community impact
- joint dissemination and publications.
Source: Adapted from Partnerships for Older Adults.
Examples of Community Partners
The Center has many community-academic partnerships. Examples of the many community partners include:
- AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin
- Black Health Coalition of WI Inc
- Boys and Girls Clubs
- Comprehensive Health Education, Inc.
- Core / El Centro
- The Council for the Spanish Speaking
- Cream City Medical Society
- House of Peace
- Komen for the Cure® Milwaukee Affiliate
- Milwaukee Well Women's Program
- The Healing Center
- Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin
- Social Development Commission
- United Migrant Opportunity Services, Inc. (UMOS)
