Current
Affiliates

Confederation
of the Somali Community in Minnesota (www.cscmn.org)

Saeed Fahia, Executive Director ([email protected])

Circle of Men Institute

Rodney Dewberry, President ([email protected])

Cross Automotive
(www.crossauto.org)

Taye Idowu, Executive Director ([email protected])

FANS 12 & 24
Hour (College Scholarship Fundraising Event) (www.fans24hour.org)

Pat & Paul Sackett, Co-Race Directors ([email protected])

Green Central Weed
& Seed

Sheryl Kabat, Director ([email protected])

Inter-Race Institute

Vivian Jenkins Nelson, CEO ([email protected])

Kono Union

Alhaji Sogbeh, Executive Director

Liberty High Charter
School

Gary Knox, Director ([email protected])

Metropolitan Alliance
of Community Centers (www.maccmn.org)

Jan Berry, Executive Director ([email protected])

Minnesota African
Women’s Association

Melissa Nambangi, Executive Director ([email protected])

Minnesota Internship
Center Charter School (www.mnic.org)

Kevin Byrne, Director ([email protected])

Pan African Legal
Aid

Habtamu Awetu, Executive Director ([email protected])

Relief Association
of Southern Sudan in Minnesota

Joseph Mut Lual, Executive director ([email protected])

Slavic Community
Center

Gedaly Meerovich, President ([email protected])

West Broadway Area
Coalition

Kari Neathery, Executive Director ([email protected])

Becoming
an affiliate of Pillsbury United Communities

To explore the possibility
of becoming an affiliate of Pillsbury United Communities, one simply needs
to call the CBI staff and arrange a meeting:

Bill Allexsaht:
612-302-3401

Sheryl Kabat: 612-824-0708

Steven Oates: 612-558-8236

Assessment Process

Once a meeting
is scheduled with CBI staff, the assessment process begins.

The staff will have
many questions to ask initially, to gain a better understanding of what
the group/organization is about, who are its leaders, and what public
service will be or is being provided. CBI staff cannot commit themselves
or Pillsbury United Communities based on just one meeting, so you should
expect several meetings before a formal agreement might be made.

During this "getting
to know you" process, it’s important for the potential affiliate
to bring increasing numbers of people to the meetings so that CBI staff
can see and know that you’ve got the backing of others who are in agreement
with you. For instance, if you have a Board of Directors, eventually CBI
staff will want to meet with your entire board.

During these meetings,
CBI staff is interested in knowing:

• What is your mission/purpose?
• What are your motives
  and commitment to service?
• Is Pillsbury United
  Communities doing similar work (if the answer is yes, it is less likely
  that your organization will become an affiliate of the agency)
• Is there a clearly
  defined need? What is the magnitude of the need?
• Who else is responding
  to this need?
• How will this group/organization
  be received in the funding community?
• Is it fundable?
• Is there a clearly
  defined leadership structure?
• Is there consensus
  amongst the group on the mission of the organization?
• If funded, how
  would the funds flow?
• What financial
  and people assets and liabilities does the group have?
• What types of technical
  assistance is the group looking for?
• What will it take
  to sustain and/or "spin off" this group/organization?
• What prior direct
  and administrative experience does the leadership have?

If in the judgment
of CBI staff there are merits to pursuing an affiliate relationship as
a result of this assessment process, the group/organization is expected
to come to consensus on a series of one-year goals for the organization.
This process will ultimately lead to the creation of a formal "technical
service agreement" between Pillsbury United Communities and the affiliate.