Partners
MIT Partners
CoLab works with individuals from centers, departments, and schools across the Institute to support communities working on equitable, democratic, and sustainable development in the U.S. and globally. Below is a list of some of the Lab’s most engaged partners at MIT.
- Biodiesel@MIT
- Center for Future Civic Media
- D-Lab
- Housing Community and Economic Development Program Group
- International Development Group @MIT
- Martin Luther King Visiting Scholar Program
- MIT Center for International Studies
- MIT Center for Real Estate
- MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics
- MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- MIT Energy Efficiency Strategy Project
- MIT Energy Initiative
- MIT Public Service Center
- MIT Sloan School of Management
- MIT@Lawrence
- NOLA@MIT
Community Partners
CoLab works with numerous individuals from local, statewide, national, and international organizations. Below is a list of some of the Lab’s community partner organizations.
| Name | Location | Website |
|---|---|---|
| Advancement Project | Washington, DC | http://www.advancementproject.org/ |
| Beloved Community Center | Greensboro, NC | http://belovedcommunitycenter.org/ |
| blueEnergy | Bluefields, Nicaragua | http://www.blueenergygroup.org/?lang=en |
| Bluefields Indian and Caribbean University (BICU) | Bluefields, Nicaragua | |
| Center for the New Economy | San Juan, Puerto Rico | http://www.grupocne.org/ |
| The Earth’s Keepers | Philadelphia, PA | http://www.earthskeepers.org/ |
| Emerald Cities Collaborative | Washington, DC | http://emeraldcities.org/ |
| The Enabling City | Global, based in Toronto, Canada | http://enablingcity.com/ |
| Fundacion Gertulio Vargas | São Paulo, Brazil | http://portal.fgv.br/ |
| Giral | São Paulo, Brazil | |
| Groundwork Lawrence | Lawrence, MA | http://www.groundworklawrence.org/ |
| Kentuckians for the Commonwealth | London, KY | http://www.kftc.org/ |
| Konbit for Haiti | Miami, FL | http://www.konbitforhaiti.org/ |
| Lawrence City Council | Lawrence, MA | http://www.cityoflawrence.com/city-council.aspx |
| Lawrence Community Development Department | Lawrence, MA | http://www.cityoflawrence.com/community-development.aspx |
| Lawrence Community Works | Lawrence, MA | http://www.lcworks.org/ |
| Lawrence Family Development Charter School | Lawrence, MA | http://www.lfdcs.org/ |
| Lawrence History Center | Lawrence, MA | http://www.lawrencehistorycenter.org/ |
| Lawrence Inspectional Services Department | Lawrence, MA | http://www.cityoflawrence.com/inspectional-services.aspx |
| Lawrence Mayor’s Office | Lawrence, MA | http://www.cityoflawrence.com/office-of-mayor-lantigua.aspx |
| Lynn Coalition for Green Development | Lynn, MA | |
| Mississippi State Chapter, NAACP | Jackson, MS | http://naacpms.org/ |
| Municipality of Bluefields | Bluefields, Nicaragua | |
| Municipality of Corn Island | Corn Island, Nicaragua | http://www.cornisland.gob.ni/ |
| Municipality of El Rama | El Rama, Nicaragua | http://www.elrama.gob.ni/ |
| Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts | Boston, MA | http://n2nma.org/ |
| PolicyLink | Oakland, CA | http://www.policylink.org |
| The Polis Blog | Global | http://www.thepolisblog.org/ |
| Presencing Institute | Cambridge, MA | http://www.presencing.com/ |
| Prodepour | Port au Prince, Haiti | |
| Raons Públiques | Barcelona, Spain | http://www.raonspubliques.org/ |
| Rede Catasampa/Movimento Nacional de Catadores de Materiaes Reciclavels | São Paulo, Brazil | |
| Regional government of the RAAS (Southern Atlantic Region) | Bluefields, Nicaragua | |
| REOS Partners | São Paulo, Brazil | http://www.reospartners.com/ |
| Service Employees Internationa Union | Washington, DC | http://www.seiu.org/ |
| Tougaloo College | Tougaloo, MS | http://www.tougaloo.edu/ |
| UCLA Labor Center | Los Angeles, CA | http://labor.ucla.edu/ |
| Union of Minority Neighborhoods | Boston, MA | http://www.unionofminorityneighborhoods.org/ |
| United Nations Development Programme | International, in coordination with Managua, Nicaragua program | ttp://www.undp.org/ |
| United Negro College Fund | Fairfax, VA | http://www.uncf.org/ |
| University of São Paulo (USP) | São Paulo, Brazil | http://www.usp.br/internacional/home.php?idioma=en |
